On Saturday 19th October, Rosetti Marino in Ravenna, Italy delivered Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) “HIGHLAND KNIGHT” to Gulf Offshore North Sea Ltd. headquartered in Aberdeen. This PSV was built in Rosetti Marino’s San Vitale Shipyard and it is the first of the two sister ships which were ordered in October [...]

Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 457, has completed drilling of wildcat wells 16/1-19 S and 16/1-20 A. Wells 16/1-19 S and 16/1-20 A were drilled about two and a half kilometres east of appraisal wells 16/1-16 and 16/1-16 A at the Ivar Aasen field, and about three kilometres [...]

Construction grew by 2.5% in the third quarter helping to drive national GDP growth which rose by 0.8%. The gathering recovery in construction saw it contribute 15% to overall UK GDP growth from the second to third quarter. While construction was the fastest growing industrial sector, the larger, all-encompassing services [...]

The first 13 wind turbines at DTE Energy's (NYSE: DTE) Echo Wind Park have been commissioned, with the entire facility set to begin commercial operation by the end of November. The 70-turbine Echo Wind Park in Huron County will be operational by the end of 2013 and add another 112 megawatts [...]

HS2 is merely “a political trophy project” according to Lord Mandelson, who spoke against the project in the House of Lords yesterday. He said there were dozens of transport projects that could be implemented for the price of HS2, and disputed the benefits of faster journeys. But former Labour minister [...]

Norwegian-based subsea contractor Ocean Installer AS has awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract to supply subsea tie-in connection systems that will support the development of the Gina Krog and Eirin gas fields in the Norwegian North Sea. Statoil Petroleum AS , which operates the Gina Krog (formerly known as [...]

Coventry City Council has appointed Costain to build a new bridge deck at Junction 6 of Coventry Ring Road. It will work alongside Atkins, which will design the scheme, forming a key part of the Friargate development at the railway station. The 100m wide bridge deck across the ring road will [...]

BAODING, China, Oct. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") manufacturer, known as "Yingli Solar", today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited ("Yingli China"), will supply 59 MW of multicrystalline [...]

The UAE-based operator TAQA has restarted production from its UK North Sea fields after completing maintenance works on the North Cormorant platform. Antrim Energy Inc, Taqa’s partner, today said that the output from the Causeway Field in UKCS P1383 Block 211/23d (Antrim working interest 35.5%) and the Cormorant East Field in [...]

Barr Construction has secured a contract to build a 30,000 sq ft Waitrose store in Chester. The deal comes ahead of the opening of the new Waitrose Helensburgh, which is on target to open its doors this month, following a successful construction and fit out by Barr. The Chester store [...]

Wintershall is continuing to expand its offshore expertise: a new team of staff recently began coordinating the Norwegian offshore production of Germany’s largest internationally active crude oil and natural gas producer from Bergen. The new office was officially opened yesterday together with the mayor of Bergen, Trude Drevland. Wintershall is [...]

Planning permission has been granted for developer Town Centre Securities’ 600,000 sq ft mixed-used development at Whitehall Riverside in Leeds’ west end. Leeds City Council approved outline consent for 375,000 sq ft of offices spread over three, eight-storey buildings, restaurant and leisure space as well as a 500 space car [...]