Stork agrees to sign up for new North Sea deal
Energy service firm Stork has become the latest company to pledge its support for a newly-drafted collective bargaining deal for North Sea workers.
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Unions seek members’ views on ground-breaking new North Sea deal
Trade unions have launched a survey seeking feedback from members on a “ground-breaking” collective bargaining agreement that would cover thousands of North Sea workers.
It’s never too early to plan ballast water upgrade
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Renewable energy ‘power house’ to open in Highlands
A new “global centre for excellence” in renewable energy technologies is to be opened in the Highlands.
Semco Maritime to invest ‘tens of millions’ in renewables operations
Danish engineering and contracting firm Semco Maritime has announced plans to sharply enhance its renewables offerings in the coming years.
Unions and employers agree extension to ‘nail down’ new deal for North Sea workers
Employers and unions have given themselves extra time to conclude a new collective bargaining agreement for thousands of North Sea workers.
Glacier Energy clinches £1m North Sea deal with Total
Glacier Energy has won a contract worth about £1 million to supply export gas coolers for Total Exploration and Production UK (TEPUK)’s North Alwyn platform in the North Sea.
‘Historic’: Union boss hails progress on ground breaking North Sea deal
A trade union boss has hailed the progress made by the oil and gas industry in its quest to create a new collective deal covering thousands of North Sea workers.
Plans to link pay with oil prices in new deal for North Sea workers
A new deal covering thousands of North Sea workers could include a “rate adjustment mechanism” linking pay with oil and gas prices, a key figure behind the talks said.
Work on new collective deal for North Sea workers ‘moving forward’
Efforts to create a new collective agreement for North Sea workers are understood to be “proceeding”.
North Sea big hitters rally behind new deal for offshore contractors
More than 20 North Sea oil industry big hitters are rallying behind a new collective deal for workers ahead of a critical deadline this week.
Proposed North Sea deal would ‘level playing field’ again, chiefs say
A proposed new North Sea collective bargaining agreement will level the playing field for service companies and give workers more protection during turbulent times, industry chiefs said.
Five more firms to get behind new deal for UK North Sea workers
Five more energy service firms have agreed to help develop an alternative to a key UK North Sea collective bargaining agreement that is being scrapped.
Semco Maritime in partnership with Kishorn Port awarded yard stay contract by Altera Infrastructure
Semco Maritime Ltd have been awarded a yard stay project with Altera Infrastructure for their FPSO asset Voyageur Spirit to be moored at the West coast of Scotland port facility.
650 workers move to new consortium PBS for Total North Sea contract
More than 650 workers have completed a transfer to a brand new consortium in Aberdeenshire for the start of a five-year contract with Total.
North Sea contract award sets ‘alarm bells ringing’
A North Sea deal between one of the basin’s biggest producers and a little-known consortium has set “alarm bells ringing” in the UK offshore oil and gas sector, a trade union boss has said.
Total awards multi-million pound North Sea deal to new UK consortium
A newly-formed consortium led by French, family-owned firm Ponticelli has landed a five-year deal to support oil major Total's UK North Sea platforms.
Semco Maritime to shift into offshore wind feasibility work
Danish engineering and contracting firm Semco Maritime has announced that it will use its accumulated knowledge of the offshore wind market to shift into feasibility work in the sector.
Semco to upgrade floatel ahead of UK North Sea job for Maersk Oil
Semco Maritime will upgrade a floatel ahead of its posting to the UK North Sea for a job with Total subsidiary Maersk Oil.
Semco in Invergordon readies jack-up for cold conditions
Danish firm Semco Maritime has finished upgrading a Noble-owned jack-up rig at its base at Invergordon.
Jobs boost for Aberdeen as Semco clinches Culzean work
Danish firm Semco Maritime has delivered a jobs boost for Aberdeen after being chosen for work on the Culzean project in the North Sea.
Semco wins Culzean hook-up work, plans to create up to 150 Aberdeen jobs
Semco Maritime plans to employ up to 150 people in Aberdeen to carry out hook-up work on Maersk’s £3.3billion Culzean project in the North Sea.
Semco Maritime nets BP contract
Semco Maritime has been awarded a framework agreement with Aker BP in Norway.
Rigs stack up off Invergordon
As many as a dozen drilling rigs are expected to spend the winter stacked in the Cromarty Firth as the depressed oil price continues to limit North Sea activity.
Semco Maritime readies 147-room hotel module for Maersk Guardian
Semco Maritime said a 147-room hotel module will be lifted on board the Maersk Guardian to finalise a major conversion of the upcoming hotel rig.