Contracts & Tenders – September 9, 2008 MCJ Ref No: 651/E/43 Tender Ref No: 2008-226996 Project Stage: Tenders Invited Area: Fredericia, Denmark Project Period: 19 months from date of contract award Promoter: ADP – Fredericia Havn A/S, Vesthavnsvej 33, Attn: Søren Møller Petersen, DK-7000 Fredericia
Contracts & Tenders – September 8, 2008 MCJ Ref No: 651/E/37 Tender Ref No: 2008-225039 Project Stage: Tenders Invited Area: Georgetown, Guyana Value: 1,150,000 EUR Project Start: March 2009 Project Period: 35 months from date of contract award Promoter: The Cooperative Republic of Guyana, represent
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will be exhibiting at the PSP Southampton Boat Show between 18 and 21 September. Hull & Humber will be on display and visitors will have the chance to get onboard and look round one of the ten 68-foot ocean racing yachts that have now completed two circumnaviga
Rotterdam, 8 September 2008 – Van Oord commissioned the construction of a large self-propelled cutter suction dredger. The new vessel will be one of the largest cutter suction dredgers in the world. The vessel will be built at IHC Dredgers in Kinderdijk and delivery is scheduled for the autumn of 20
The UK Chestnut field in the central North Sea could get a significant boost in reserves, according to one of the companies involved in the development. Atlantic Petroleum says it has spudded the 22/2a-16 South Chestnut appraisal well on UK Licence P354, operated by Venture Production. “This well co
Italy’s ENI has emerged as the buyer of First Calgary Petroleum which holds assets in Algeria in a Can. $923 m deal. First Calgary (FCP) said Eni has agreed to acquire all the common shares of the company and shareholders will receive Can. $3.60 per share, valuing FCP at Can. $923 m The deal is [&he
Norwegian listed group DDI Holding says it has signed a deal to deploy its new build jack-up rig Deep Driller 7 offshore Thailand. DDI did not say who the contract with signed with. The group says the deal is for 3 months, extendable up to 6 months. The estimated revenue from the contract is $18 [&h
The Bergen Group has won a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Transocean to carry out upgrade work on three rigs and for the possible modification of a fourth. Bergen will be responsible for upgrade and classification work on the Transocean Searcher, Polar Pioneer and Transocean Arctic, as well as holding
Lloyd’s Register Verification Ltd. has certified Envoy, a member of the Inexus Group, against the BSI Publicly Available Specification 55 (PAS 55-1), a stringent process of assessment which benchmarks best practice in asset management. Peter Glaholm from Lloyd’s Register EMEA presented the certifica
Project Updates – September 8, 2008 The Port of Felixstowe held a groundbreaking ceremony on September 1st to mark the formal commencement of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration project. Performed by John Meredith, Group Managing Director of Hutchison Port Holdings, the ceremony was attended by a r
Contracts & Tenders – September 8, 2008 Privately-owned dredging company Jaisu Shipping is expected to be awarded a contract to deepen the channel at Cochin Port Trust in Kerala, India. The company is understood to have secured a contract to deepen the channel at the port to 16.5m from 13.8m, and ma
News – September 8, 2008 In order to ensure that contingencies are in place to protect drinking water supplies during Hudson River dredging, the US EPA has issued orders to the town of Halfmoon, New York and the Water Commissioners of the town of Waterford to gain access needed to construct a water
HOUSTON, Sept 03, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) reported today that all barge rigs operating in the Gulf of Mexico are accounted for in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. No structural damage has been observed during the initial surveys. Pr
An overhaul of the governance structure of Russia’s third largest oil company, TNK-BP, has been agreed in principle by the two main owners, BP and Alfa Access-Renova (AAR). The aim is to better align their respective interests and improve the transparency of TNK-BP’s equity. A memorandum of understa
