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Weather stalls efforts to load Transocean Winner on to heavy-lift ship
Time is running out for salvors attempting to load the stranded drilling rig Transocean Winner on to a heavy-lift ship, which…
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James Fisher to work on tidal turbine project
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has won a new contract under which the company will provide integrated marine and subsea…
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Transocean Winner is on its way to Turkey again soon
The semi-submersible drilling rig that ran aground off the coast of Scotland is likely to recommence being towed to Turkey…
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21 jobs lost as CIE Well Control enters administration
Aberdeen-based subsea operations firm CIE Well Control has entered administration due to persistently low oil prices and a lack of…
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Transocean Winner refloated
The rig was successfully refloated during high tide last night and has been towed away from the coastline on the…
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Transocean Winner set for refloating tonight
Smit Salvage will use a high tide tonight to try and refloat the , a semi-submersible rig that ran aground…
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Transocean Winner refloat aimed for this weekend
The drilling rig could be towed off a beach on the Scottish isle of Lewis this weekend, nearly two weeks…
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‘Weeks’ before the grounded Transocean Winner can be moved
Salvors say it could be weeks before they can refloat the , the semi-submersible drilling rig that ran aground off…
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Fuel tanks of grounded Transocean rig ruptured
The fuel tanks of the grounded rig have ruptured and the giant facility has also taken on a significant list.…
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Winds likely to delay salvage of Transocean rig
Experts says high winds are likely to prevent the swift salvage of the , the drilling rig that ran aground…
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Two-week strike begins at Scotland’s largest container port
A two-week strike commenced earlier today at Scotland’s largest container port, the Port of Grangemouth, over the imposition of shift…
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Scottish cities look to tap rig decommissioning market
Scottish cities are rapidly repositioning themselves for the post-North Sea oil future. Port operator Forth Ports has announced a plan…
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Songa Offshore closes in Aberdeen and Korea, 200 jobs to go
Midwater drilling contractor Songa Offshore has announced a transformation of the organisation which will see up to 200 jobs lost.…
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Government cash for badly hit Aberdeen offshore sector
Britain’s badly battered home of offshore activities, Aberdeen, is to receive £250m ($360m) in funding from the British and Scottish…
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Scottish port operator fined over crane death
A port operator has been fined £300,000 ($426,000) after a worker was crushed to death on a crane. Mechanical engineer…
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Prosafe rig adrift in the North Sea with 33 onboard
Rough seas and storms in the North Sea have caused a Prosafe-owned semi-submersible accommodation vessel to come adrift while under…
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Cargo ship rescued after losing power off Orkney Islands
A palletised cargo ship that lost power while underway off the Orkney Islands is under tow to port, where it…
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Grounded Lysblink Seaways was driven by drink
The grounding of the DFDS Seaways vessel Lysblink Seaways was caused by the officer of the watch (OOW) being drunk…
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Statoil to build world’s first floating wind farm off Scotland
Statoil has made the final investment decision to build the world’s first floating wind farm: The Hywind pilot park offshore…
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Delayed oilfield development postpones FPSO delivery from Cosco Nantong
A floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit being built at Cosco Nantong shipyard for Sevan Marine has had its…
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