A 15-point plan to deal with flooding in the Passaic River Basin in Morris, Passaic and Bergen counties was unveiled Thursday by the Passaic… (newjerseynewsroom) [mappress] Source: newjerseynewsroom, February 11, 2011;
“We must act today to prepare the electricity highways of tomorrow”, urged EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger at a recent conference in Brussels. He also deplored the length of time new grid lines currently take to get approved and built, saying it was “unacceptable”. The Commissioner particul
At 03.25 on Thursday morning a well incident was detected on the exploration rig Deepsea Atlantic. The incident was reported to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway. Statoil will closely examine the incident and is dispatching its own personnel, and personnel from drilling operator Odfjell Drilling
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract Jan. 27, 2011, to King Fisher Marine Service LP in the amount of… (dvidshub) [mappress] Source: dvidshub, February 11, 2011;
Nova Scotia’s bid to become a North American leader in the development, supply and support of tidal energy projects took another step forward today with the announcement that an international consortium will test one of the world’s largest tidal turbines in the Bay of Fundy’s aggressive marine envir
Nova Scotia’s bid to become a North American leader in the development, supply and support of tidal energy projects took another step forward today with the announcement that an international consortium will test one of the world’s largest tidal turbines in the Bay of Fundy’s aggressive marine envir
The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners will hold a limited hearing next month as part of its reconsideration of the land-use application… [mappress] Source: clatsop.or, February 11, 2011;
A frame contract for inspection, maintenance and repairs of subsea installations and pipelines has been awarded by Statoil to Subsea 7. The estimated value of the contract is approximately NOK 2 billion, including options. “With increased focus on lifetime extensions and opportunities for enhanced o
Siemens and Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s largest oil companies headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, have signed a corporate procurement agreement (CPA). This corporate-level agreement will strengthen the cooperation between the two companies. In addition, a sub-procurement agreement grants Sa
SOCAR delivered 863,733 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas to the state gas supply system in January 2011. 550,804 mcm of gas was collected out during January. A total of 1,414,537 billion cubic meters of gas was consumed in January. This indicator is 158,4 mcm more as compared to the same period of
An Agreement of Cooperation for 2011 was signed at the Gazprom headquarters between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Valentina Matvienko, Governor of Saint Petersburg. Pursuant to the document Gazprom and Saint Petersburg will continue joint efforts on comprehensive
Australia’s resources industry bosses have been urged to send more work to local companies that are being sidelined from billions of dollars… (theaustralian) [mappress] Source: theaustralian, February 11, 2011;
Stena Line’s purchase of two DFDS Seaways Irish Sea routes is being investigated by a second competition authority. The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said it had referred Stena’s €50 million (US$62.2m) bid for the Belfast-Birkenhead and Belfast-Heysham services to the Competition Commission, an in
Bidding for a drilling rig to drill offshore Guinea has been opened by AGR Petroleum Services on behalf of Hyperdynamics.