Statoil has sold a 10% interest in the Gro licence (PL 326) to PGNiG Norway. Statoil keeps a 30% interest in the licence. The Gro licence is located in the Vøring Basin in the Norwegian Sea. Natural gas was confirmed in the licence by an exploration well in June 2009.A new well is currently being [&
A US start-up has designed a wind turbine combined with a gas-driven turbo motor that can be used to turn the turbine when the wind is not… [mappress] Source: irishtimes, June 25, 2010;
A US start-up has designed a wind turbine combined with a gas-driven turbo motor that can be used to turn the turbine when the wind is not… [mappress] Source: irishtimes, June 25, 2010;
Sevan Driller commenced operation as from yesterday and the rig is thereby on full day rate. Sevan Driller arrived at its drilling location in the Campos Basin on Wednesday June 16 at 6 am local time. The advanced ultra deepwater drilling rig is capable of drilling at water-depths down to 10,000 ft.
Dockwise Ltd. today announces 10 awards for Heavy Marine Transport projects and two for engineering assignments related to a float-over for CNOOC and to Wheatstone. Total revenues for these various commitments are expected to exceed $35 million USD. The relationship between the China National Offsho
The National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) today praised the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for… [mappress] Source: earthtimes, June 25, 2010;
Sand theft caused Selangor to lose in previous years an average of RM100mil a year. [mappress] Source: star, June 25, 2010;
Repsol-Stream, owned by Repsol and Gas Natural SDG SA, has together with YPF and U.S.-based Excelerate LLC successfully completed the world´s second commercial ship-to-ship transfer and regasification of LNG in the Argentinean port of Bahia Blanca. The transfer was made on June 17 between the Excels
The federal Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with a plan to dredge several canals in Ocean City, but with no funding source for… [mappress] Source: mdcoastdispatch, June 25, 2010;
This spring Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) trumpeted its installation of wind turbines atop light poles at a supercenter in Worcester, Mass. Esmé E. Deprez and Matthew Boyle [mappress] Source: businessweek, June 25, 2010;
Though the Gulf catastrophe has opened the nation’s collective mind about the enormous potential of offshore wind, BP’s behavior has also,… Herman Trabish [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, June 25, 2010;
Wärtsilä, a leading provider of power plant and ship power solutions and services, today opened new offices and a workshop in Panama. [mappress] Source: wartsila, June 25, 2010
Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries announced today that it has deployed its first of many real-time monitoring stations that will… [mappress] Source: bire, June 25, 2010
Wood Group, the international energy services company, has been selected by Chevron Global Upstream and Gas to provide ready-for-start-up operations support services for the Wheatstone Project LNG plant on the northwest coast of Australia. Work will be performed by ODL, Wood Group’s consultancy comp
