Liberty Power , the nation's largest independent retail electric supplier, today announced that it has donated renewable energy certificates (RECs) to match 100 percent of the estimated electricity usage at the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's (USHCC) Annual Convention. The USHCC Convention is known as the largest gathering of Hispanic business leaders [...]

Norwegian drilling contractors Sevan Drilling and Seadrill have executed agreements under which Seadrill will take over the management of Sevan Drilling offshore drilling rigs. Seadrill, which owns a controlling stake in Sevan Drilling, will manage the operation of the company’s Sevan Driller, Sevan Brasil, Sevan Louisiana and, ultimately, Sevan Drilling [...]

Henderson Global Investors has unveiled plans for a new £400m collection of skyscrapers at 40 Leadenhall Street in the City of London. The scheme by architect Make has been dubbed “Gotham City”. It ranges in height from seven to 34 storeys and includes 82,600m² of office space and 2,000m² of [...]

Alstom and ScottishPower Renewables have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to incorporate Alstom’s tidal power devices within the Sound of Islay project. The tidal array, between the islands of Islay and Jura on the west coast of Scotland, will include up to four of Alstom’s 1 MW tidal devices, one [...]

bmi regional, which describes itself as the UK’s most punctual airline, today announced a new scheduled service between Aberdeen and the Norwegian capital Oslo, which will start operating on 28 October this year. The new route announcement is the latest in a series of positive moves by the airline in [...]

Siem WIS, a Norwegian Oil Service Company located at Sotra, has entered into an additional contract with M-I Swaco for the supply of its pressure control device (“PCD”) services. The Siem WIS PCD services shall be used in connection with M-I Swaco’s manage pressure drilling (“MPD”) services for Statoil on the Romeo [...]

Cortez Subsea, a growing subsea services and technology products company has secured £1.5million of contracts across its range of pipeline installation and decommissioning services following a successful start to Q3 of 2013. The Aberdeen-based firm has completed the first phase of work on a North Sea FPSO reinforcement programme for contractor [...]

An object lesson is a concrete example of a negative outcome often juxtaposed with a positive outcome, but always a lesson and one that is almost always worth paying attention to. When governments tinker with markets the end result depends on more than the specific market, it depends on the [...]

A £1m investment by Balfour Beatty into a product rejected in the Dragons’ Den is revolutionising how the UK’s water and gas companies look after their infrastructure. Danny Krywyj, of Derby, appeared on the hit BBC show in 2005 with a camera kit designed to be strapped to the helmet [...]

National Rail Enquiries (NRE) is working with University College London and Microsoft to analyse the results of a real time train prediction system. The team will measure the accuracy of NRE train forecasts, review historical performance of individual train services, and find stations where the forecasts could be improved. The [...]

Havyard Ship Technology’s shipyard in Leirvik in Norway has won the contract for a major conversion of the subsea vessel Havila Phoenix. Havila Shipping has signed contract with Deep Ocean who has chartered the subsea vessel «Havila Phoenix» for cable laying and trenching operations. The contract is for seven years [...]

Consultant Atkins has signed-up one of the largest intakes of young people in its 75 year history with more than 400 graduates and apprentices joining its UK business. Sue Cooper, Atkins’ UK HR director, said: “The future of our industry and its ability to create a better quality of life [...]