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  • Dana Starts Drilling Ops on Western Isles Ahead of Schedule (UK)

    3 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Dana Petroleum has started drilling operations on its Western Isles Development Project two months ahead of schedule. The work is being undertaken by the drilling rig Ocean Nomad, leased from Diamond Offshore, in the Northern North Sea. Western Isles is a $1.6 billion development project which is exploiting two discovered oil fields, called Harris and Barra, […]

  • CMAL to Deliver New Cutting-Edge Ferry for Western Isles (UK)

    11 June 2012

    The Western Isles are set to benefit from a new £41.8 million cutting-edge ferry, Transport Minister Keith Brown announced on June 8th 2012. CMAL are scheduled to deliver the new vessel in June 2014 and it will go into service shortly after this. Arrangements will be put in place to provide sufficient freight carrying capacity […]

  • Jumbo to Install Western Isles FPSO Mooring Piles and Ground Chains

    19 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Recently 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 MTon revolving deep-water cranes. […]

  • SSEN Files Western Isles Link ‘Final Needs Case’ to Ofgem

    14 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has submitted to the energy regulator, Ofgem, a Strategic Wider Works (SWW) ‘Final Needs Case’ for a subsea cable transmission link from Western Isles to the Scottish mainland. The network reinforcement is required to enable renewable generation seeking to connect on Western Isles access to the GB market. The […]

  • Aker Solutions to Deliver Subsea Systems for Western Isles Development Project

    17 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Aker Solutions in Aberdeen is to manufacture and deliver a number of subsea control modules and topside power units as part of an £8 million contract with Dana Petroleum plc. The company has signed a contract for the project management, engineering, procurement and construction of a number of subsea systems for the Western Isles Development […]

  • Scana to Supply Mooring Winches for Dana’s Western Isles Project in UK

    13 March 2013
    Equipment

    Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Offshore Vestby, entered into an agreement with UK-based Dana Petroleum for delivery of mooring winches for their new floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) which will be used in the company’s Western Isles Development Project. The total value of the contract is 57 MNOK. The contract […]

  • Bibby HydroMap Wraps Up Western Isles Connection Survey Ops

    11 August 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Bibby HydroMap have completed geophysical, geotechnical, benthic and land survey operations along the route from mainland Scotland to the Isle of Lewis, on behalf of SHE Transmission. Three vessels were used during the survey, the DP1 Bibby Tethra for offshore geophysics, geotechnical sampling and benthic operations, MV Proteus for nearshore geophysics and the RIB Cougar […]

  • Dana Petroleum: First Oil Flows from Western Isles Project

    1 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    First hydrocarbons have flowed from Dana Petroleum’s flagship Western Isles Development Project. The first production well has now been successfully completed and flow tested and a further three wells have been drilled and cased to surface casing depth. All four subsea christmas trees have also been installed on the seabed. The work is being undertaken […]

  • UK: Dana Gets Green Light for Western Isles Project Development

    17 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      The Department of Energy and Climate Change has approved the Western Isles project which will develop two discovered oil fields called Harris and Barra in the Northern North Sea, 160km east of the Shetlands and 12km west of the Tern field. The nine-well Western Isles development is expected to produce more than 40,000 barrels […]

  • UK: First oil flows from Dana’s Western Isles development

    21 November 2017
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Dana Petroleum has announced first oil from its Western Isles development in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • UHI to Identify Sites for Wave Power Projects off Western Isles (UK)

    25 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Lews Castle College UHI, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, is to lead on a key research project that could help to make the Hebrides one of the most valuable and sought-after marine energy sites in Europe. The wave power to the west of the Outer Hebrides is said to be one […]

  • UK: Dana Petroleum to Use Sevan FPSO for Development of Western Isles Project

    17 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Dana Petroleum, on behalf of the Western Isles license partners, has signed two agreements with Sevan Marine for the application of a Sevan FPSO for the development of the Western Isles project: A Technology License Agreement granting rights to use Sevan Marine’s patented technology for the cylindrically shaped FPSO and A Service Agreement providing the […]

