Tidewater Inc. announced today that it has entered into a contract with Drydocks World for the construction of four 265-foot deepwater platform supply vessels at its shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. The delivery of these high-performance, high-capacity, 3,200 metric ton deadweight platform supply vesse
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract from National Grid Carbon for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Longannet Power Station in Fife, Scotland. The value of the contract has not been announced.
Bangladesh has asked China for help in building a multibillion-dollar deep sea port in the Bay of Bengal – the nation’s most ambitious and… [mappress] Source: Manila Bulletin, October 7, 2010;
Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has submitted an Application for a Permit to Drill one exploration well in the Beaufort Sea in 2011. The formal submission to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) is specifically for the shallow waters of
The Army Corps of Engineers has bumped dredging of a potentially hazardous bar in Portland Harbor to next summer, saying resolving … By Scott Learn (oregonlive) [mappress] Source: oregonlive, October 7, 2010;
BP and SOCAR (the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan) announced they had signed a new production sharing agreement (PSA) on joint exploration and development of the Shafag-Asiman structure in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. The PSA was signed today in Baku by Rovnag Abdullay
Technip has been awarded a lump sum engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, commissioning and start-up contract, worth nearly USD400 million, by the Khafji Joint Operations (joint venture between Aramco Gulf Operations and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company), for the Khafji Crude Related Offshore
Leading engineering group Monadelphous Group Ltd (“Monadelphous” or “the company”) today announced it has secured new contracts and work in Western Australia and Papua New Guinea with a combined value of approximately $120 million. The contracts and work are with major operators in the oil and gas,
Topsail Beach commissioners are making a last ditch effort to get oceanfront property owners to sign easements, or else. More than 100 … By Trista Talton (starnewsonline) [mappress] Source: starnewsonline, October 7, 2010;
Skanska has been commissioned to replace a pier at the U.S. Navy facility in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia. The contract amount totals approximately USD 164 M, about SEK 1,150 M, which will be included in order bookings for the third quarter. The customer is the U.S. Navy Facilities Engineering Comm
Chesapeake Energy Corporation today announced the appointment of Kathleen Eisbrenner to the Chesapeake Board of Directors effective December 1, 2010, to serve until the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders when she will stand for election by Chesapeake’s shareholders. Ms. Eisbrenner, 50, currently is
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (Teekay LNG or the Partnership) today announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire a 50 percent interest in two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers owned by Belgium-based shipping group Exmar NV for an equity purchase price of approximately $70 million
Preliminary conclusions of a decades-long assessment of Suffolk County’s ocean beaches by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers call for millions… By Michael Wright (27east) [mappress] Source: 27east, October 7, 2010;
The board of directors of Antwerp Port Authority has approved the long-term financial plan (2011-2025), representing an amount of 1.6 billion euros. With this ambitious investment plan the Port Authority is banking on the future. The ambitious long-term plan was presented to the board of directors b
