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  • Ireland: Grand Canal Dredging Underway

    3 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Waterways Ireland has confirmed that further dredging of the Dublin inner city section of the Grand Canal got underway recently. This work follows on from previous dredging contracts completed on the Grand Canal between November 2009 and April 2011 from Grand Canal Basin to Lock C7 at Portobello. The work is necessary to keep the […]

  • Ireland: Providence Increases Equity in Barryroe

    23 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Providence Resources P.l.c., the London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM) listed oil and gas exploration and production company, confirms that it has signed an agreement with San Leon Energy Plc which will see Providence increase its working interest in Standard Exploration Licence 1/11 from 50% to 80%. Under the terms of the agreement, Providence will assume […]

  • Total completes Avalon farm-in (Ireland)

    18 October 2017

    Total has farmed into and has taken over operatorship of Providence’s Licensing Option 16/27 offshore Ireland. The block, located 150 kilometers off the south west coast of Ireland, contains the Paleocene “Avalon” exploration prospect. The completion of the farm-in follows the approval of the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and […]

  • ORPC Ireland recruits for Mechanical Engineer

    27 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    ORPC Ireland is seeking to add a Mechanical Engineer to its team who would work on the design of marine hydrokinetic turbine system.

  • CGG Finalizes Ireland Seismic Shoot

    30 June 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    CGG, a French-based seismic contractor, has completed 3D seismic survey over Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/04 located in the southern Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. FEL 3/04 is operated by Eni Ireland (36.913%) on behalf of its partners Repsol Exploracion Irlanda (33.557%), Providence Resources (26.846%) and Sosina Exploration (2.684%). The survey was conducted over around 1,800 km2 utilizing […]

  • Ireland to raise oil and gas tax

    23 October 2015

    Ireland will increase the maximum tax rate on oil and gas fields from 40% to 55%.  Ireland’s Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan T.D, on Thursday published Finance Bill 2015 that gives effects to taxation measures announced in Budget 2016. Following a review by the Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources, the Bill introduces a “Petroleum […]

  • Focusing on Tidal Energy (Northern Ireland)

    7 June 2011

    Electricity powered by the sun and the wind has long stood at the forefront of the green energy sector, but the attraction of a more … By Michael Glanfield (iomtoday) [mappress] Source: iomtoday, June 07, 2011;

  • UK-Ireland Interconnector Officially Opens

    21 September 2012
    Storage

    Secretary of State Edward Davey yesterday joined An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, and EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger to open officially Ireland’s first electricity link to Great Britain. The EirGrid East West Interconnector runs between Deeside in north Wales and Woodland, County Meath in Ireland. Approximately […]

  • Ireland: Petroceltic Board Member Resigns

    15 August 2012

    Petroceltic International announced that Mr Alan McGettigan has resigned as a Director of the company with immediate effect to pursue other interests. Robert Arnott, Chairman of Petroceltic commented: “We are grateful for the significant contribution which Alan has made to the Company over the last four years. He leaves us with our best wishes for […]

  • Acquisition of Suir Engineering in Ireland finalised

    27 November 2007

    Imtech N.V. (technical services provider in Europe) announces that the acquisition of the Irish based Suir Engineering Limited announced half October 2007 has been finalised with the approval of the Irish Competition Authority.

  • Ireland: Port of Cork on Right Track

    24 January 2014

    Total traffic through the Port of Cork in 2013 reached 9.1 million tonnes compared to 9.05 million tonnes in 2012. Like most Ports worldwide, the Port of Cork has experienced very challenging trading conditions in 2013, however some cargos have shown an increase compared to 2012 levels and this is very encouraging, according to the […]

  • CWE Ireland Welcomes Government’s Announcement

    11 February 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Carnegie’s subsidiary, CWE Ireland, has welcomed  the Irish Government’s recent announcement, according to which EUR 26 million would be invested in wave and tidal energy development. The Government’s plan also assesses that the marine renewable resources around the Irish coast amount to  up to 70GW,enough to supply Irish energy needs by more than 14 times. […]

  • Horizon 2020 opportunities to be discussed in Ireland

    12 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    InterTradeIreland is setting up event that will cover Horizon 2020 second societal challenge research opportunities, including those in marine sector. The event is aimed at end-users and researchers from across the island seeking to maximise their engagement in Horizon 2020 and explore the potential for North South collaboration. Specific opportunities to be discussed include: marine, […]

