More than 40 international and local construction firms are preparing to bid for a contract to build a major General Cargo and Liquid Termin… (zawya) [mappress] Source: zawya, August 04, 2010;
As wind farms spring up inland and offshore and turbines get larger, so demands are increasing on windmill blade manufacturers. This will be discussed at the new AMI global conference on Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture, which takes place 7-9 December 2010 in Düsseldorf. The event starts with a review
VAALCO Energy, Inc. today provided a further update on the Southeast Etame No. 1 (“ETSEM-1”) exploration well which, as previously announced, was drilled to a total depth of 2,757 meters (9,045 feet) offshore Gabon encountering approximately five meters (sixteen feet) of Gamba sandstone section whic
SeaBird has been working closely with the BP Macondo Team to provide high-resolution autonomous node seabed seismic data at the well site in the Gulf of Mexico. The node technology is used because of the ultra-deep water capability and the versatility of the separated sensor package, allowing direct
Marathon Oil Corporation today reported second quarter 2010 net income of $709 million, or $1.00 per diluted share. Net income in the second quarter of 2009 was $413 million, or $0.58 per diluted share. For the second quarter of 2010, net income adjusted for special items was $792 million, or $1.11
The Parañaque City government launched on Monday the fourth stage of its river dredging project that aims to rehabilitate the polluted … (philstar) [mappress] Source: philstar, August 4, 2010;
The borough officially has the beach it’s been waiting years for. The Army Corps of Engineers has turned over the beach to the borough after completing a nine-month beach-replenishment project. “We conducted a final walk-through and turned the project over to the borough on July 21,” said Stephen Ro
The contract for the dredging of the Rewa River has been awarded to the China Railway First Group and work is expected to commence soon. Director Lands and Water Resources Management Lakshman Mudaliar told FBC News the dredging machine for the project is currently being cleared. “The compliance work
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IDC Energy Insights today announced the availability of a new perspective, IT Impacts from the BP Oil Spill . The document indicates that broad Federal and State regulatory and policy changes initiated as a result of the recent BP oil spill, will significantly increase regulatory requirements relate
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an owner’s engineer contract for a new LNG receiving terminal (the “GNL Del Plata” facility) to be built in Montevideo, in the region of Río de la Plata, Uruguay. The contract was awarded by Uruguay
Investment in the renewable energy sector is helping to reignite rural economies and give farming communities a new source of income and… By Tom Hopkinson (business.scotsman) [mappress] Source: business.scotsman, August 03, 2010;
More than ever dredging is in the news. Be it the land reclamation projects in Dubai and Abu Dhabi or the cleanup actions in the Gulf of Mexico and China, or the urgency of coastal protection against rising sea levels in this time of climate change. All are reasons why governments continue to invest
