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  • Highlands and Islands, Scottish Enterprise Introduce New Decom Action Plan

    23 December 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise (SE) have launched a new decommissioning action plan. The plan aims to support Scotland’s oil and gas sector to take advantage of the estimated £17.6 billion forecast by Oil & Gas UK to be spent on decommissioning on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) between now and 2025. In […]

  • Ramform Challenger Starts 3D Seismic Programme Off Falkland Islands

    26 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Borders & Southern, a London based independent oil and gas exploration company, provides an update on its activities in the South Falkland Basin. The PGS vessel Ramform Challenger has commenced the Company’s 3D seismic programme, located approximately 140 kilometres south of the Falkland Islands. Covering an area in excess of 1,000 square kilometres, the survey […]

  • Crown Estate Invests in Sunk Island Flood Protection Scheme (UK)

    9 October 2013

    The Crown Estate has spent £450,000 to upgrade the flood protection and drainage system on its Sunk Island Estate. The works are designed to protect the high grade agricultural land and heritage of the Island. Improvements will be made to the Spragger Clough Drainage Outfall, the structure which prevents the River Humber flooding the Estate […]

  • Government to Allow Ground Investigation Off Lamma Island, Hong Kong

    12 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Government proposes to allow the Hongkong Electric Company, Limited to carry out offshore ground investigation works involving borehole drilling and soil sampling at the seabed of 35 locations situated about 3.5 kilometres southwest of Lamma Island. The works are part of the feasibility study on utilising wind energy for power generation at the proposed […]

  • Falkland Islands: FOGL Announces Changes to its Licence Arrangements with the Government

    29 September 2010
    Project & Tenders

    FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, announces certain changes to its licence arrangements with the Falkland Islands Government. Northern licence area Due to the tight rig market it is increasingly unlikely that the next phase of the drilling programme […]

  • Danes eyeing extra gigawatt of offshore wind at Bornholm Energy Island

    14 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities has requested Energinet to expand the current feasibility study areas at the Bornholm Energy Island site in the Baltic Sea, which could allow for installing 1 GW of offshore wind capacity more and also be the new place where the Hesselø project could be built. The new […]

  • Fugro wins new gig on Danish North Sea Energy Island

    8 November 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Fugro has won two geotechnical site investigation contracts with Energinet for Denmark’s proposed Energy Island project in the North Sea. The company will perform the preliminary geotechnical site investigation for the Energy Island and the adjacent offshore wind farm zone to obtain geo-data, which will be used to prepare an integrated geological and geotechnical soil […]

  • Denmark, Belgium, and Germany step closer to energy island grid links

    23 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vision

    The Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities, Dan Jørgensen, and the Belgian Minister of Energy, Tinne van der Straeten, have signed a formal political Memorandum of Agreement to establish an offshore grid connection between Denmark and Germany including the Danish energy island in the North Sea. Andreas Feicht, Head of Secretary at the German […]

  • Blue Haven Marina Joins IGY Network (Turks and Caicos Islands)

    11 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ideally located in Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos Islands, Blue Haven Marina has just joined the IGY network. Slated to open in the summer of 2013 to yachts up to 180 feet and initially a max draft of 5.5, plans for maintenance dredging will bring its capacity back to the original 12 feet projected […]

  • Norway: Statoil Gets Green Light to Use Island Wellserver Vessel

    1 August 2010
    Business & Finance

    Statoil has been granted consent to use the mobile facility Island Wellserver for well intervention activities on Yttergryta and Snøhvit. Statoil has previously been granted consent to use Island Wellserver for well intervention activities on fields in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, and has now been granted consent to use the facility on […]

  • Virgin Islands: VIPA Submits Application to Dredge East Gregerie Channel

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Virgin Islands Port Authority Executive Director Carlton Dowe announced that the Authority has submitted a joint application to the VI Coastal Zone Management Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the East Gregerie Channel in Crown Bay, St. Thomas, VI. Dowe said the joint application proposes to dredge the north side of […]

  • SOPAC Organizes Deep Sea Mining Workshops for Pacific Island Region

    20 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    SOPAC (Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Applied Geoscience and Technology Division) has been organizing workshops in deep sea mining in the Pacific Island region. According to Radio New Zaeland Internation, the workshop will prepare the mentioned communities for seabed mining. SOPAC’s director, Russell Howorth, mentioned that the regional governments have to establish regulatory frameworks for […]

