The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently announced funding for infrastructure repairs to one of the region’s busiest waterway navigation networks damaged during Hurricane Ike. The Sabine-Neches Navigation District will use approximately $8.7 million from FEMA to finance repairs to its dredgi
Gazprom has appointed WorleyParsons to perform front end engineering design (FEED) services on its Shtokman Phases 2 and 3 development in the Barents Sea. The Shtokman gas/condensate field is in the Russian sector of the Barents Sea about 600 kilometres northeast of the city of Murmansk. The complet
Mermaid announces that it has received an ‘A’ grade rating for Contractor Health Environment Safety Management (CHESM) from Chevron Indonesia for its operations on its tender rig ‘MTR-2’. The Chevron CHESM process establishes clear accountabilities, ensures active engagement of contractors, and prov
Once a bustling, happy village district, Pak Thong Chai is now semi-deserted and subdued after the flash flood tore through the town three… (bangkokpost) [mappress] Source: bangkokpost, November 10, 2010;
Cardiff based Torgy Atlantic has secured a £2.5m contract to supply one of the world’s largest LNG projects with highly specialised products… (UKTI) [mappress] Source: UKTI, November 10, 2010;
Total announces having finalized an agreement in principle with Perenco, an independent exploration and production French company, to sell its 75.8% equity in its upstream affiliate Total E&P Cameroun, a Cameroonian company which other shareholders include the national oil company – SNH (Société Nat
From U.S. 1, the small dredge anchored in a bucolic setting in Rose Bay gives no hint of the work going on beneath it. But each day another… By Dinah Voyles Pulver (news-journalonline) [mappress] Source: news-journalonline, November 10, 2010;
A Petaluma company has been awarded a $3.1 million federal contract for a ship dismantling project slated for Mare Island, the U.S. Maritime… By Jessica A. York (mercurynews) [mappress] Source: mercurynews, November 10, 2010;
On 9 November 2010 at approximately 14.30 hrs, Brunei LNG Sendirian Berhad (BLNG) experienced electrical failure at one of its own Sub-Stations. As a precautionary measure, two Liquefaction Trains were safely shutdown resulting in a bigger than normal flaring. As part of the BLNG normal emergency re
A private company is dredging sand for the third time at the year-old North Perry Park beach and marina after what the federal government… By David W. Jones (news-herald) [mappress] Source: news-herald, November 10, 2010;
Vestas latest turbine wins the Gold Award for Most Innovative Power Technology of the Year award competing with technology across all sources of energy. Vestas latest product offering – the V112-3.0 MW turbine was judged and awarded by independent judges as the “Most Innovative Power Technology of t
Vestas’ plans for its latest turbine the V112 3MW took a knock last month when it was revealed the prototype had suffered a blade failure. By Eize de Vries (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, November 10, 2010;
A long-awaited dredging of Stump Pass is moving forward after Charlotte County approved a contract bid on Tuesday… By Chris Gerbasi (heraldtribune) [mappress] Source: heraldtribune, November 10, 2010;
South Korea has confirmed it intends to become a major player in the offshore wind sector with an announcement last week that an $8.2 billion (€5.9 bn) wind farm will be built in the Yellow Sea. With an eye to reducing its dependence on expensive imported fossil fuels, the nation will begin testing