  • UK: Wave Power Project Could Bring Hundred of Jobs to Western Isles

    21 October 2013
    Human Capital

    Aquamarine Power’s proposed wave farm on the Western Isles could create hundreds of long-term skilled jobs in one of Britain’s most remote communities, according to figures published today. The Edinburgh firm’s 40MW Lewis wave farm – which was fully consented by the Scottish Government earlier this year – could generate between 98 and 200 jobs […]

  • UK: Wave Power Project Could Bring Hundred of Jobs to Western Isles

    21 October 2013
    Human Capital

    Aquamarine Power’s proposed wave farm on the Western Isles could create hundreds of long-term skilled jobs in one of Britain’s most remote communities, according to figures published today. The Edinburgh firm’s 40MW Lewis wave farm – which was fully consented by the Scottish Government earlier this year – could generate between 98 and 200 jobs […]

  • UHI to Identify Sites for Wave Power Projects off Western Isles (UK)

    25 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Lews Castle College UHI, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, is to lead on a key research project that could help to make the Hebrides one of the most valuable and sought-after marine energy sites in Europe. The wave power to the west of the Outer Hebrides is said to be one […]

  • Pelamis Wave Power​ Gets Green Light for Western Isles’ First Wave Farm (UK)

    12 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      Pelamis Wave Power, the world’s most advanced wave energy company, has secured an agreement for lease from The Crown Estate to develop a wave farm, large enough to power some 7,000 homes on average – more than meeting the average electricity requirements of Stornoway. The 10MW lease is for a site located off the […]

  • Pelamis Wave Power​ Gets Green Light for Western Isles’ First Wave Farm (UK)

    12 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      Pelamis Wave Power, the world’s most advanced wave energy company, has secured an agreement for lease from The Crown Estate to develop a wave farm, large enough to power some 7,000 homes on average – more than meeting the average electricity requirements of Stornoway. The 10MW lease is for a site located off the […]

  • NKT confirmed as power cable supplier for Scottish subsea links

    15 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Denmark’s NKT has signed a framework agreement with the Scottish transmission system operator (TSO) SSEN Transmission to deliver power cable systems for two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission links in Scotland. NKT on August 28, 2023, confirmed the reservation of production and offshore installation capacity for power cable systems for the Western Isles and Spittal-Peterhead subsea links and […]

  • Subsea 7 Clinches $300 Mln UK North Sea Job

    4 January 2013

    Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a contract valued at approximately US$300 million from Dana Petroleum, for the provision of subsea EPIC services in support of their Western Isles development project in the UK North Sea. The contract scope includes the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of two 2.5 kilometer pipeline bundles and a 11 […]

  • Dana’s USD 1.5 Bln North Sea Project Moves Ahead (UK)

    13 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Dana Petroleum has entered the detailed engineering design phase on the $1.5 billion Western Isles development project in the UK North Sea. The Western Isles project will develop two discovered oil fields called Harris and Barra in the Northern North Sea, 160km east of the Shetlands and 12km west of the Tern field. The nine-well […]

  • Tests on illness-hit cruise ship

    23 May 2007

    Health officials are to carry out tests on a luxury cruise liner after several passengers and crew fell ill. Several people on board the Island Sky ship suffered from vomiting and diarrhoea during a voyage from the Western Isles to Orkney.

  • Norway: Dana Petroleum Selects Sevan Marine’s FPSO Design

    13 July 2012

    Following more than a year of front end engineering and development work, Sevan Marine’s FPSO design has been chosen by Dana Petroleum for the Western Isles development project. The Western Isles project consists of two oil fields called Harris and Barra in the UK Northern North Sea and east of Shetland. Carl Lieungh, Sevan Marine’s […]

  • Major Milestone Achieved for Dana Petroleum’s WIDP

    17 February 2014

    COSCO Qidong shipyard recently splashed a floating production, storage offloading vessel (FPSO) for Dana Petroleum’s Western Isles Development Project (WIDP). The project achieved more than 1.5 million man hours incident-free during construction at the shipyard. Hugh McClure, Director of Capital Development Projects, said: “Significant progress has been made on the project in just over 12 months. […]

  • Hugh McClure to Oversee Dana’s Development Projects

    30 January 2014

    Dana Petroleum has appointed Hugh McClure as Director of Capital Development Projects to oversee all future and existing operated assets.

  • COSCO Shipyard Launches FPSO Hull for Dana Petroleum

    17 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    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. […]