Trapoil, an oil and gas company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, has been notified by the Athena field operator, Ithaca Energy Inc.,that further to its recent diagnostic testing, including an investigation of the ESP installed in the “P4″ well in the Athena Field, [...]

The Highways Agency is to host a suppliers day in Birmingham to outline plans for a new-style collaborative delivery framework with the industry. The agency aims to use the new agreement for between £4bn to £5bn of schemes over the next 4 – 6 years and will start prequalifying firms [...]

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and Transport for London (TfL) have spoken out in support for greater investment in public transport ahead of the International Association for Public Transport (UITP)’s report tomorrow. ‘All together for public transport growth’ is an international movement to highlight the economic, environmental, and social benefits of [...]

When the application deadline expired for Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2013 on the Norwegian continental shelf, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) had received applications from 50 companies. The Ministry aims to award new production licences in APA 2013 sometime during January 2014. “In order to achieve a [...]

TALKS are set to take place between the Government and Network Rail, after a critical report from the Office of Regulation outlined flaws in the company's stewardship of the railway. The ORR's chief executive has accused it of 'facing many problems of its own making'. Among Network Rail's shortcomings is [...]

LONDON -- UK energy Minister Greg Barker officially opened a new extension to the 172 MW Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm this week. The new site is located next to the existing wind farm, 8.5 km off the coast of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. The existing wind farm consists of two phases, [...]

Construction orders taken during the second quarter of the year soared 20% compared to the previous quarter. The large rise was dominated by the 75% increase in infrastructure, which accounted for £1.2bn of the £2.1bn increase in new orders. Evidence collected shows that there were a high number of electricity [...]

Petrofac’s decommissioning director is among industry speakers taking part in the latest event being hosted by offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum Decom North Sea (DNS). The lunch and learn will take place on Wednesday, September 18, at the Palm Court Hotel, Aberdeen, from 12-2pm. As well as senior staff [...]

The Borders Railway should be double-tracked in the future to meet rising demand, campaigners have argued. The call comes as Network Rail plans to build a bridge to carry the A7 over the single-tracked railway at Falahill. The Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR) say the route should be ‘future-proofed’, with [...]

Trafford Council has approved revised outline plans for a £70m leisure-led development in Altrincham town centre. The Altair scheme will see a new leisure centre, shops and restaurants built on a 4.5 acre site located alongside the town’s ice rink and the new £19m transport interchange under construction. Ian Simpson [...]

A specialist North-east reservoir engineering company Oilgen has doubled its in-house team of experts to work on projects across the globe. Oilgen, which specialises in high-tech reservoir modelling to forecast and improve oil and gas production, has appointed Lisa Casteleyn as a geologist, bringing the number of staff at the company [...]

Statoil has together with partners in PL128 made an oil discovery in the Svale North prospect in the Norwegian Sea, approximately nine kilometres northeast of the Norne field. Exploration well 6608/10-15, drilled by the Songa Trym drilling rig, has proven a 45 metre oil column in the Åre formation and [...]