  • Dodge Island and Padre Island Working in Delaware

    16 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has just released these amazing photos from the Delaware coastal protection project. The hopper dredgers Dodge Island and Padre Island, owned and operated by the contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, are busy pumping more than 650,000 cubic yards of sand onto the beaches of Dewey Beach […]

  • Renewables Save Ireland €245 Mln in Fossil Fuels

    5 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) today released the results of a comprehensive study of Ireland’s electricity system throughout the whole of 2012. The study shows that renewable electricity resulted in greatly reduced use of gas, coal and peat, saving Ireland €245 million in fossil fuels and reducing CO2 emissions by 1.9 million tonnes. […]

  • Island Offshore Takes Delivery of ‘Island Performer’

    8 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Ulstein Verft subsea newbuild, ‘Island Performer’, was delivered today to ship owner Island Offshore. The flexible, state-of-the-art RLWI/IMR vessel will serve her first five years for FTO in the Gulf of Mexico. “The vessel is customised to suit the scope of work in the FTO contract, in which RLWI (Riser-less Light Well Intervention) and […]

  • Island Offshore sells Island Champion PSV

    24 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore Group has sold the vessel M/V Island Champion, a UT776 design PSV-vessel delivered from VARD Brevik in March 2007. Island Offshore says that the buyer is a third party Norwegian company. Delivery of the vessel took place on December 22, 2014. The sales price is in line with the market valuation of the […]

  • Germany has its first green ship recycling facility

    21 August 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    For the first time, it will be possible to recycle vessels in Germany rather than sending them to South Asia for demolition.

  • ESB and Ørsted enter 5 GW offshore wind, green hydrogen partnership in Ireland; Reveal plan to bid in next Irish auction

    2 June 2023
    Business & Finance

    ESB and Ørsted have signed an agreement to jointly develop a portfolio of up to 5 GW of offshore wind and complementary green hydrogen projects in Ireland, with the first of these offshore wind projects expected to compete in the next Irish auction, ORESS 2.1. The agreement also marks Ørsted’s entry into the Irish offshore […]

  • ‘Island Dawn’ PSV Delivered to Island Offshore

    21 January 2014

    Island Offshore has taken delivery of M/V Island Dawn from the Vard Brevik shipyard in Norway. This is the third platform supply vessel in a series of four Rolls-Royce UT 717 CD designs, delivered from Vard Brevik.   Managing Director of Island Offshore, Håvard Ulstein said: “It is always a pleasure to welcome another vessel to our fleet, […]

  • SCV ‘Island Pride’ delivered to Island Offshore

    23 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore has taken delivery of the subsea construction vessel M/V ‘Island Pride’ from the Vard Brevik yard today. M/V ‘Island Pride’ was christened during a naming ceremony in Brevik in March, and will enter into a five month contract for Maersk Oil this coming weekend as a walk-to-work vessel. The vessel is designed as […]

  • PSV Island Clipper delivered to Island Offshore

    10 April 2015
    Equipment

    On Thursday, April 9, 2015, Island Offshore has taken delivery of Island Clipper PSV from Vard Brevik. Island Clipper is a platform supply vessel which will perform duties such as carriage of general cargo, pipe cargo on deck, cement/barrite and liquid cargo to and from offshore installations. In addition, the Island Clipper is equipped with […]

  • Providence to Launch Major Drilling Programme Offshore Ireland in 2011

    23 December 2010
    Business & Finance

      Tony O’Reilly, Chief Executive of Providence Resources P.l.c., commenting on activity during 2010 and the future plans for 2011, said: “2010 has seen a huge amount of activity at Providence. We have assembled a balanced portfolio of drillable prospects while also ensuring that we have the appropriate partners for these specific assets. 2011 and […]

  • SEAI Awards EUR 1.3 Mln for Westwave Project

    23 April 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has  announced funding of €1.3m for environmental and feasibility studies at ESB’s Westwave project which aims to deploy five wave energy devices off the coast of County Clare by 2018. SEAI has been working closely with ESB for the past three years on the ESB Westwave project which represents […]

  • EU awards €9M for wave and tidal research in UK and Ireland

    24 July 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Queen’s University Belfast has secured over €9.3 million from the EU’s Interreg VA Programme to create a ‘virtual center of competence’ that will support cross-border research into wave and tidal energy in UK and Ireland.