Prosafe has secured a further six months of work for two of its vessel operating for BP at the Valhall field offshore Norway. Multi-service vessel Regalia has been contracted for a further three months and the Safe Scandinavia for the same period after BP exercised two three-month options on the ves
With an exciting battle between a brother and sister, the Breath of Fresh Air campaign’s ‘Tell a friend’-contest came to an end on 20 December 2010 midnight. Over 10,000 people have participated in the Breath of Fresh Air campaign since its launch in April 2010, adopting turbines all over Europe or
The U.S. Department of the Interior has nominated a New Jersey company to develop 300 wind turbines off the coast of Ocean City, Md.,… By Hayley Peterson (washingtonexaminer) [mappress] Source: washingtonexaminer, January 17, 2011
Bangladesh signed a deal with Qatar Sunday to import 4 million tons of Liquefied Natural Gas per year from the Middle East country… (istockanalyst) [mappress] Source: istockanalyst, January 16, 2011;
BP and Rosneft announced that they have agreed a groundbreaking strategic global alliance. Rosneft and BP have agreed to explore and develop three license blocks – EPNZ 1,2,3 – on the Russian Arctic continental shelf. These licences were awarded to Rosneft in 2010 and cover approximately 125,000 squ
The Moses Lake Planning Commission approved the permits required for a dredging project on Parker Horn. Commissioner Rick Penhallurick was… By Amy Phan (columbiabasinherald) [mappress] Source: columbiabasinherald, January 16, 2011;
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has signed a framework agreement with the Greenland Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP) for the exchange of information regarding resource management in the two countries. The agreement was signed by the Director of the BMP, Jørn Skov Nilsen, and Director
BP and Rosneft announced that they have agreed a groundbreaking strategic global alliance. Rosneft and BP have agreed to explore and develop three license blocks – EPNZ 1,2,3 – on the Russian Arctic continental shelf. These licences were awarded to Rosneft in 2010 and cover approximately 125,000 squ
A new 30,500m3 capacity, 181-metre dredger for Belgian company Jan De Nul, called ‘Charles Darwin’, has been supplied with a number of deck machinery items from Spanish company Ibercisa. The contract includes two combined windlasses with Ø81mm chain, which have been measured to work without stoppers
Rockhopper Exploration has spudded a new South Atlantic exploration well off the Falkland Islands targeting an extension of the Sea Lion oil discovery. Drilling on the 14/10-3 commenced at 17.00 hours on 13 January, Rockhopper said, and is located 8 kilometres (5 miles) northwest of the 14/10-2 Sea
Shipping on the Rhine was suspended today as authorities rushed to prevent an environmental disaster after a barge carrying 2,400 tonnes of sulphuric acid capsized. The 360-foot tanker Waldhof, bound for the Belgian port of Antwerp, rolled over near the town of St. Goarshausen. The barge was carryin
The European Commission (EC) has adopted its fishing opportunities proposal for 2011 setting levels of total allowable catch (TAC) and fishing effort for the Atlantic, the North Sea, and international waters regulated by a Regional Fisheries Management Organisation. The EC said the proposal is based
Cathelco Ltd are supplying a hull corrosion protection system for the P62 FPSO which is being converted for Petrobras Netherlands B.V. who will operate it in the Roncador field off Brazil. This will involve the conversion of the Mt Suva, a 279,984 dwt VLCC which was launched in 1993. The work will t
Machinists can now select one of three configuration options that have been added to a new line of heavy-duty portable flange facers from Climax Portable Machine Tools. Specifically, machinists who repair and maintain flanges and seals on site can specify portable flange facers for single-point mach
