Kvaerner reported operating revenues of NOK 3 383 million in the third quarter 2013, compared to NOK 2 430 million in the third quarter of 2012. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) amounted to NOK 166 million, compared to NOK 109 million in the same quarter last year. [...]

Planning permission has been granted to drill boreholes up to two miles deep in Manchester to heat homes with geothermal springs. Detailed geological evaluations will now be undertaken by GT Energy in a bid to secure a supply of cheap and renewable heat to homes and businesses in the city. [...]

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/5-5,  in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Well 16/5-5 will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility in position 58°38’25.93’’ north 02°20’54.42’’ east in production licence 410. The drilling programme for well 16/5-5 [...]

Reference is made to stock exchange announcement from Norwegian Energy Company ASA ("Noreco" or the "Company", ticker "NOR") on 21 October 2013, where it inter alia was informed that the Huntington field is still producing at about 40 per cent of capacity, and that further information with respect to ramp [...]

The Department for Transport has today approved £16m funding for the final major scheme to fix the Leeds Inner Relief Road. Carillion can now start work repairing the A58 Woodhouse Tunnel, which is suffering severe concrete damage and deterioration from extensive chloride attack caused by winter de-icing salts. The damage [...]

NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), the unregulated clean energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources (NJR), today announced the acquisition of its first onshore wind project. Named for the Montana town it is adjacent to, the Two Dot wind farm will be located on 176 acres of rural agricultural land, approximately [...]

The West Midland’s Integrated Transport Authority (ITA) Shadow Board has agreed a £2bn package of transport schemes to get the most benefit from HS2. The Local Connectivity Package includes: an extension of the Metro to Wolverhampton’s rail station and from New Street to Centenary Square; electrifying the Walsall to Rugeley [...]

Highways Agency procurement chiefs have started the race to prequalify for the largest framework to come to the market this year. The new-style collaborative delivery framework will be used to deliver between £4bn to £5bn of schemes over the next 4 – 6 years. It will establish much closer working ties [...]

Piling work for the Reading viaduct is almost complete, Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering (BBGE) has announced. The work forms part of Network Rail’s station area redevelopment and will ease congestion by taking mainline trains over freight and relief lines. The whole project is worth £40m. The £3.8m foundations package of [...]

This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting Georgians to participate in the first of 11 "listening sessions" the agency is conducting around the country to solicit ideas about the best ways to reduce carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. These sessions will provide members of the public [...]

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/5-5, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/5-5 will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility in position 58°38’25.93’’ north 02°20’54.42’’ east in production licence 410. The drilling programme for well 16/5-5 [...]

North London cabling specialist Murphy Limited has gone into administration with the loss of 293 jobs. The company has no connection with the much larger Murphy Group who are often referred to as Green Murphy in the industry. Deloitte was called in to the firm’s Tottenham Hale head office this [...]