News – August 18, 2008 Port Strategy reports that the Department of Transport in Ireland has announced that construction of new harbour facilities at Caladh Mór, Inis Meáin, Aran Islands, County Galway are currently ongoing. The work includes the construction of a new pier, a new breakwater and dred
Providence Resources has begun its Ulysees Project, a study to evaluate the carbon sequestration and natural gas storage potential of the Kish Bank Basin, offshore Ireland. The study is being carried out on a 50/50 joint venture basis with Star Energy Group and comes after the pair were recently awa
The Danish 49er medal sticks. The Danes win gold in an Olympic story that will go down in history for more than just the medal that the team won. To break their mast just before the start, rush ashore, borrow a boat and make it to the start line with seconds to spare was impressive, […]
A more convincing U-turn for the weather would be difficult to imagine. Yesterday was a drifting match in scorching sunshine before the pin was pulled, today the rain is teaming down with the breeze forecast to explore the other end of the scale with gusts of up to 30 knots. While many of the sailor
The first of the medal race days could hardly have been worse for the sport. With the world’s eyes, ears and cameras trained on course ‘A’, the expectations were for two full-on match races, Ben Ainslie versus Zach Railey in the Finns and Ayton/Webb/Wilson in the Yngling versus their Dutch opponents
Global Energy Group has landed two rig maintenance contracts, worth £12 million (US $24m), with work to be carried out at the Port of Invergordon. Global has already carried out general maintenance on the John Shaw drilling rig over 35 days, while new crane installations and various upgrade works on
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has given StatoilHydro the go-ahead to drill exploration well 30/11-7. The well will be drilled about 10 km northwest of the Frigg field in the central part of the North Sea. StatoilHydro is the operator with a 50% stake, while Det norske oljeselskap and Sve
Environmental Issues – August 18, 2008 The US EPA has announced that, in the coming weeks, it will once again conduct full scale dredging operations to clean up PCB-contaminated sediment in New Bedford Harbour. This year’s dredging will take place in the cove between Sawyer Street and Coffin Avenue
News – August 18, 2008 Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster have been awarded a contract by the Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management in The Netherlands to reinforce a weak link in the Delflandse coast. The contract is worth 120 million of which Van Oord and Boskalis have an e
News – August 18, 2008 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation in the US has reported financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008. Douglas B Mackie, President and Chief Executive Officer, said: “During the second quarter we virtually completed the redeployment plan whic
Halliburton, MI Swaco and Schlumberger have seen their deals extended by StatoilHydro for the provision of cementing and fluid services offshore Norway. The extensions are collectively worth NOK 2.5 billion. The two-year contract extension with Halliburton covers fluid and cementing services on seve
Kosatka is making great progress on its quest to unofficially beat the Round Britain and Ireland record for a monohull during its Volvo Race Qualifier. At 0910 BST yesterday the boat was making their way steadily north east, making the most of the wind. Skipper Andreas Hanakamp sent an update from t
At two minutes to go, up went the distinctive stars and stripes code zero aboard the American Tornado. As the starting gun fired the Ogletree/Lovell partnership were pin end perfect to start on a line that looked like it was only just long enough to accommodate the 15 strong fleet. Winning the pin e
Irish explorer Providence Resources and partner Star Energy – now part of Malaysia’s Petronas – have been offered a three-year licensing option offshore Dublin. Together the two companies have been offered options on eight blocks in the Kish Bank basin area by Ireland’s Department of Energy, Communi
