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UK Energy Bill passed into law

The UK Energy Bill has received Royal Assent, bringing into law the Government's plans to stimulate £110 billion pounds of investment into the UK's electricity market through to 2020.
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£13m funding available for nuclear R&D

The Technology Strategy Board, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the Department of Energy and Climate Change are investing up to £13 million in collaborative R&D and feasibility study projects for the UK's civil nuclear power sector.
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KBR scoops engineering contract for Shah Deniz II

BP has awarded KBR a contract to provide detailed engineering and procurement support services for the Shah Deniz Phase II project in the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan. Read more…

Boskalis lands US$275m Wheatstone contract

Bechtel has awarded Boskalis subsidiary Dockwise a contract for Module Transport Services for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone project in Western Australia. Read more…

WG Mustang scoops White Rose extension, Canada

Husky Energy has awarded Wood Group Mustang Canada a FEED contract for an integrated topsides facility for the White Rose Extension Project (WREP), offshore Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. Read more…

First gas from Juliet, North Sea

Operator GDF SUEZ has announced first gas production from the Juliet field in the Southern North Sea, 39km east off the coast of Lincolnshire.
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Jacobs secures Horizon contract

Horizon Nuclear Power has awarded Jacobs Engineering a strategic framework contract for the provision of engineering and related technical services at its two nuclear sites in the UK. Read more…

White Rose CCS goes ahead with FEED

The UK Government has awarded Capture Power, a consortium of Alstom, Drax and BOC, a FEED contract for its White Rose carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project in North Yorkshire.  
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Green light for £450m Humber Marine Energy Park

The UK Government has given the go ahead to the development of the Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP), a purpose-built facility for the manufacture, assembly and installation of offshore renewable technologies on the south bank of the Humber in North Lincolnshire. Read more…

ScottishPower Renewables pulls the plug on Argyll Array

ScottishPower Renewables has abandoned its plans to develop the Argyll Array offshore wind farm, deeming it 'not financially viable' following detailed technical and environmental site studies. Read more…

 

AMEC lands £255m PMC contract, Kuwait

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has renewed its contract with AMEC for Project Management Consultancy services for a portfolio of major upstream projects in Kuwait.
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Shell increases interest in Parque das Conchas, Brazil

Shell has completed its acquisition of an additional 23% interest in the Parque das Conchas (BC-10) project offshore Brazil for US$1 billion, taking its operating interest in the project to 73%.. Read more…

 

Blade Dynamics to prototype long blades on Siemens' turbine

The design phase of Blade Dynamics' ‘Very Long Blade Project’ for the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has successfully concluded and that the prototyping phase will now begin.  Read more…

Extronics launches iSOLATE500

Cheshire-based Extronics has launched the iSOLATE500 radio frequency galvanic isolator, enabling installers and system integrators to utilise standard access points or antenna to deliver wireless networks in any hazardous area.  Read more…

 

Environmental assessment for UK shale published

The Government has published its Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) report for further oil and gas onshore licensing, setting out the potential economic and environmental effects of shale oil and gas production in the UK. Read more…

As we start the New Year with an optimistic outlook across all energy sectors, here’s a reminder of some of the biggest project news to make the headlines in 2013…

EDF and Govt agree strike price for UK nuclear

The UK Government and French utility EDF have struck a deal to build the first plant of the UK's proposed 'nuclear renaissance', Hinkley Point C in Somerset.
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Shale a 'game changer' to UK energy market

The UK has the potential to become the European model for shale gas development if it can gain early mover advantage, according to speakers at the Energy Industries Council's (EIC) Annual Conference in London..
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Major subsea contracts awarded for TEN project, Ghana

Tullow Ghana has awarded a consortium of Technip and Subsea 7 two contracts worth US$1.23 billion for the Tweneboa, Enyenra, and Ntomme (TEN) field development in the Deepwater Tano contract area, offshore Ghana. Read more…

Woodside shelves development concept for Browse

Woodside has announced that it is abandoning its plans to build a 12 mtpa LNG plant at James Price Point to process gas from the Browse basin due to its lack of commercial viability. Read more…

Westinghouse eyes the South African nuclear prize

Westinghouse and South African EPC contractor Sebata Group plan to join forces on the potential construction of Westinghouse AP1000® nuclear power plants in South Africa.  
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MARINER HEAVY OIL FIELD

Northern North Sea, United Kingdom

HINKLEY POINT C

Somerset, England

BOWLAND BASIN SHALE

Lancashire, England

TEN CLUSTER

Ghana, Africa

BROWSE UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT

Western Australia

THYSPUNT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Eastern Cape, South Africa

OFFSHORE AREA 1 BLOCK

Mozambique, Africa

OFFSHORE WIND FARM DOGGER BANK

North Sea, United Kingdom

 
 

15 January 2014

Business Presentation:

Project Update with SNC Lavalin

Yas Island, Rotana

 

17 January 2014

Business Presentation:

Opportunities in Saudi Arabia

EIC Conference Suite

 

22 January 2014

Business Presentation:

Lunch with National Oilwell Varco

Restaurante do Empresario, Rio de Janeiro

 

31 January 2014

EIC Training:
An Introduction to Reservoir Engineering & Drilling
EIC Conference Suite, London

 

09 February 2014

Corporate Entertainment:
Burns Supper
Ardoe House Hotel, Aberdeen

13 February 2014

EIC Training:

An Introduction to Control Valves

Severn Glocon, Gloucester


05 March 2014

Corporate Entertainment:

'Tee up some fun' at Top Golf!

Top Golf, Houston


27 March 2014

Corporate Entertainment
Pembroke Supper 2014

Cleddau Bridge Hotel, Pembroke Dock

 

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