EnQuest PLC has completed the acquisition of the UKCS Greater Kittiwake Area assets previously owned by Centrica North Sea Oil Limited, as well as Centrica’s 100% interest in the Kittiwake to Forties oil export pipeline. The Greater Kittiwake Area is located in UKCS blocks 21/12a (licence P.073), 21
On Friday 28 February 2014, the offshore construction vessel ‘Polar Onyx’ was named at Ulstein Verft. The vessel is built for GC Rieber Shipping, and is chartered by Ceona for five years for deepwater projects offshore Brazil. The lady sponsor was Ms. Natalie Dawn Preston, daughter of Ceona’s CEO, S
The Board of Independent Oil and Gas plc (“IOG”), the North Sea focused Oil and Gas Company, has confirmed that the Blythe and Skipper licences have been extended by 18 months to 31st September 2015. Alpha Petroleum Resources Ltd operates the Blythe and Skipper licences in which IOG has a 50% intere
Keynvor Morlift Ltd has become a contractor of choice for Tidal Energy Limited’s project in UK. Keynvor Morlift’s task is to plan, manage and coordinate the deployment, installation and subsequent recovery and decommissioning of the DeltaStream tidal device at the site situated 1.2 km from the mainl
On Wednesday, February 26, Ofgem launched the third Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) tender round, for the high voltage transmission links of two offshore wind farms, Westermost Rough and Humber Gateway. They are situated in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Worth almost £400m, Tender Roun
The Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has announced that the Scottish Government’s Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund Array Technology Innovation Programme has made an award to a team of marine experts – to undertake a research project on Turbulence in Marine Environments for measuring and
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is continuing to invest in projects that will strengthen the security of energy supply in its region of operations. The EBRD is extending a senior loan of US$ 200 million to LUKOIL Overseas Shah Deniz Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LUKOI
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has acquired Norwegian privately owned Deep Water Solutions AS, specialising in lifting applications utilising electric multi drive technology. “Customer requirements for environmentally friendly solutions are increasing in offshore load handling applications, such as su
ShawCor Ltd. announced its pipe coating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value of approximately US$50 million from EUROPIPE GmbH for the concrete weight coating of Line 1 of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. The South Stream Offshore Pipeline system is comprised of 4 pipeline
Endeavour International Corporation today announced that the valve in the Rochelle field that had been stuck in the ‘shut’ position has now been opened and production is expected to resume in the next few days. Following the tie-in of the East Rochelle E2 well, production from Rochelle could not be
DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF ASA, has been awarded a contract for mooring installation in the Asia Pacific region. The contract award will secure utilization of the vessel Skandi Hercules for approx. 2 months. Skandi Hercules is a multi-purpose vessel with both construction support vessel feature
Cavotec has won three orders worth a total of more than EUR 28 million for MoorMaster™ automated mooring systems at applications in Australia, Canada and Denmark, one of which – for the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada – is the largest to date for MoorMaster™, and one of the biggest projects in the his
Cavotec said it has been awarded an order for two MoorMaster™ MM400 units that will be used in conjunction with a new-build LNG passenger (and vehicle) ferry on a frequent service between Hov, in Jutland, and Saelvig, located on the west coast of the island of Samsoe in Danmark. The order includes i
ORE Catapult and Nova Innovation Ltd’s TAM project for hydrodynamic modelling will de-risk delivery of early tidal arrays. With industry experts gathering in Belfast for the Renewable UK Wave & Tidal conference, the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Nova Innovation Ltd have launched a joint pro
