1004 results found for 'western isles'

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  • Early works starting for project that will link Western Isles to UK transmission network

    1 June 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Early works to support the installation of the mainland underground cable section of the 1.8 GW power transmission link that will connect the Scottish Western Isles to the UK national electricity transmission network for the first time are set to begin on June 8. The Western Isles HVDC Link will consist of approximately 83 kilometers […]

  • Fugro’s jack-up platform starts surveys for Western Isles subsea link

    5 February 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Dutch Fugro has commenced integrated site investigations for a power transmission link that will connect the Scottish Western Isles to the UK national electricity transmission network for the first time. Fugro is carrying out nearshore surveys for SSEN Transmission’s 1.8 GW Western Isles high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link to gather geo-data that will guide the […]

  • License alignment buys time to pick production solution for new UK North Sea oil hub

    6 August 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    As the UK regulator has decided to prolong a license in alignment with another one in the area to pave the way for an integrated development plan, Aberdeen-based full-cycle energy business NEO NEXT Energy and its partners, Serica Energy and Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG), are expected to contemplate all available production solutions for a proposed oil project in the North Sea on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • NKT and SSEN Transmission sign final contracts for Scottish HVDC transmission links

    19 January 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has been awarded the final contracts for two Scottish HVDC transmission links that are part of a major upgrade to the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. NKT and SSEN Transmission confirmed their partnership to develop the Western Isles and Spittal to Peterhead projects in […]

  • Scottish subsea link gets approval for capacity increase

    7 January 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vision

    The Scottish Government Marine Directorate has granted the variation to the existing marine license for the Western Isles high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable link, allowing the needed increase in capacity. The project is a key component of SSEN Transmission’s planned £22 billion investment program to upgrade the north of Scotland’s electricity transmission grid. The […]

  • Woodside in the clear for plug & abandonment ops offshore Australia

    4 May 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Australian energy giant Woodside has received a blessing for its environmental plan (EP) from the country’s offshore regulator for permanent plug and abandonment (P&A) of multiple subsea exploration wells off the coast of Australia.

  • Equinor expands Archer’s scope for P&A of 30 subsea wells

    7 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor has awarded oil services company Archer with a multi-year integrated contract covering the plug and abandonment (P&A) of 30 subsea wells, with options for the extension to other such projects across Equinor’s portfolio. The contract builds on the planning scope awarded to Archer in March 2025 and now includes full […]

  • Future of North Sea oil project may be up in the air as trio contemplates UK tax policy’s impact

    27 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Following the UK’s decision to retain its current fiscal and regulatory regime regarding Britain’s oil and gas policy, Aberdeen-based full-cycle energy business NEO NEXT Energy and its partners, Serica Energy and Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG), are expected to gather together to determine their next steps for a proposed oil redevelopment project in the North Sea on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Western Isles to Western Sahara?

    15 January 2008

    The crew of a Western Isles trawler will decide in the next few weeks whether to return to the northwest coast of Africa to fish. They spent a trial period sailing out of the port of Dhakla in southern Morocco late last year because their EU fishing quota was too small.

  • Western Isles Reinforcing Power Network

    8 June 2015
    Storage

    Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) is establishing a Western Isles renewable energy steering group. The group, which will include representatives from the Comhairle, developers and Community Energy Scotland, will explore opportunities for making best use of the existing electricity network and for connecting additional renewables on the islands ahead of network reinforcement. It […]

  • Western Isles Reinforcing Power Network

    8 June 2015
    Storage

    Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) is establishing a Western Isles renewable energy steering group. The group, which will include representatives from the Comhairle, developers and Community Energy Scotland, will explore opportunities for making best use of the existing electricity network and for connecting additional renewables on the islands ahead of network reinforcement. It […]

  • Politician calls for WES to be based on Western Isles

    4 March 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    A call has been made for Wave Energy Scotland to be located on Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland by Western Isles Labour candidate Alasdair Morrison. The politician argues that this should be done in order to prevent Lewis from becoming ‘another distant quango living off peripheral resources.’ Morrison notes that the wave and tidal companies that […]

  • Dana installs pipeline for Western Isles Project

    20 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Dana Petroleum’s gas export-import pipeline for the Western Isles Development Project has been successfully installed onto the seabed.

