Iraq dramatically increased the official size of its proven oil reserves Monday with new data suggesting its proven oil reserves have reached 143.1 billion barrels of oil, up from a previous 115 billion barrels, the country’s Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said Monday.
Total hydrocarbon reserves worldwide increased for the first time since 2005 despite a decline in worldwide upstream investment and development spending. Worldwide upstream investment declined by 23 percent to $378 billion in 2009 among 224 oil and gas companies surveyed, but total worldwide total h
Success of North American shale play provides benchmark for Europe Members of an Interactive Roundtable Discussion at the Global Shale Gas Forum in Berlin, Germany did their best to tackle the question from all angles. As moderator of the discussion, Graham Tiley, General Manager New Ventures (Explo
Piriou Shipyards has delivered a 2.300 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger, fitted out with Damen dredging equipment, to the French sand mining contractor CETRA. The hopper dredger, named “Michel DSR”, will mine sand an gravel off the Brittany coast and transport it throughout the Loire Estuary. The
The largest mobile harbour crane on the United States’ east cost was officially commissioned for service at Rukert Terminals, Baltimore. In August Liebherr one of the top suppliers of port equipment and the world market leader for mobile harbour cranes delivered a Mobile Harbour Crane, type LHM 500S
United States: Three vessels built by Armstrong Marine and fitted with SeaFury SF26 drives were launched in the United States. The ‘Nanuq’ is a 11.5-metre by 4.8-metre welded aluminium catamaran launched April 2010 and operates as a whale watching vessel off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Briti
The Army Corps of Engineers will respond to continuing erosion adjacent to the Grays Harbor south jetty breach fill in Westport, Wash., by… (kbkw) [mappress] Source: kbkw, October 5, 2010;
McLean, Va., October 4, 2010 – Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) today announced that it has signed the definitive Coface Facility Agreement to finance its next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT. The syndicate of nine banks is led by Deutsche Bank AG, Banco Santander SA, Socié
The German port group invited customers to a lecture and discussion event at the recent HUSUM WindEnergy fair. According to Seaports of… (heavyliftpfi) [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi,October 05, 2010;
The German port group invited customers to a lecture and discussion event at the recent HUSUM WindEnergy fair. According to Seaports of… (heavyliftpfi) [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi,October 05, 2010;
US authorities have now reopened 89 percent of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico to fishing. The most recent opening is 5,628 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern Louisiana, just west of the Mississippi River delta. This is the seventh reopening in federal waters since July 22.
THIRTY one inshore vessels in south west UK are now equipped with a low cost Vessel Monitoring System (VMS). As a result they are currently reporting their movements every minute, as part of a 12-month pilot trial being run by Seafish, in conjunction with CEFAS, to monitor inshore fishing activity.
Norwegian Energy Company ASA Noreco’s oil and gas production in September 2010 was 8,800 barrels of oil equivalents (boe) per day. Net realized oil price was USD 77 per boe after adjustments for oil put options, inventory and NGL and gas prices. Total production from the Siri area in September was 1
AT the High Court in Edinburgh today two fishermen pled guilty to offences of making false declarations regarding over £7million of fish that they landed. The offences, in contravention of sea fishing legislation relate to a number of illegal landings of mackerel and herring at Lerwick between 2002
