The oil slick from the Statfjord oil spill on 12 December is moving towards the north-east. According to StatoilHydro’s calculations it has reached the Snorre field in the North Sea.
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract for approx EUR 30 million for the manufacture and supply of the main diesel generating sets and their auxiliary and support systems for the Royal Navy’s Future Aircraft Carriers (CVF) by Thales Naval Division on behalf of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance. The cont
A gang of Somali pirates has left a Japanese chemical tanker they hijacked six weeks ago, freeing its crew and ending a stand-off with US navy ships. The pirates ended their occupation of the vessel just days after demanding a $1m (£500,000) ransom.
Lundin Petroleum AB is pleased to announce that operations on development well 2/5-25 on the Broom Field in Block 2/5, production licence P242, on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS), have commenced. Well 2/5-25 will be drilled as a sidetrack of one of the three existing production wells on
The average daily production was about 2 201 000 barrels of oil, about 297 000 barrels of NGL (Natural Gas Liquids) and about 72 000 barrels of condensate, in total of 2 570 000 barrels liquid.
Royal Dutch Shell plc and HR Biopetroleum today announced the construction of a pilot facility in Hawaii to grow marine algae and produce vegetable oil for conversion into biofuel. The announcement is a further step in Shell’s ongoing effort to develop a new generation of biofuels using sustainable,
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Chinese archaeologists are hoping to recover the wreckage of an ancient merchant ship loaded with exquisite porcelain before the end of the year, says the Ministry of Communications. The vessel, which dates back more than 800 years, was supposed to have been raised from the seabed off south China in
The Fleming Award is presented by the British Geotechnical Association for excellence in geotechnical design and construction. This year’s award went to the parties responsible for the new foundations beneath Amsterdam Central Station. Van Oord Nederland is involved in constructing Amsterdam’s new N
An oil spill collection vessel arrived on Statfjord in the North Sea this afternoon, 12 December, and a second is due to be in place on the field before midnight. This mobilisation follows the discharge of about 25,000 barrels (4,000 standard cubic metres) of crude to the sea while oil was being loa
The skipper of UK maxi City Index Leopard arrived in Sydney from London this morning and immediately declared the sturdy, purpose-built yacht a certain line honours chance in this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart.
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation today announced the successful completion and testing of the Kilmar K3 well in Block 43/22a of the Southern Gas Basin of the U.K. North Sea. The well tested at a restricted rate of 45 MMcf per day from Carboniferous sandstones below 11,000′ MD and should soon expand product
Fugro has signed a contract with BMV (Bergen Yards) in Norway for building two new vessels. The contract consists of building one seismic vessel and one ROV offshore construction support vessel with a combined value of around EUR 150 million.
Clough announced today that its Thailand operation has been awarded a US$22m contract for the transportation, installation and commissioning of two 26km subsea piplines in the Ca Ngu Vang (CNV) Field, located in Block 9-2, approximately 130km south of east of Vung Tau, southern Vietnam.
