Council leader Bob Bayford signed a 50-year lease with the Richard Rigg, the project director of the London Array, on Wednesday, in a deal… [mappress] Source: thisiskent, May 21, 2010;
The bids are still too high, but the jig isn’t up just yet. Three companies submitted bids yesterday to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… [mappress] Source: newburyportnews, May 21, 2010;
The reclamation works will involve dredging by cutter suction dredger ( CSD ), trailer-suction-hopper-dredger ( TSHD ) and hopper barges. [mappress] Source: wildshores, May 21, 2010;
Cooper Energy announced that the Ensco 105 has spud the Fuchsia-1 well in the Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisia. The plan for Fuchsia-1 is to drill to total depth and evaluate the Birsa Formation sandstones by logs. In the event of a discovery, the logging program is expected to provide the necessary inform
US officials have given BP 24 hours to adopt a less toxic dispersant to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil slick amid concerns about spewing… [mappress] Source: adelaidenow, May 21, 2010;
Hyperdynamics Corporation announced it has received payment of $19.6 million in cash from Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum plc for a previously announced 23 percent participating interest in Hyperdynamics’ oil and gas concession offshore the Republic of Guinea. The payment follows the receipt of final
Rhode Island is struggling with a decision to allow Deepwater Wind LLC to build and operate offshore wind power plants. The State’s Public… [mappress] Source: thestreet, May 20, 2010;
To coincide with the launch of their new corporate website, Masteel UK Limited is offering a comprehensive range of structural steel grades suitable for the offshore industry. Used in the construction of offshore steel platforms and structures, offshore steel s need to offer good tensile and yield s
Sydney’s annual Ports Day did not bring what many in the region may have hoped —an announcement that the federal and provincial… [mappress] Source: capebretonpost, May 21, 2010;
Technip has been awarded a contract by Eni for the Kitan field development project. This field is located in approximately 350 meters of water, in an area of the Timor Sea jointly administered by Timor-Leste and Australia, 500 kilometers off the Australian coast and about 250 kilometers south of the
The Essex Region Conservation Authority has studies on the impact of offshore wind turbines any studies on the impact of offshore wind… [mappress] Source: windsorstar, May 20, 2010;
Gazprom is examining the possibility of buying a U.S. shale-gas company as it seeks expertise in developing unconventional fuels, the compan… [mappress] Source: Moscow Times, May 21, 2010;
J P Kenny, a subsidiary of Wood Group, is to carry out front end engineering design (FEED) for the subsea development of Apache’s largest-ever gas project, the Julimar Development Project in the Carnarvon basin, offshore Western Australia. Apache, one of Australia’s most active offshore oil & gas ex
The state has extended the grant funding for the Hernando Beach dredge project by one year, June 30, 2011, interim DPW Director Susan Goebel… [mappress] Source: hernandotoday, May 21, 2010;