Mechanical engineering specialist, EnerMech, has backed up its ambition to develop a global business with the £4 million purchase of its headquarters building in Aberdeen. In addition to the purchase of the previously leased property, a £400,000 refurbishment programme is underway, which includes pl
The Development fund for Sustainable Energy North Holland (Ontwikkelingsfonds Duurzame Energie Noord-Holland (ODENH) has announced that it will invest € 3 million in the development of a new offshore wind turbine with a capacity of 5MW or more.
When offshore wind farms have been discussed along the lakeshore, the debate has centered on how the turbines would look and whether they would kill birds. Take the same issue to Lansing, and state policymakers are much more concerned about the cost of electricity and the development of wind industr
In July this year Kleven Maritime entered into a contract with Eidesvik Offshore for the delivery of one advanced Platform Service Vessel of the VS 489 LNG design, with one optional vessel to be declared before December 1st 2010. This option has now been declared. The vessels are to be outfitted at
BG Group today 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 discovery
National Grid has announced the start of commercial operations today of its second capacity expansion, delivered on time and to budget, at the company’s Isle of Grain LNG importation facility. Following the arrival of the first commissioning cargo of LNG on 29 October, the commissioning process has
Mr Troy Hayden commences today as Tap Oil’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. Mr Hayden’s appointment was previously announced on 27 October; this earlier announcement provides details of Mr Hayden’s background. Mr Hayden succeeds Mr Peter Stickland, who has resigned as a Director and w
“This award signifies a quantum leap for subsea gas compression within the oil and gas industry. As one of the major subsea contracts awarded during 2010, this has been a key target for Aker Solutions. It confirms our position as the preferred partner of subsea technology, solutions and capability,”
Polarcus Limited announces the appointment of Cameron Astill to the position of Vice President Marketing, Asia-Pacific, and the opening today of a new regional Polarcus office in Singapore. Cameron brings over 30 years seismic industry experience and extensive industry knowledge of Asia-Pacific to t
Beach Energy Limited is pleased to release monthly drilling report for the period ending 1 December 2010. AUSTRALIA Beach Operated Cooper Basin Shale Gas Exploration – PEL 218 Drilling operations for Encounter-1 (Beach 90%), the first of a two well, back-to-back exploration program targeting shale g
Lake County commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to express support for the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp., and appoint Commissioner Robert… (news-herald) [mappress] Source: news-herald, December 01, 2010
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc, signed a protocol on strategic global cooperation. This agreement establishes basic guidelines for the companies’ broader collaboration. Amongst the opportunities the compa
MEO Australia Limited advises that since the last progress report, Artemis-1 spudded at 00:45 hrs (Perth time) on Thursday 25th November. The 30” x 20” surface conductor was set in place and the 17-1/2” hole was drilled to 1,870m (below rotary table) at which depth the 13-3/8” intermediate casing ha
As Georgia moves closer to harvesting its offshore wind for energy, researchers and wind proponents want coastal residents to learn more… By Mary Landers (savannahnow) [mappress] Source: savannahnow, December 01, 2010