  • Falkland Islands: Desire Petroleum Pleased with Preliminary Seismic Survey Results

    31 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Desire Petroleum plc  the company wholly focussed on the North Falkland Basin provides the following update on its exploration activities. The Company’s 3D seismic acquisition programme is now complete and the full-fold area of coverage is approximately 1416 square kilometres in Tranches C, D, F and adjacent open areas. Combined with Desire’s existing 3D […]

  • India: Government to Scale Up PPP Mode in Inland Waterways Sector

    20 July 2012

    A Committee has been constituted to scale up private investment in Inland Waterways Sector under the Secretary, Planning Commission. The Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, DG of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and a representative of Department of Economic Affairs will be the members. This Committee would undertake a systematic effort to identify new areas […]

  • Offshore floating renewables a ‘gamechanger’ for island energy transitions, study finds

    19 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Novel renewable energy technologies, such as offshore floating solar and wave power, in combination with e-fuels are able to secure the energy supply of island countries, according to a research which analysed the energy transition of the Maldives to 100% renewable-based energy system.

  • NFWF OKs USD 144.5 M for Louisiana Barrier Island Restoration

    14 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) recently announced $144.5 million in funding for the second increment of the Caminada Headland Beach and Dune Restoration project in Louisiana. This portion of the project will pump over five million cubic yards of sand from the Gulf of Mexico via pipeline, creating approximately 490 acres of beach […]

  • Fire Island Inlet Stabilization Project Remains Top Priority (USA)

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet stabilization project remains a high priority for the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. The agencies are continuing to work together to expedite implementation of this large-scale and complex project. Over the past few days representatives from the Department of the Interior […]

  • HMS Protector Conducts Survey Offshore Remote South Atlantic Island

    13 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    SURVEY ship HMS Protector has visited the remote island of Tristan da Cunha to conduct the first systematic survey of the British Overseas Territory since the 1970s. The only survey to have been taken using modern techniques, the Portsmouth-based ship used her motorboat, James Caird IV, and onboard state-of-the-art systems to do a multi-beam echo […]

  • Corps to Host Education Meetings on Westport Island Reach Improvements (USA)

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District will host two meetings to describe improvements planned for the Westport Island Reach of the Mississippi River. The reach is just east of Elsberry, Missouri and west of Hardin, Illinois. In the interest of convenience to residents and businesses in the area, meetings are planned for […]

  • Chart Ferox ISO Containers Facilitate First LNG on Madeira Island

    15 April 2014

    An initial fleet out of forty specially constructed ISO containers, designed and built by Chart Ferox, was used to supply approximately 500m³ of LNG by Grupo Sousa – Gáslink Gás Natural S.A to Madeira Electricity Company’s Thermo Electric Power Plant – CTVIII, on Madeira island. The first LNG shipment was loaded into fourteen Chart Ferox […]

  • DEA to drill Barents Sea well using Island Innovator rig

    26 July 2018
    Exploration & Production

    DEA Norge has received consent from the PSA to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea using the Island Innovator rig.

  • Two Mare Island Wetland Sites Selected for Restoration Project (USA)

    24 November 2010

    Some Mare Island property that has technically qualified as wetlands may soon be enhanced to more properly fit the definition. The Vallejo… By Jessica A. York (timesheraldonline) [mappress] Source: timesheraldonline, November 25, 2010;

  • Crown Estate, University of Highlands and Islands Partner Up for Renewables (UK)

    30 May 2013
    Research & Development

    The Crown Estate and the University of Highlands and Islands have signed a ‘partnership agreement’ to work together to maximise the benefits to the people of the Highlands and Islands from the low carbon energy revolution in the area. The agreement reinforces initiatives already underway between the university and The Crown Estate, which manages a […]

  • Floating Island Project Kicks Off Under Horizon 2020 Umbrella

    3 November 2017
    Research & Development, Technology

    The floating island concept, revealed earlier this year, will now be further studied and developed through a Horizon 2020-funded project Space@Sea that started on 1 November and will run for three years.

  • Kuwait: Hyundai and Kharafi to Build $1.1 Billion Port at Boubyan Island

    8 July 2010

    Kuwait signed a $1.1 billion deal with South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co and local firm Kharafi Group to design and … [mappress] Source: business, July 8, 2010;