Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded a transportation contract by Van Oord Ship Management B.V. The Fairstar semi-submersible vessel FJELL will sail to the Sakhalin peninsula in Russia to load a cargo of split hopper barges, a cutter suction dredger and other related dredging equipm
A joint venture between HOCHTIEF Construction and the project and heavy-lift carrier provider BELUGA Shipping has commissioned the construction of a special jack-up vessel for the more rapid assembly of offshore wind turbines from the Polish shipyard Crist. The vessel should go into service in 2012,
INPEX CORPORATION announced today that it commenced the feasibility study on the construction of natural gas pipeline (“Toyama Line”), which is planned to be constructed from Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture to Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. This feasibility study includes surveying, geolog
Today the Danish Climate and Energy Minister Lykke Friis officially inaugurated E.ON’s offshore wind farm Rösand II. Rödsand lies between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland and is currently the largest of E.ON’s six offshore wind farms and one of the largest operating in t
The Te Giac Den appraisal well, TGD-2X, will be plugged and abandoned. Although the well encountered significant hydrocarbons in a clastics reservoir sequence at approximately 4,550 metres measured depth and produced both black oil and gas, it flowed at sub-commercial rates. The TGD-2X well was dril
Nordex has had its health, safety and environment (HSE) management system successfully audited by Bureau Veritas, achieving certification in accordance with ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. In this connection, the company is setting standards in environ-mental protection and defining milestones for a cont
The replacement of the six AREVA wind nacelles has been completed at Germany’s first offshore windfarm, alpha ventus. All twelve wind power turbines can be put back into full operation. Work on the nacelle exchange began in September and was completed successfully today. An increase in the temperatu
The replacement of the six AREVA wind nacelles has been completed at Germany’s first offshore windfarm, alpha ventus. All twelve wind power turbines can be put back into full operation. Work on the nacelle exchange began in September and was completed successfully today. An increase in the temperatu
Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited , an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, announces the appointment of Fergus McGhie as Project Delivery Manager for the development of the St
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has arranged a substantial logistics service for the M/Y Latitude, used by Oceana to study the after-effects of the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The company supplied the 170 foot vessel , which was chartered by the non-profit envir
Songa Venus achieved operating efficiency of 99% during the month, the rig continued its work on the second well of 4 firm wells for Shell Development (Australia). Songa Mercur achieved operating efficiency of 100% during the month; the rig continues to operate outside Sakhalin Russia on a one well
Jurong Shipyard (JSPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has secured an approximately S$351 million (Approximately $268 USD) contract to convert the Aframax tanker, the MT Arc II (ex MT Arc), to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, to be renamed FPSO Petrojarl Cid
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) and Texas A & M University will host its Annual Western Hemisphere Dredging Conference (WEDA 31 and TAMU 42) June 5-8, 2011 at the “Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee. The theme of this conference “Enhancing the Economy Through Dredging” will focu
The end of the new aquaculture wharf, a project co-sponsored by the federal and provincial governments under the economic stimulus money, being constructed on the east side of Hermitage is in sight, literally. The parking lot, measuring 250 feet by 100 feet, remains to be covered by asphalt, and the
