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  • 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 […]

  • ‘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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Mermaid Subsea wraps up another North Sea well intervention

    16 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    Aberdeen-headquartered Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has completed a well intervention on the Teal P2 well in the UK Central North Sea on behalf of Anasuria Operating Company (AOC). According to Mermaid Subsea Services, the operation, carried out from the Island Valiant vessel, focused on delivering a scale inhibitor treatment on Teal P2, located about 4 […]

  • Gulf Island to Build Jackets for Block Island OWF

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Gulf Island Fabrication, through its subsidiary Gulf Island L.L.C., has signed a contract for the fabrication of five Jacket/Piles for the Block Island Wind Farm. Block Island Wind Farm is a shallow water Wind Turbine project located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Rhode Island being developed by Deepwater Wind. Kirk Meche, President […]

  • Island Offshore Takes Delivery of SCV Island Pride

    23 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Island Offshore has informed through the social media that it has taken delivery of the subsea construction vessel M/V ‘Island Pride’. The vessel was delivered from VARD Brevik in Norway. The vessel is of UT 737 CD design and is capable of providing trenching work, crane work, subsea construction, ROV operations, survey work, IMR work, […]

  • Island Offshore Takes Delivery of PSV Island Duchess

    25 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore took delivery of the platform supply vessel (PSV) MV Island Duchess from the Vard Brevik yard in Norway on Tuesday, October 22. MV Island Duchess is the second vessel in a series of four PSVs of Rolls-Royce UT 717 CD design to be delivered from Vard Brevik in 2013 and 2014. The vessel […]

  • Ireland’s Clean Energy Sector to Be Worth €2.5 Bln Annually by 2020

    11 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) called on businesses to avail of enterprise opportunities in Ireland’s sustainable energy sector with a projected value of €2.5 billion per annum by 2020. This is according to a new report launched by the Authority at an event in Dublin today. The report, Ireland’s Sustainable Energy Supply Chain Opportunity, which […]

  • Ireland: Providence presses on with Barryroe drilling plans

    21 September 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Irish oil and gas company Providence Resources has decided to push forward drilling plans of the Barryroe oil discovery offshore Ireland, despite the farm-in talks not progressing as planned. Barryroe lies in standard exploration license (SEL) 1/11 operated by Providence’s wholly owned subsidiary Exola DAC that holds 80 percent interest, with Lansdowne Celtic Sea Limited […]

  • Ireland: Results of Petronas’ Midleton well disappointing

    14 August 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Petronas’ exploration well in the Celtic Sea offshore Ireland, which the company is drilling through its subsidiary PSE Kinsale Energy, has been deemed a failure.  According to its partner in the licence, Lansdowne Oil & Gas, drilling has reached target depth at the Midleton exploration well, in the licence SEL 4/07 in the Celtic Sea, and the […]

  • Wales and Ireland Take Part in the Ecostructure Project

    27 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Universities in Wales and Ireland are joining forces to investigate how coastal defense schemes can be improved by more eco-friendly designs, reported the Welsh Government. More than €3 million of EU funds is being invested in the Ecostructure project, which will develop and trial new methods to enhance the quality of coastal structures, including sea-walls […]

  • Galway Port Development to Bring Benefits (Ireland)

    25 January 2011

    Around 300 new jobs could be created in the construction phase of the new €200 million Galway Port, with a further 300 jobs when the … (galwaynews) [mappress] Source: galwaynews, January 25, 2011;

  • Dunmore East Harbour Needs Dredging (Ireland)

    20 April 2012

    In a letter to the Co. Council, the Department of Agriculture acknowledged that the Dunmore East Harbour needed to be dredged and said that it would cost around €6 million, waterford-news.ie reports. The letter stated, “This is a significant outlay in the current context of the national finances and competing exchequer demands.” Sinn Féin Cllr. […]

  • Ireland: Minister Opens New Pier in Cork

    30 April 2012

    Simon Coveney, the Minister for Agriculture, officially opened a new €39.5m pier at Dinish Island in Castletownbere, Co Cork, according to tv3.ie. He said, “The new Dinish Wharf Development at Castletownbere Fishery Harbour Centre is an impressive piece of infrastructure. It provides a springboard to grow the fishing, aquaculture and associated industries to new heights […]

  • Ireland: North Harbour Development Plan Introduced

    12 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has introduced a plan for the harbour improvement works at the North Harbour, Cape Clear Island. The proposed works comprise of the demolition of the Bull’s Nose (structure which has fallen into disrepair and it’s replacement with a new reinforced concrete structure), all civil and marine works associated […]

  • Waterways Ireland Prepares Grand Canal Dredging

    10 August 2012

    Waterways Ireland has announced a tender for the Dublin area dredging project. The work involves removing approximately 14,500m3 of existing deposited material from the bed of the Grand Canal over a distance of approximately 3,000m. The deadline for this tender is August 29, 2012. This dredging project is necessary to keep the canal navigable for […]

  • Ireland: Providence boasts ‘significant’ Avalon prospect

    17 July 2017

    Irish oil & gas company Providence Resources has described its Avalon prospect off Ireland as ‘significant’ following a technical report for Licensing Option 16/27.  The LO 16/27 is located in the central Porcupine Basin and is currently operated by Providence. Total farmed into the license in June but the change in ownership will become effective after receiving consent […]