996 results found for 'western isles'

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  • Dana Petroleum CEO Resigns

    29 November 2013

    Dr Marcus Richards has decided to step down as Group Chief Executive after three leading Dana Petroleum. Dr Richards joined the company following its takeover by the Korea National Oil Corporation in late 2010, transforming it from an investor-led business into a fully-fledged exploration and production company operating in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. […]

  • Scotland Needs More Investments to Go 100% Renewable by 2020

    11 November 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Storage

    Scotland will miss its 100% renewable electricity target set for 2020 without further investments in offshore and onshore wind, according to a new report published by Scottish Renewables. The study shows Scotland is on course to generate the equivalent of 87% of its annual demand for power from renewables by 2020, and highlights the need for further support […]

  • Workers evacuated from North Sea platform ahead of storm

    6 December 2017

    Workers have been evacuated from the Ninian Southern platform in the UK North Sea ahead of a storm. According to the UK media, the operator CNR International is removing 69 of 159 offshore workers from the platform as the Storm Caroline, which is expected to bring gales to Scotland on Thursday, approaches. The platform is […]

  • BiFab yards saved as Scotland brokers deal with Canadian firm

    17 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    The future of the UK-based offshore fabrication company BiFab has been secured following a deal with a Canadian firm hammered out by the Scottish government.

  • Petrofac secures well management job in North Sea

    10 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Oilfield services provider Petrofac has been selected by Dana Petroleum to provide well management services for all its UK North Sea-operated assets.

  • FES International’s DBSC to Be Used on Martin Linge

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

    UK oil and gas engineering firm FES International has won a $1.2m (£700,000) contract to supply four Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors to contractor NOV Flexibles. This is FES’ third project for NOV Flexibles this year with a combined value of almost US $5m. Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors are one of the firm’s most successful product […]

  • Sevan Marine divests assets to Sembcorp Marine

    8 June 2018

    Sevan Marine entered into an agreement with Sembcorp Marine Integrated Yards (SCM), for the latter to acquire assets of Sevan marine in a $28 million transaction. 

  • Scottish Secretary of State Visits Dana’s HQ

    16 August 2012

    Dana Petroleum yesterday welcomed the Secretary of State for Scotland, Rt. Hon. Michael Moore MP, to its Aberdeen headquarters. Mr Moore met with Group Chief Executive Dr Marcus Richards to discuss Dana’s plans to invest $5 billion to more than double in size by 2016. Mr Richards said, “This is an exciting time for Dana […]

  • Sevan Marine expects to complete sale to Sembcorp Marine in August

    8 August 2018

    Sevan Marine, the Oslo-listed designer of offshore drilling and production units, expects to close the sale of a larger part of its business to Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine during the current month.

  • Scottish Islands Framework Confirms Crown Estate’s Key Role in Wave, Tidal Energy

    18 August 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The Crown Estate’s commitment to Scottish Islands has been reaffirmed in the UK Government Islands Framework, confirming the business’s key role in sectors such as wave and tidal energy and aquaculture. The UK Government Framework published today reaffirms that the seabed is a national asset and that there are benefits to managing its use in a […]

  • CalMac Fits Fuel Monitoring Systems on 10 Ferries

    15 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Scottish islands ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) has contracted marine diesel power generation specialist Royston Limited to fit fuel monitoring systems on ten of its largest vessels. In a competitive tender, Royston successfully proposed the installation of its new second generation Enginei fuel management system for the work. The tender is linked to CalMac’s aim to save […]

  • CalMac Fits Fuel Monitoring Systems on 10 Ferries

    15 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Scottish islands ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) has contracted marine diesel power generation specialist Royston Limited to fit fuel monitoring systems on ten of its largest vessels. In a competitive tender, Royston successfully proposed the installation of its new second generation Enginei fuel management system for the work. The tender is linked to CalMac’s aim to save […]

  • Dana Petroleum to Finance Growth with New $1.5 B Credit Facility

    20 December 2013

    Dana Petroleum has secured a new US$1.5 billion credit facility to help finance the future growth of the company. The facility is made up of an initial committed US$1 billion together with a further US$0.5 billion that can be made available in the future for investment opportunities. This facility refinances Dana’s existing US$870 million facility. […]

