On 15 May 2010 MPI Offshore Limited proudly participated in the keel-laying ceremony for “MPI Discovery”, the second of two state-of-the-art wind turbine installation vessels, currently under construction at the Cosco Nantong Shipyard in China. A tradition built up over centuries, the keel laying ma
Alaska’s Congressional Delegation has sent a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu asking him to quickly approve a request by ConocoPhillips… [mappress] Source: tradingmarkets , July 6, 2010;
Chevron Corp. today announced a new deepwater natural gas discovery in a Chevron-operated block in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, Australia’s premier hydrocarbon basin. The Clio-3 discovery well is located in the WA-205-P permit area approximately 90 miles (150 km) northwest of Onsl
The development of offshore wind and linked infrastructure is vital to the UK meeting its EU 2020 renewable energy targets, the country’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said in a 2009 Renewable Energy Strategy report handed to the European Commission late Monday. Up to 33 GW of offshore ren
The development of offshore wind and linked infrastructure is vital to the UK meeting its EU 2020 renewable energy targets, the country’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said in a 2009 Renewable Energy Strategy report handed to the European Commission late Monday. Up to 33 GW of offshore ren
A consortium, including LUKOIL Overseas (a 100% subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL) and Vanco International of USA, has won a tender for exploration and development of two blocks, Est Rapsodia and Trident, in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea. The respective stakes of LUKOIL Overseas and Vanco in the conso
Baker Hughes Incorporated (“Baker Hughes”) announced today that its subsidiaries have signed an agreement to sell a package of assets including two stimulation vessels (the HR Hughes and Blue Ray) and certain other assets used to perform sand control and stimulation services in the US Gulf of Mexico
U.S. officials confirmed Monday that tar balls from the Gulf oil spill have reached the shore of Texas, the first evidence that the spill has reached all five U.S. Gulf states. The Texas General Land Office confirmed the tar balls found along the shores of Crystal Beach on Bolivar Peninsula, Texas,
As the stories previously reported on this blog will tell you, the world is beginning to make changes towards a low carbon economy, and, the potential of offshore wind power in driving this change in the energy sector is now being realised. Offshore wind, key in fighting climate change, does have an
Anchor Ship Investment Co., Japan’s largest ship-fund manager, said it may invest part of a planned 200 billion yen ($2.3 billion) fund on its first dry-bulk vessels in anticipation of a rebound in Chinese iron-ore demand. The company plans to start raising money for the new fund in September, Presi
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ BREMEN, underwent a two-week shipyard stay in June. Some of the cabins had already undergone a comprehensive makeover during the previous shipyard stay in 2008. Now, all remaining 46 cabins on decks 3 and 4 were equipped with new furniture, fabrics, carpets and new bathrooms.
Maersk Tankers, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) have agreed to collaborate on the design and risk assessment of tankers for shipping CO2. Maersk Tankers is already in a partnership with Maersk Oil and Finnish utilities Fortum and Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), aimed at develop
Christensen Shipyards last week took delivery of a 46m (150ft) Ocean Alexander mould to its Washington shipyard. The mould, shipped from China, will be used to build three 37m (120ft) yachts for Ocean Alexander. The two companies announced a strategic alliance last year in which Christensen would bu
Practical implementation of the project “Construction of new Baku International Sea Trade Port”, which will be located in Alat settlement in 40 km south of Baku, has not been begun as yet. Informed sources informed Fineko/abc, the Azerbaijani government becomes discontented over the start of constru
