Taken outside of Mobile Bay looking into the Gulf of Mexico in 2000. You can see one oil rig close and one far in the distance on the horizon.
Oil rig Henry Goodrich being towed/escorted to the west end of Conception Bay Newfoundland
Oil rig name on left front leg = Henry Goodrich. Telephoto shot. Bell Island in the background. Shot from St Thomas Line by Conception Bay Newfoundland
Polarcus Limited announced today that subsequent to the successful and on time completion by Polarcus of the first Gassnova 3D survey (“Johansen 3D”) on 04 July 2010, the second 3D project (“Troll Kystnær 3D”) comprising 323 square kilometers offshore Norway has received budgetary approval and will
A top congressional leader visited Green Bay today and pledged his support for continued funding of dredging in the Port of Green Bay. U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, met with Brown County officials and with U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen, D
Now that the $400 million cleanup of the portion of the Housatonic River that flows through Pittsfield is just about done, it’s time to consider how to restore the rest of the PCB-laden waters flowing through even more sensitive Berkshire areas. State and federal environmental officials are set to d
Thousands of tonnes of sand will be put back on to eroded beaches at Blairgowrie, Rosebud and Rye as part of the State Government’s beach renourishment program. The beaches will be back in top shape by summer, the Department of Sustainability and Environment said. Work started at Blairgowrie Beach l
Subsea 7 Inc. , through its i-Tech division, today announced the award by Petroléo Brasileiro S/A (Petrobras) of a contract for the provision of ROV and under water positioning survey services onboard a ROV support vessel, operating offshore Brazil. The contract is valued in the region of US $50m. T
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track towards an on-budget and on time delivery of the KFELS B Class jackup rig, West Callisto, to Seadrill Limited (Seadrill) before the end of July 2010. To date, the project has clocked a good safety record of 2.2 million man-hours without incidents. This r
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea Source Control and Containment On July 23, with the guidance and approval of the National Incident Commander (NIC) and the leadership and direction of the federal government, reli
Dredging of the N7.8 billion Nworie River project in Owerri, has resumed after many months of inactivity at the site. Work resumed at the… (234next) [mappress] Source: 234next, July 26, 2010;
Jim Dehlsen, America’s most successful wind power innovator and entrepreneur, has been tilting at windmills since the early 1980s.Back then… By Melinda Burns (miller-mccune) [mappress] Source: miller-mccune, July 26, 2010;
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation today announced another significant discovery offshore Ghana at the Owo prospect in the Deepwater Tano Block. The discovery well encountered approximately 174 net feet of high-quality oil pay in two zones of stacked Turonian-age reservoir sands contained within a gross
On Saturday 24th July 2010 the scale model (1:50) of the powerful self-propelled ocean going rock cutter dredger ‘D’Artagnan’ was formally handed over by DEME’s C.E.O. Alain Bernard to the Panama Canal Authrorities (ACP) during a ceremony in the Miraflores Locks Visitor Centre. The scale model will
