Offshore renewable energy projects around the South West coast of England could generate enough electrical power for 5 million homes, more than double the domestic needs of the whole of the South West. These are among the conclusions from a study commissioned by the South West RDA (Regional Developm
Addax Petroleum Exploration, part of the Sinopec group, has exercised the remaining two years of options for the FPSO Sendje Berge. The firm period has by this been extended until March 2013. The FPSO is operating on the Okwori field offshore Nigeria. About BW Offshore BW Offshore is one of the worl
Even paddles and pontoon boats get stuck in the muck that a half-century of runoff washed into the Eau Gallie River, especially its Elbow… By Jim Waymer (floridatoday) [mappress] Source: floridatoday, October 11, 2010;
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, operator of production license 331, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 8/10-3. The well is located about 25 kilometres southeast of the Ula field in the North Sea. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in the reservoir rocks in the Permian Rotliegendes
Hundreds of people yesterday morning watched thousands of cubic yards of sand gush onto the beaches of Plum Island as dredging resumed over… By Dave Rogers (eagletribune) [mappress] Source: eagletribune, October 11, 2010;
FITCH has jumped on the growing bandwagon predicting the mothballing or cancelling of some of the many touted LNG projects in Australia… (perthnow) [mappress] Source: perthnow, October 11, 2010;
Samsung Heavy Industries Co., South Korea’s third-largest shipbuilder, said Thursday that it has obtained two orders worth a combined US$800… (tradingmarkets) [mappress] Source: tradingmarkets,October 11, 2010;
A thunderous assembly of corkscrews, conveyor belts and vibrating screens is devouring the coastline inch by inch, spitting out fluffed and… [mappress] Source: Orlando Sentinel, October 11, 2010;
New Jersey is stepping out as a national leader in the wind energy business. Not only does it have the most ambitious wind power goal of any… By Michael Miller (pressofatlanticcity) [mappress] Source: pressofatlanticcity,October 11, 2010;
Sri Lanka Ports Authority says that all arrangements are underway to ceremoniously open the newly built Magampura Harbour in Sri Lanka’s … (colombopage) [mappress] Source: colombopage, October 11, 2010;
Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo said the East Flood Canal (BKT) was not a complete solution to the city’s chronic floods, especially now as the… By Indah Setiawati (thejakartapost) [mappress] Source: thejakartapost, October 11, 2010;
Swimming at popular beaches along the Swan River has been discouraged this weekend after fresh dredging in Fremantle created a huge plume… By Narelle Towie (perthnow) [mappress] Source: perthnow, October 11, 2010;
Taiwan, the third-biggest importer of liquefied natural gas in Asia, imported 1.13 million tons of liquefied natural gas in August, up 19.5%… (chinaknowledge) [mappress] Source: chinaknowledge, October 11, 2010;
GDF SUEZ has just signed a medium term agreement with CNOOC Gas and Power Group Ltd. which is a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the largest importer of LNG in China. Under this agreement, GDF SUEZ will sell CNOOC about 2.6 million tons of LNG from 2013 dur
