Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that the international rig count for June 2010 was 1,099, up 9 from the 1,090 counted in May 2010, and up 132 from the 967 counted in June 2009. The international offshore rig count for June 2010 was 312, up 14 from the 298 counted in May 2010 and up 45 […]
PetrolVietnam Gas (PV Gas) said it would import 600 million cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to supply the Hiep Phuoc Power Plant… [mappress] Source : saigon-gpdaily , July 8, 2010;
Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. announced that it has received notification from CNOOC that the Supplemental Development Agreement for LS 36-1 gas field (the “SDA”) signed on 17th March has been ratified by the China’s Ministry of Commerce and has become effective. The SDA confirms that CNOOC exercis
Cunard’s new cruise liner Queen Elizabeth is nearing completion at an Italian shipyard ahead of its naming ceremony in Southampton in October. Its predecessor Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) ended its life as an ocean liner in November 2008 and was sold to Dubai-based property developers Nakheel.
The rise and fall of the Brazilian shipbuilding market is well-known, having plummeted from the top of the world list in the early 1980s to the bottom by 1999. Today, Brazil is storming back, an amazing revival of the nearly defunct shipbuilding industry driven by the sudden influx of orders from ma
Dyneema ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibre is helping to ensure that a major construction project to bring clean energy… [mappress] Source: innovationintextiles, July 08, 2010;
Besenzoni increases the own product range of components and nautical accessories in the area Custom with the Hard Top: the sunroof with different handling options. Like all customized Besenzoni products, the hard top is a modular accessory that can be requested in different dimensions and adapted to
Hallin Marine Subsea International Ltd, a Superior Energy Services company, has won a US $25 million, five-year contract to supply ROV services from Marine Subsea AS for the new build subsea intervention vessel Karianne. Under the terms of the contract, Hallin will supply two new Quantum XP 200hp wo
Singapore asked for the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Bontang following the plan to build LNG receiving terminal in the city… [mappress] Source: Bisnis Indonesia, July 8, 2010;
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company has signed a two-year contract with Bluewater Services UK Ltd to provide engineering and maintenance services for two FPSO (floating production and storage offloading) vessels, currently leased to operators in the North Sea. The valu
Doug Suttles, Chief Operating Officer of BP Exploration and Production, met with Vessels of Opportunity (VoO) participants to view operations and discuss a number of enhancements made to the VoO program. Through these modifications, the program will more effectively deploy boats to oil recovery acti
Mozambique has approved plans to build a new port expected to be deeper than existing harbours at a cost of $550 million in efforts to decongest the port of Maputo, the state-run Noticias newspaper reports on Thursday.
Norway’s PGS has been confirmed for a contract to carry out a seismic survey across the Irish Atlantic Margin region with the MV Ramform Vanguard. San Leon Energy has selected PGS to acquire up to 300 sq. km of 3D seismic data across the Slyne Basin region off the west coast of Ireland, on acreage [
Ensco plc announced that a subsidiary of the Company has purchased Diamond Offshore’s Ocean Shield jackup drilling rig, a KFELS Super B Class design, delivered in 2008. The rig will be renamed ENSCO 109. The unique design includes two million pound hoisting capacity, a 15,000 psi high-pressure BOP a
