The world market for wind turbines saw robust growth in the first half of the year 2010, with approximately 16 Gigawatt of new capacity added worldwide. Again China represents the by far largest market and added 7800 MW within only six months, reaching total installations of almost 34 Gigawatt. The
Heesen Yachts is proud to announce the signing of its sixth new-build contract in 2010. Following the sale of two 47-Metre full-displacement yachts, a 37-Metre semi-displacement yacht, and two all-aluminium fully customised builds – one of 50-metres and the other of 35-metres – the sale of this 65-M
Maersk Line will adjust its Asia – Europe capacity in line with changing market demand. In mid-November, Maersk Line will temporarily withdraw a service from the network. “A few weeks ago, we said that we were ready to adjust our capacity to post-peak demand levels, and that is what we are announcin
Iceland’s brand new Landeyjahofn harbour, built for the Westman Islands ferry, continues to cause expensive headaches. The country’s transport minister now believes he will have to put an extra ISK 350 million (USD 3.1 million) aside for sand dredging at the harbour in order to keep it serviceable.
Qatar has dropped plans to build a 3.5 billion euro ($4.82bn) energy hub in Greece, a Greek official said on Wednesday, a setback for Greek… (arabianbusiness) [mappress] Source: arabianbusiness, October 20, 2010;
Bibby Line Group is expanding its offshore services into the Far East with a new Singapore office. By Peter Elson (Liverpool Daily Post) [mappress] Source: Liverpool Daily Post, October 20, 2010;
Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries looks at Gamesa’s offshore plans and what its upcoming 5MW and 6/7MW offshore turbines… (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, October 20, 2010;
CNOOC Limited announced today that its two new oil fields, BoZhong (“BZ“) 26-3 and LuDa (“LD”) 32-2 in the Bohai Bay have successfully commenced production recently. BZ 26-3 is located in the central part of Bohai Bay, neighboring producing field BZ 25-1S. The field has an average water depth of abo
EnerMech has been awarded a contract to provide offshore crane maintenance services for Esso Australia. The five year multi-million dollar contract, with options, covers Esso assets in Bass Strait, Australia, and includes the provision of offshore crane maintenance personnel for the ExxonMobil subsi
Today, Volvo Trucks will initiate public field testing with methane diesel trucks that can run on liquefied methane gas. At the same time, Sweden’s first filling station for liquefied methane gas will open at Stigs Center in Göteborg. This is a revolutionary step in the development of gas use in hea
This report responds to a letter dated August 16, 2010, from Janice Mays, Staff Director of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on… (eia) [mappress] Source: eia, October 20, 2010;
This report responds to a letter dated August 16, 2010, from Janice Mays, Staff Director of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on… (eia) [mappress] Source: eia, October 20, 2010;
Maersk Oil has restarted gas production and export from Tyra East over the weekend after a temporary shutdown. Tyra East was shut down on Friday as a precautionary measure after it was discovered that clamps holding a boat fender to the platform jacket had developed cracks. The concern was the chanc
AWE Limited reports that the recommencement of production from the Pateke-3H well has been delayed due to further technical issues. A clean up flow of the well was undertaken prior to the Kan Tan IV rig being released from site on October 15, 2010, with the well repair activities having been success
