Norway’s Petroleum Directorate has given a green light to another StatoilHydro exploration well in PL 035 which is to be drilled 10 km (6.25 miles) northwest of the Frigg field area. Approval for the 30/11-7 exploration well comes after StatoilHydro was granted Permission yesterday for the 34/7-33 w
North Sea field developer Antrim Energy finished the first half of the year with a Cdn. $4.37 m net loss, and $3.56 m of net losses for the second quarter. But its expenditure in the first half was Cdn. $52.25 m and $35.50 m in the second quarter, reflecting the spending on its current UK […]
After completing the latest appraisal well on the UK Fyne field Antrim Energy has confirmed it is looking to exploit the field with a floating production storage and offloading vessel. Antrim, which is already working on development of the UK Northern North Sea Causeway field, confirmed in its secon
News – August 15, 2008 The Lake Carriers’ Association says the US-Flag Great Lakes fleet moved 11.4 million net tons of cargo on the Great Lakes in June, an increase of about 80,000 tons compared to a year ago. The June float was, however, 220,000 tons below the month’s five-year average. “Higher wa
Survey & GPS – August 15, 2008 First purchased in 1990, RESON’s SeaBat 8101 has now seen more than 15 years continuous service with EMC Inc, one the US’s leading marine survey companies. Mark Mattox President of EMC said: “We are using the SeaBat primarily on US Army Corps of Engineers and Na-tional
Jamaica continues to make good progress in the RORC Cowes to Madeira Race which set off from the Solent on Monday morning. They are in the leading pack of four yachts which are rounding Cape Finistere at the northwest tip of Spain. Puma Logic, the last of the five yachts in the race is still [&helli
Second Quarter Sales Volumes Increase 55% PIRAEUS, Greece, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW – News), an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea, tod
WEATHER Once again poor visibility is a feature of this morning, the misty conditions shrouding the several hundred local fishing boats that are engaged in their daily sweep. Talk of the morning is of the light and variable conditions and whether this will affect racing. Early indications suggest it
It’s just past the halfway stage of the Olympic Regatta for the 49er and the Men’s and Women’s 470 divisions. So who’s up and who’s down, with just a few more races to go before the Medal Race? 49er UP Two teams are really up, the Aussies and the Danes. The Australians Nathan Outteridge and [&hellip
The taps have been turned on at the Saxi and Batuque fields – part of the ExxonMobil operated Kizomba C development project in Block 15 offshore Angola. Production has begun at Saxi and Batuque on the heels of the Mondo field, which started producing in January this year, partner StatoilHydro said.
Sweden’s PA Resources Group said it pumped 476,119 boe in July from its Norwegian and Tunisian operations at an average daily rate of 15,359 bbl. July’s output brought total PA production for the six months to the end of July 2008 to 2.74m boe. PA said output was boosted by a new production well com
Simpson Quarry in Pennsylvania ready to receive dredged spoil News – August 14, 2008 Simpson Solutions has announced that the Simpson Quarry in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, which is conveniently located near the Route 171 and Route 6 intersection, is now ready to receive material, including dredged spo
Just five weeks after returning the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Race Jamaica is racing once again with skipper Simon Bradley at the helm, assisted by first mate Juan Coetzer, one of the Clipper Training skippers, and a crew of non-professional sailors on board. The 68-foot ocean racing yacht is co
The unseasonable gale force winds buffeting the south coast of the UK this week are proving a challenge for the yachts competing in the RORC Cowes to Madeira Race, among them Jamaica, one of the ten 68-foot yachts of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race fleet. Jamaica is one of just five yac
