Ross Offshore AS today announces contract award for drilling, well , exploration & petroleum technology services with Statoil ASA. The contract is for five years firm, with a two plus two plus one year option (10 year total). The contract will take effect 01.01.2014. The contract is given as part [...]

South West Water has decided to extend its alliance with a group of five consultants and contractors for a further two years. Balfour Beatty, Hyder Consulting, Interserve Project Services, Pell Frischmann and South West Engineering staff will continue to work under the existing terms through to 2016/17. The move will [...]

Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the UK will allow Chinese companies to invest in British nuclear power plants. The first deal is likely to involve a stake in the new plant at Hinkley C which could be confirmed as early as next week. Construction at Hinkley will be led [...]

GMC Inc. announces the award of a contract to deliver its high strength fatigue resistant mechanical connector product as part of Total’s Moho Nord TLP project. GMC will supply over 100 sets of its concentric thread, pin and box type connectors under contract to Hutchinson Offshore’s Techlam S.A. who are supplying [...]

Trelleborg Group’s offshore operations has been awarded a contract to supply the Furukawa Electric Company with cable buoyancy and protection, for an experimental floating wind turbine project off the coast of Fukushima, Japan. The project, which is being headed up by The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Japan, will be [...]

The first BIM Manager Certification scheme has been launched as a benchmark qualification to assess the skills of construction professionals using Building Information Modelling. The RICS has launched the scheme to help contractors and consultants assess practitioners’ BIM skills. Alan Muse, Director of Built Environment at RICS, said: “Over the [...]

Bridge Energy, the Oslo Børs and AIM listed oil and gas exploration and production company, provides an update on the current exploration drilling campaign, targeting the Amol and Asha East prospects within the PL457 licence. Further to the announcement on 25th September 2013, the Company advises that the Asha East [...]

Lundin Petroleum AB, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS, announces the completion of wildcat well 6608/2-1S. The well was drilled in PL330 about 60 km east-southeast of the Aasta Hansteen gas field in the Norwegian Sea. The exploration well 6608/2-1S, operated by RWE Dea Norge AS, was targeting [...]

Trina Solar Limited (NYSE:TSL) ("Trina Solar" or "the Company"), a global leader in photovoltaic modules, solutions and services, announced today that its Trinasmart solution has won the 2013 Solar Industry Award in the System Integration category. This follows success for Trina Solar Chairman and CEO, Jifan Gao, in the Solar [...]

The Highways Agency has awarded a £7.5m design and build contract to Carillion to improve safety at the A1 Elkesley junction with Jockey Lane. Carillion will now complete the design of the scheme, taking it through from construction to completion. The work will involve building a two level junction on [...]

The Paddington New Yard contract has been awarded to Costain Ltd, Crossrail has announced. The £30m contract is subject to a 10-day standstill under European procurement rules. Costain beat bidders HOCHTIEF and Kier Infrastructure & Overseas Ltd. The work includes the construction of a new elevated bus deck, relocation of [...]

In the National Budget 2014, the Government is proposing continued investment in increased oil recovery and the development of the petroleum industry in northern Norway. Accordingly, the grants to Petoro and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate will be increased by NOK 6 million and NOK 4 million, respectively, to strengthen investment [...]