Category archives for: Europe & Eurasia

Scottish Government Supports Shetland Harbour Project

Scottish Government Supports Shetland Harbour Project

Alex Salmond announced a £10 million package to support plans for a deep-water quay facility in Shetland to secure decommissioning work on major offshore structures from the Northern North Sea. Following a meeting in Oslo on Tuesday with senior executives of AF Group and Lerwick Port Authority, the First Minister today said the Scottish Government [...]

UK: Stork Technical Services Wins IADC NSC ‘Associate Member’ Safety Award

UK: Stork Technical Services Wins IADC NSC ‘Associate Member’ Safety Award

Stork Technical Services, the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors, won the ‘Associate Member’ prize at this year’s IADC North Sea Chapter (NSC) Annual Safety Awards. The award recognises an Associate members’ safety achievements over the past year which can include launching schemes [...]

UK: Osiris Projects Becomes Part of EIC

UK: Osiris Projects Becomes Part of EIC

Osiris Projects announced that it has joined the Energy Industries Council (EIC), the leading trade association for UK companies that supply capital goods and services to energy industries worldwide. The EIC has a membership base of more than 600 UK companies across the energy supply chain. The EIC’s mission is to support its members in [...]

UK: Bowtech Displays Its Technology at Seawork International 2012

UK: Bowtech Displays Its Technology at Seawork International 2012

Bowtech Products Ltd., a market leading manufacturer and supplier of cameras, LED lighting, connectors, fiber optic multiplexers and slip rings for use in underwater or hazardous area applications, to any ocean depth, has announced that they will be exhibiting at the Seawork International 2012, held from the 22nd to the 24th of May, at the [...]

UK: EFC Receives Global API Manufacturing License

UK: EFC Receives Global API Manufacturing License

EFC Group, a leading designer and manufacturer of instrumentation, monitoring, controls and handling systems for the global oil and gas industry, has become one the first UK controls manufacturers to be awarded American Petroleum Institute (API) 16C and 16D monogram licenses. This signifies EFC Group as an authorised designer and manufacturer of licensed API 16C: [...]

Tidal Turbine Produces Electricity in Orkney (UK)

Tidal Turbine Produces Electricity in Orkney (UK)

An underwater turbine that is set to be used in Scotland’s first and only consented tidal power project has successfully completed an initial testing period in Orkney, and is providing electricity for homes and businesses on the island of Eday, one of Orkney’s northern isles. The 1MW power generator was installed last December, in some [...]

UK: Snam, Fluxys Acquire E.ON’s Stake in Interconnector

UK: Snam, Fluxys Acquire E.ON’s Stake in Interconnector

Snam and Fluxys yesterday reached an agreement to acquire E.ON’s 15.09% stake in Interconnector (UK), owner and operator of the subsea pipeline between the UK (Bacton) and Belgium (Zeebrugge) providing a strategic bi-directional link between the UK and the continental gas trading places. Last January, Snam and Fluxys entered into a strategic alliance aimed at [...]

UK: RWE Hires CMACS to Provide Marine-Life Protection at Gwynt y Môr

UK: RWE Hires CMACS to Provide Marine-Life Protection at Gwynt y Môr

A Wirral based environmental consultancy is to manage marine-life protection measures at one of the biggest wind farms currently in construction in Europe, after securing a £multi-million contract with Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited. CMACS Ltd will deliver a robust monitoring programme throughout the wind farm’s construction, ensuring the safety of marine mammals, [...]

Ukraine: BSF Hydrographic Ship Donuzlav Returns to Sevastopol

Ukraine: BSF Hydrographic Ship Donuzlav Returns to Sevastopol

Black Sea Fleet (BSF) hydrographic ship Donuzlav on May 15 returned to Sevastopol from a long-range cruise. Through a one-month long cruise, the ship has covered 4,000 nautical miles and passed the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Ligurian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. The [...]

JP Kenny Norway Wins Linnorm Subsea Contract from Shell

JP Kenny Norway Wins Linnorm Subsea Contract from Shell

JP Kenny Norway has signed a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract with Norske Shell for the high temperature, high pressure Linnorm project in Norway. Valued at approximately US$9 million (NOK 55 million), this contract forms part of a global Enterprise Frame Agreement awarded to Wood Group Kenny earlier this year by Shell Global Solutions [...]





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