The world’s biggest offshore wind farm has opened off the coast of Kent and is now generating power. Skip related content Swedish energy giant Vattenfall says the 100 turbines should provide wenough electricity for up to 240,000 homes.
It sounds counterintuitive: A group of homeowners asking the city to raise their property taxes by almost 20 percent. But that’s exactly what boat enthusiasts living on a quiet tributary of the Lynnhaven River want. The special tax would help pay for a $1.4 million city dredging project to create de
Oceanco, the Dutch superyacht builder, has commissioned BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, to begin work on designing its next generation of bespoke luxury yachts. This follows on from the success of the the existing LY2-based 700 platform over the past 18 months.
Without any public announcement, the European Commission published new EU energy scenarios (see link below). “EU energy trends to 2030″… (energyportal) [mappress] Source: energyportal, September 23, 2010;
Russia will send Venezuela 10 Aframax crude oil tankers valued at $700 million, state-owned United Shipbuilding Company said.
Noble Energy, Inc. announced that it has sanctioned the Tamar natural gas project offshore Israel. Discovered in 2009, Tamar is operated by Noble Energy and has total recoverable resources estimated at 8.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Initial development of Tamar will include five subsea well
McDermott International, Inc. , announced that one of its subsidiaries was awarded a Contract Release Purchase Order under the Offshore Maintain Potential Project, as part of the Long Term Agreement with Saudi Aramco. This award was included in McDermott’s second quarter 2010 backlog. “Our ability t
Sovcomflot Board of Directors reviewed the 2010 First Half results of Sovcomflot and its subsidiaries at a regular meeting, held on 21 September in Moscow. Highlights of the First Half 2010 (Six months ended 30 June 2010): – Total fleet increased to 144 vessels with total deadweight of 10.5 million
Sigma Offshore, which has developed a pioneering mooring and fluid transfer system for oil and gas production vessels, has opened a new office in Singapore. Sigma’s Eirik Refstie moves from the company’s Oslo base to head up the new Singapore office ahead of the FPSO Asia Congress in Singapore on Se
Sigma Offshore, which has developed a pioneering mooring and fluid transfer system for oil and gas production vessels, has opened a new office in Singapore. Sigma’s Eirik Refstie moves from the company’s Oslo base to head up the new Singapore office ahead of the FPSO Asia Congress in Singapore on Se
Perth-based TSmarine Asia Pacific has been awarded the Halyard Field Development offshore installation contract valued at more than $AU22m by Apache Energy Limited. The contract involves transporting and installing 16km of flexible flowline and 28km of control umbilical connecting the Halyard 1 well
Mainboard listed Technics Oil and Gas Limited (“Technics” or together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a leading full service integrator of compression systems and process modules for the global offshore oil and gas sector, today announced that it has secured another EPCC contract from JV Vietso
Bjørge Gretland has informed Badger Explorer ASA that he will resign as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors effective from 4 October 2010 due to the fact that he has moved to Silicon Valley (California) for the duration of one year. Following this, the Board of Directors will comprise Rolf
Optimism was the abiding theme at the annual meeting of Offshore Center Danmark, that took place on Friday 10 SeptemberThere are excellent… (denmark) [mappress] Source: denmark, September 23, 2010;
