Santos today welcomed the announcement by South Australian Premier Mike Rann that the State will set a carbon emissions limit for new power generation to drive the conversion of electricity production from high-carbon coal to lower carbon natural gas, and enable the further development of renewable
Progressive Liberal Party leader Perry Christie yesterday stated that if the PLP was in office it would have never approved dredging on the… By JUAN McCARTNEY (thenassauguardian) [mappress] Source: thenassauguardian, December 6, 2010;
The leader of Hull City Council said that plans for wind turbine manufacture at Alexandra Dock could usher in new era of prosperity for the… (nextbigfuture) [mappress] Source: nextbigfuture, December 06, 2010
For the second time in as many years the Hannibal marina is in need of dredging. “It needs it desperately,” said Andy Dorian, director of the.. (hannibal) [mappress] Source: hannibal, December 6, 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama is focusing on trade and jobs during his current Asian tour. His administration has set a goal of creating two million new jobs for American workers. One way it hopes to do that is by completing a long-delayed free trade agreement with South Korea, and agreements with oth
Today’s announcement that Ireland has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see it join a European ‘Supergrid’ has been… (siliconrepublic) [mappress] Source: siliconrepublic, December 06, 2010
Esso Highlands Limited, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation and operator of the PNG LNG Project, recently officially opened its Port Moresby Construction Training Facility. The Project is investing 150 million Kina in training services and capital costs to train up to 4,000 Papua New Guinean wor
The Territory Government is calling for tenders to upgrade Darwin’s Stokes Hill Wharf. Construction Minister Gerry McCarthy said the upgrade… [mappress] Source: newsroom., December 6, 2010;
SMIT Salvage, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., has acquired two ship salvage contracts in India. The combined value of the contracts is approximately € 50 million. The first assignment involves the refloating of a container vessel off the western coast of India. The vess
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is using money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to open up some of the silted-in oxbows on… BY WALLY SPIERS (bnd) [mappress] Source: bnd, December 6, 2010;
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, announces that it has acquired a 20% interest in Gateway Storage Company Limited (Gateway), to progress and develop the Gateway Gas Storage project in the East Irish Sea. The cash consideration could be up to £33 million over time, f
BG Group recently announced that its second Tanzanian exploration well, Chewa-1, has also discovered gas. The well, located in Block 4 approximately 80 kilometres offshore southern Tanzania in a water depth of around 1 300 metres, is some eight kilometres north-west of BG Group’s Pweza-1 gas discove
The Al Safliya LNG carrier, with a capacity of 210,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal December 11, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering 21 billion cubi
The Irish energy regulator has exempted the proposed Shannon LNG project from third-party access requirements… (argusmedia) [mappress] Source: argusmedia, December 6, 2010;
