Total announces the signing of an agreement for the sale of its interests in the Valhall (15.72%) and Hod (25%) fields, in the Norwegian North Sea, to BP . This transaction, amounting to $991 million, is subject to partners’ consent and approval by relevant authorities in the upcoming weeks. Located
BP today announced its support for and cooperation with U.S. government investigations arising from the sinking of the Transocean drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 (MC252) in the Gulf of Mexico. “Losing 11 of our industry colleagues is a tragedy for the offshore communit
Emergency teams launched a “controlled burn” operation on Wednesday to stop a giant oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico from washing up on Louisiana’s ecologically fragile coast. A fleet of skimming vessels deployed by the US Coast Guard and British energy giant BP were sweeping the most dense concentra
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) on Wednesday delivered a platform supply vessel to Purple Fleet Ltd, an affiliate of Tide Water Marine International of US. This is the 15th platform supply vessel built at CSL. The documents of the ship named ‘Davis Tide’ was signed by Jose Mathew, chief general manage
China National Offshore Oil Company Limited (CNOOC Ltd.) said Wednesday that its total net production increased 31.9 percent year on year to 67.3 million barrels of oil equivalent in the first quarter. The total unaudited revenue of CNOOC Ltd. in the first three months of 2010 surged 118.5 percent t
This prospect could become a reality if the E.ON energy giant follows through on outline plans to develop a wind farm off the Sussex coast… [mappress] Source: worthingherald, April 29, 2010;
GE had signed a contract in 2003 with Cape Wind to supply the turbines.
GE had signed a contract in 2003 with Cape Wind to supply the turbines.
US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm today, a move proponents herald as a giant leap forward and opponents decry as a dangerous misstep. His approval is the culmination of nearly a decade of review by local, state and federal agencies of the plan to build
Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping), a private sector shipping and offshore oil field services provider has signed a contract to sell `Jag Palak`, a single hull general purpose product carrier. he 1985 built vessel of about 27,400 dwt will be delivered to the buyers in Q11 FY2011.
Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC), Fincantieri’s American subsidiary, has been awarded two orders in the USA worth over 130 million dollars: a 73 million contract from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) for a Fisheries Survey Vessel (FSV) and a 63 million contract for 30 boa
Holland harbor’s first commercial vessel of the season got stuck before it got there. Annual dredging is scheduled to start as early as next week, according to the Army Corps of Engineers Detroit office. A tug boat-barge combination had to back off of a sandbar at the entrance to the Holland channel
South Korea’s shipbuilding giant, Hyundai Heavy Industries, is still to ink any new contracts this year. South Korea this year lost its top spot as the world’s leading shipbuilder to its rival China. As recently as 2007, new orders at Korean shipyards reached 32 million tonnes, this number plunged t
The construction of Maasvlakte 2, the land reclamation project in the North Sea that will enlarge the port of Rotterdam with 2,000 ha, is proceeding well. Two weeks ago, construction consortium PUMA shifted the largest amount of sand ever in one week in a land reclamation project. Eleven Boskalis… [
