Dredging and breakwater construction on a new harbour being built next to Sri Lanka’s Colombo port is on schedule, said a senior official of the Asian Development Bank which is funding the work. But talks on a contract to design and build the new deep-water port’s first container terminal were still
The Dredged Material Disposal Facility, shaped like a shark fin, is seen from the air on the Bay-Saginaw County line as the freighter Calumet makes its way down the Saginaw River last week… [mappress] Source:mlive,April 21,2010;
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 15 this week to 1,491. [mappress] Source: AP,April 20, 2010;
Seismic companies that map vast areas beneath the ocean floor for oil and gas deposits won’t be trolling Atlantic waters with their air… [mappress] Source: Houstinchronicles,April 20, 2010;
EDSA,the leading developer of power analytics solutions for the design, testing, and management of complex electrical power systems, today announced the successful completion of the Factory Acceptance Test for a groundbreaking new electrical power analytics, supervision and diagnostic system, schedu
Yangzijiang Shipbuilders, together with its nonexecutive director Yu Kebing and an unnamed Middle East investor, have offered to buy Singaporebased PPL Holdings for US$155 million , the company said on Saturday. When the deal is completed, Yangzijiang will own 50.1 per cent of PPL Holdings, while th
Lockheed Martin is progressing with Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion. Known as OTEC, this technology leverages the ocean’s natural thermal gradient to generate power. It is in the final design stage for construction of an OTEC pilot plant off the coast of Hawaii that will be capable of generating10 m
Federal scientists have until Oct. 1 to decide what additional research is needed to determine the effects of offshore oil and gas… [mappress] Source:Cnbc,April 14,2010;
CNOOC Limited announced today that the Company has successfully made an important new discovery — Penglai(PL)9-1 in the Eastern Bohai Bay. The new discovery — PL9-1 is located in the Miaoxibei Uplift in the Eastern Bohai Bay. The discovery well PL9-1-2 penetrated oil pay zones with total thickness o
The group led by Cuyahoga County in Ohio that plans to put wind turbines in Lake Erie can’t disturb the birds. Or the fish. Or the boaters. [mappress] Source: crainsdetroit, April 19, 2010;
The group led by Cuyahoga County in Ohio that plans to put wind turbines in Lake Erie can’t disturb the birds. Or the fish. Or the boaters. [mappress] Source: crainsdetroit, April 19, 2010;
MADRID – Wind energy can provide half of the European Union’s electricity requirements in 2050, the European Wind Energy Association said… [mappress] Source: nasdaq, April 20, 2010;
The Norwegian Energy Ministry today signed a deal to build a demonstration offshore wind turbine plant with energy companies Statoil,… [mappress] Source: upstreamonline, April 20, 2010;
Siemens Energy launched its new SWT-3.0-101 Direct Drive wind turbine for sale at the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition in… [mappress] Source: beforeitsnews, April 20, 2010;