  • PHOTO: Western Isles FPSO launched in China

    9 February 2017
    Infrastructure

    China’s Cosco Shipyard on Thursday held a launching ceremony for Dana Petroleum’s Western Isles FPSO.  According to Cosco, which built the floating production storage and offloading unit, the ceremony was held on Thursday in Qidong, China. Cosco said the FPSO would „soon be towed“ to the North Sea, where it will be used by Dana […]

  • VIDEO: Western Isles FPSO reaches Rotterdam

    13 April 2017
    Infrastructure

    The Western Isles FPSO, destined for the Dana-operated offshore project in the UK, has reached Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

  • Cosco launches Dana’s Western Isles FPSO

    17 February 2014

    Dana Petroleum has recently celebrated a milestone achievement on its flagship Western Isles Development Project (WIDP) with the hull launch of the floating production, storage offloading vessel (FPSO) in China. The project achieved more than 1.5 million man hours incident-free during construction at the COSCO shipyard in Qidong, China, where the FPSO is being built. […]

  • Western Isles reach full grid capacity

    8 June 2015
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    With the Western Isles grid now operating at full capacity, Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) together with representatives from the Comhairle, developers and Community Energy Scotland has set to explore alternative and innovative ways by which to connect additional renewables in the Islands. The joint effort has resulted with the establishment of Western […]

  • Keel Laying Ceremony for Dana’s Western Isles FPSO

    28 May 2013

    The keel laying of the floating, storage, production and offloading vessel (FPSO) marks a major milestone for Dana’s Western Isles project. Dana and its partner Cieco are investing $1.6 billion in a nine-well development of two oil fields called Harris and Barra in the Northern North Sea, 160km east of the Shetlands and 12km west […]

  • Jumbo nabs Western Isles Development Project job

    19 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    On Tuesday 12th of March Jumbo signed a Contract with Subsea 7 for the provision of the FPSO Mooring Piles and Ground Chains Installation for the Dana Western Isles Development Project (WIDP). Installation of the mooring piles and chains will be done by Jumbo’s Fairplayer, a Dynamically Positioned Heavy Lift Vessel with 2 x 900 […]

  • Subsea Pipeline for Dana’s Western Isles Project Installed

    20 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Dana Petroleum’s gas export/import pipeline for the Western Isles Development Project has been successfully installed on to the seabed. The pipeline will export excess produced gas to the Tern – North Cormorant gas pipeline and import gas for lift gas and fuel when required. The 11 kilometre long, six inch pipeline was fabricated and inspected […]

  • FES International equipment ordered for Western Isles project

    24 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    UK oil and gas engineering firm, FES International, has secured a $2.5M (£1.5M) contract to supply one of its latest products, the automated Diverless Bend Stiffener Connector (DBSC) to NOV Flexibles. NOV Flexibles has called on the subsea technology services of FES International as part of Subsea 7’s Western Isles Development (WID) project in the […]

  • Western Isles HVDC Link Costs Rise (UK)

    5 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission plc, previously SHETL, has been developing a link to the Western Isles to meet the requirements of large and small renewable generation on the islands. Recognising that investment decisions are being made by contingent generation developers, it is important that those decisions are made on an informed basis utilising the […]

  • Magnora shareholders to receive Western Isles, Penguins cash

    10 December 2018
    Infrastructure

    Oslo-listed company Magnora, formed in October, plans to use the cash received from Shell and Dana to pay dividends and for future investments.

  • COSCO: Delivery of Dana’s Western Isles FPSO postponed

    23 October 2015

    COSCO Corporation has delayed a delivery date for a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit intended for Dana Petroleum’s Western Isles development in the North Sea.  According to COSCO, the delivery date was pushed to Q1 2017 “due to changes in technical requirements from the shipowner”. The FPSO was originally scheduled for delivery in Q2 2015. The contract […]

  • Western Isles FPSO en route to North Sea

    3 March 2017
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    A floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Dana Petroleum’s Western Isles development in the UK is on its way from China to the North Sea.  Chinese shipbuilder Cosco reported on Friday that its subsidiary Cosco Nantong has delivered an FPSO vessel of 55,942 dwt to its European buyer. According to its statement, the delivery documents […]