The first ship to load oil from the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah at the Jubilee Field docked at the anchorage of the Tema Port in the early hours of Sunday January 3, 2011. The ship, Mt Spike, has Hull Blyth Limited as its local agent.
International investors are growing concerned about Vietnam’s state-owned shipbuilding conglomerate Vinashin, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Its failure would have dire consequences for one of the most dynamic south-east Asian economies. Vinashin is the flagship for the development model advoc
PORT bosses in South Tyneside are poised to take full advantage of the boom in wind-generated power. With several renewable energy schemes in the pipeline, including wind farms, the authority could reap the benefits
Cruise ship debuts, which for a decade have been as regular an event on the cruise calendar as the postman’s “neither rain nor sleet” delivery credo, are not the story in 2011 — aside, that is, from the debuts of Disney Dream and Oceania Cruises’ Marina, the two most exciting and interesting prototy
The South Carolina Department of Commerce, Charleston County and the Charleston Regional Development Alliance announced Tuesday that Odfjell Holdings Inc. will establish new operations in Charleston County. The $37 million investment is expected to initially generate 12 new jobs over the next three
Desire Petroleum is to plug and abandon its Dawn prospect well in the North Falklands Basin after failing to find oil or gas. Operator Desire said the 25/5-1 well targeting the combined Jacinta and Dawn prospects has reached a total depth of 1,697 metres (5,566 ft)
Swedish independent Lundin Petroleum has completed its Norwegian exploration well in PL409 on the Norall prospect but has written off the well as a dry hole
More than 5,000 jobs could be generated from the marine renewables industry in the south-west, a new report has claimed. (lowcarboneconomy) [mappress] Source: lowcarboneconomy, January 04, 2011
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI), the world’s biggest shipyard, won a $520 million order to build a new ultra-deepwater drillship for Diamond Offshore Drilling Ltd., a subsidiary of Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., one of the top-class drilling contractors of USA. on January 4. The agreement
The UK’s renewable electricity supply reached an all time high last autumn exceeding 8.6% of the total supply in Q3. According to Government… (energyefficiencynews) [mappress] Source: energyefficiencynews, January 04, 2011
Qatargas is participating in the second edition of ‘Made in Qatar’ exhibition, which is currently being held at Doha Exhibition Center and is organised by Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Industry. Qatargas is the Gold Sponsor of this fou
KBR announced that it has completed the acquisition of the 44.94 percent share interest in M.W. Kellogg Limited (MWKL) previously held by JGC Corporation . With the completion of the transaction, MWKL, which was previously an affiliate of both companies since 1992, is again a wholly-owned KBR subsid
Acergy S.A . and Subsea 7 Inc. announced that the combination between the parties is expected to be completed on January 7, 2011. In light of this, the following is announced: After completion the new company will be known as Subsea 7 S.A. and the restated Articles of Incorporation approved by Acerg
The VOSTA LMG – Karnafuly Joint Venture Consortium Limited has signed a contract with the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB). The contract is signed for the delivery of two CSD 650 including components for a floating pipe line for both dredgers. The contract signing ceremony for the delivery
