Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration and production opportunities in the Atlantic Margin, the North Sea and Norway,announces that it has conditionally raised £62.2 million (approximately USD $100 million) through a Placing of 37,718,024 new Ordinar
Sri Lanka’s new pounds Sterling 226 million deep sea port at Magampura harbor, Hambantota, on the south coast of the island has today been officially opened with the ceremonial docking of the first vessel to use the port facilities. In a ceremony presided over by President Mahinda Rajapaksa as part
Intertek, a leading global provider of quality and safety solutions, has acquired Pacifica Marine, a marine cargo inspection and surveying company operating in Papua New Guinea. Strategically located in Port Moresby, Pacifica Marine provides a wide scope of survey, inspection and marine insurance re
Vestas joins the competition for the best response to future demands for sustainable energy. The jury, chaired by a former Nobel Peace Prize winner, will decide in January 2011. Vestas’ V112-3.0 MW continues to attract positive attention. Most recently, the new turbine is nominated for an energy pri
Polarcus, a leading provider of marine geophysical services, is building two seismic vessels of the new generation type SX134 at the Ulstein Verft shipyard. ULSTEIN has designed and built a number of state-of-the-art seismic vessels the past few years, and the contracts attest to the company’s leadi
Concerns have been raised that the costs for any future dredging at the proposed Mangles Bay Marina project will fall back to Rockingham … (inmycommunity) [mappress] Source: inmycommunity, November 19, 2010;
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded the detailed engineering and procurement for ConocoPhillips’ existing Judy platform and the hook-up and commissioning of their new Jasmine facilities in the North Sea, 240 kilometres south-east of Aberdeen. The valu
Further to announcements made on November 5 and 8, 2010, the securing of the well has been completed and the pulling of the BOP to the surface has started. The well has been cemented and plugged according to Petrobras’ safety procedures. On deck, the BOP will be inspected and repaired and then lower
CIRCOR International, Inc. a provider of valves and other highly engineered products and subsystems that control the flow of fluids safely and efficiently in the aerospace, energy and industrial markets, today announced that Pipeline Engineering, a subsidiary of its Energy Products Group, has won a
Nicaragua said Thursday that it is ready to have dialogue with Costa Rica to discuss a border dispute between the two countries… (xinhuanet) [mappress] Source: xinhuanet, November 19, 2010;
Lamprell , a leading provider of specialist engineering services to the international oil & gas and renewables industry, announces that it has received a US$ 210 million new contract award from Eurasia Drilling Company Limited (“EDC”) and issues the following Interim Management Statement for the per
Two private contractors are feuding with Allegheny County officials over how to handle tons of soggy sediment dredged from the bottom of … By Jeremy Boren (pittsburghlive) [mappress] Source: pittsburghlive, November 19, 2010;
IT is hoped that the landowners of the Nigg Fabrication Yard in Easter Ross will come to “an early decision” about its future, boosting… (northern-times) [mappress] Source: northern-times, November 19, 2010;
Construction work is well underway on the new Port of Acu, a huge project being hailed as a concept that will change the future of port … (steelguru) [mappress] Source: steelguru, November 19, 2010;