  • Scottish Islands’ Renewables Forum to Continue

    9 July 2015
    Authorities & Government

    Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has announced to Islands Council leaders that he has received assurances of the UK Government’s commitment to continuing the Scottish Islands Renewable Delivery Forum (SIRDF). The SIRDF was established in 2014 and has been co-chaired by the Scottish and UK Governments. Its purpose is to support the joint policy aim […]

  • Hitachi Energy gets preferred supplier status for UK’s longest HVDC link

    26 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    SSEN Transmission and the UK National Grid have selected Hitachi Energy as the preferred technology provider for two HVDC converter stations to interconnect the Scottish and English power grids. The news comes a few days after the Switzerland-based company was selected to deliver the HVDC converter system for two other transmission links offshore Scotland. The Eastern […]

  • BiFab Yards Facing Closure, New Contracts Only Way Out

    13 February 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Project & Tenders

    Some 260 workers at the BiFab marine engineering yards in Fife and Arnish, Scotland, will be made redundant and the yards will be completely closed by the end of June if no new contracts are secured, Unite Scotland reports. 

  • BiFab Yards Facing Closure, New Contracts Only Way Out

    13 February 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Project & Tenders

    Some 260 workers at the BiFab marine engineering yards in Fife and Arnish, Scotland, will be made redundant and the yards will be completely closed by the end of June if no new contracts are secured, Unite Scotland reports. 

  • UK: Alnmaritec Hands Over New Aquaculture Workboat Shelagh Jane

    27 March 2012

    Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in Northumberland, recently completed the ‘Shelagh Jane’ a new aquaculture workboat for service on a fish farm on the West Coast of Scotland. This rugged no nonsense support boat is a development of the highly successful Alnmaritec Wave Worker class. She is designed specifically to have improved sea […]

  • Harland & Wolff taking over BiFab Methil, Arnish sites

    12 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Owner of the Harland & Wolff shipyards, InfraStrata, is acquiring the assets of Scotland’s Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab) at Methil in Fife and Arnish in Western Isles. BiFab officially went into administration in December 2020 after a deal for jacket foundation work for the Neart Na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm at the Methil site fell […]

  • UK: Hundreds of jobs at risk as BiFab faces closure

    13 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    UK-based offshore fabrication yards owned by BiFab are facing closure, which will bring about the loss of 260 jobs. 

  • Xodus Inks Employers Representative Deal with SSE

    27 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Xodus Group has been awarded a framework agreement with energy company SSE to provide employers representative services for the development and ongoing improvements of its electrical networks. The contract is for three years with potential extension for a further two years and is estimated to be worth in excess of £1million. It will involve various […]

  • Survey to Map Scotland’s Marine Environment Begins

    20 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Marine ecologists and oceanography experts from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have yesterday embarked on a four week survey as part of ongoing work to improve scientific understanding of Scotland’s natural marine environment. Utilising SEPA’s survey vessel, the Sir John Murray, data and samples will be collected from locations across Scotland’s west coast, to […]

  • Reach Subsea to perform survey for Scottish offshore HVDC transmission link

    10 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Reach Subsea has secured a contract with SSEN Transmission to carry out a survey for an HVDC transmission link offshore Scotland. The contract constitutes a detailed corridor survey for the Spittal to Peterhead HVDC power cable. The data will be used for detailed engineering and environmental assessment of potential cable routes with the survey corridor. […]

  • UK: Aquamarine Power to Unveil Wave Energy Plans for Lewis

    5 March 2012

    Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power will unveil proposals for its first wave energy development on Lewis at a series of public exhibitions commencing next week. The exhibitions will take place at the Galson Estate Trust Business Centre on Friday 9 March and Saturday 10 March and at Martin’s Memorial Hall in Stornoway on Monday 12 […]

  • Ninian Southern platform: Full evacuation ordered ahead of dangerous storm

    6 December 2017

    Following earlier reports that CNR International would evacuate around 70 workers from its Ninian Southern platform ahead of the Storm Caroline, this has now turned into a full evacuation.