CGGVeritas announced that it has been awarded by Pemex a more than 150M$ contract extension to acquire a 3D wide–azimuth (WAZ) program in the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico which will be extended to 18,000 square kilometers. The total survey, which is above 200M$, will be the first WAZ contrac
From 1 September 2010 and for a period of approximately 3 months, dredging operations will be carried out [in Shing Mun River Channel, Sha… (logisticsweek) [mappress] Source: logisticsweek, August 30, 2010;
Schlumberger Limited announced today that it has closed its merger with Smith International, Inc. As previously announced, each Smith stockholder will receive 0.6966 shares of Schlumberger common stock in exchange for each Smith share, with cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares of Schlumberger
Much as GM’s $41,000 price tag on its electric Volt delivered a high-voltage sticker shock to car buyers, Cape Wind blew away National… (boston) [mappress] Source: boston, August 30, 2010;
Officials behind the Weaver’s Cove proposal to bring a liquefied natural gas terminal to Fall River with a transfer station in the middle of the Taunton River, are not giving up, despite efforts by Congressman Barney Frank (D-Newton) and James McGovern (D-Worcester) to halt funding for any Coast Gua
Engineering and construction company Clough Limited today announced that the BAM Clough Joint Venture has received a Letter of Intent from Chiyoda JGC Joint Venture to proceed with the design and construction of the LNG and condensate offloading jetty for the PNG LNG project. The contract is valued
To those outside the shipping industry it might not make much sense, this whole notion that a multibillion- dollar civil works project in… By Allyson Bird (postandcourier) [mappress] Source: postandcourier, August 30, 2010;
Recently, Fugro took delivery of the seismic survey vessel M/V Geo Coral. The vessel which is owned by Fugro is the final C-class vessel in the series of four delivered to Fugro since 2007. Geo Coral which is one of the largest and most advanced seismic vessels ever built was outfitted at Bergen Yar
ADX Energy Limited rig operations as at 0600 hrs Tunisian local time (GMT) on the 29th of August were at a measured depth of 2,691 m. In the 27th August “Lambouka-1 Interim Update” it was reported “losses of circulation fluids, an increase in background gas shows and an anomalously high resistivity
The Cross River State Governor, Mr. Liyel Imoke, has urged the Federal Government to expedite action on the dredging of the Calabar Port… By Sulaiman Adenekan (nigerianbestforum) [mappress] Source: nigerianbestforum, August 30, 2010;
Statoil has awarded Bristow Norway a 10-year contract for three helicopters to fly from Flesland heliport in Bergen from 2012. Taking effect on 15 January 2012, the contract involves the use of three brand-new Sikorsky S92 helicopters, in addition to a new hangar and office facilities at Flesland. T
As the floods subsided in Sibu, the mud slinging between DAP and SUPP escalated over the dredging issue which was supposed to solve the flooding problems here. Yesterday, Minister for Public Health and Environment Wong Soon Koh had thrown the dredging problem at DAP chairman Wong Ho Leng. Ho Leng ac
Ballast Nedam has signed a contract with A2SEA A/S for the use of the Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) Svanen at the Anholt offshore wind farm in… [mappress] Source: ballast-nedam, August 30, 2010;
Ballast Nedam has signed a contract with A2SEA A/S for the use of the Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) Svanen at the Anholt offshore wind farm in… [mappress] Source: ballast-nedam, August 30, 2010;
