After almost a decade long fight, the federal government has approved the first offshore wind farm in the United States in the waters off Cape Cod. The Cape Wind project entails the construction of 130 wind turbines in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts and will start generating electricity by 2012. The
Rem Offshore ASA has ordered four large platform supply vessels. Two of the contracts are with Kleven Verft AS of the VS 485 design. The vessels will be delivered in June and September 2011. The value of the contracts with Kleven is approximately US $106 million (NOK 700 million). The other two cont
Scorpion Offshore received a letter of agreement (LOA) from two European majors for the use of the Offshore Vigilant jackup in a drilling program offshore Venezuela. The drilling program includes two firm wells, plus two optional wells, with an estimated duration between 240 and 480 days, depending
Environmental and Lake Erie boating groups are suing to try to stop the Army Corps of Engineers from dumping massive amounts of sediment… [mappress] Source: wksu, May 26, 2010;
An expert panel needs an extra two months to sort out more than 1,000 pages of competing studies on last year’s dredging of PCBs in the… [mappress] Source: timesunion, May 26, 2010;
The Crown Estate and SeaEnergy PLC are pleased to confirm developments concerning SeaEnergy Renewables Limited’s (SERL) interest in the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm (Inch Cape). In February 2009, The Crown Estate awarded the Inch Cape site to a consortium comprised of SERL, SeaEnergy’s 80% owned sub
PORT HOPE -The sign at the entrance to Port Hope’s harbour advising boaters that the harbour is temporarily closed is expected to come down… [mappress] Source: northumberlandtoday, May 25, 2010
With the aim of promoting the sound development of China’s offshore wind industry, Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA), Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd (SIEC), a subsidiary of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade,
LOWESTOFT’S growing position as a leading centre for the offshore wind energy industry was presented to an international audience at the…. [mappress] Source: lowestoftjournal, May 25, 2010;
LOWESTOFT’S growing position as a leading centre for the offshore wind energy industry was presented to an international audience at the…. [mappress] Source: lowestoftjournal, May 25, 2010;
Ensco plc is hosting a reception this evening at Lancaster House to celebrate the opening of Ensco’s new global headquarters in London. The event is to introduce Ensco as one of the largest global companies to move its legal domicile to the UK. The reception will be attended by major business leader
Aban Offshore Ltd said on Tuesday it secured a contract worth about $187 million for the deployment of a jack-up rig in West Asia for… [mappress] Source:BSE, May 25, 2010;
The government’s move to more than double the price of natural gas pumped by state firms will drive investment in gas output and spur LNG im… [mappress] Source: moneycontrol, May 25, 2010;
Increasingly defiant of British Petroleum executives and federal officials, state and local officials in Louisiana say they are prepared… [mappress] Source: csmonitor, May 25, 2010;
