Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce that the drilling of the exploration well 16/1-8 on the Luno prospect in PL 338 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the North Sea has been concluded. The well is located 28 km east of the 15/3-1 Gudrun discovery in the central North Sea
Need a little Magic in your life? How about Northern Marine’s Magic which is for sale through RJC Yachts. THe 130-foot tri-deck yacht won the 2005 Pacific Northwest Superyacht Society Design Award.
Bo-Erik Blomqvist, a 20-year cruise industry veteran, has been named senior vice president -corporate shipbuilding for Carnival Corporation & plc. Based at Carnival’s Southampton, UK, offices, Blomqvist will begin February 1, 2008, and will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company’s
George David’s 90-foot super-maxi Rambler (USA) took line honours in the 28th Rolex Middle Sea Race at 11.45.03 this morning.
Shortly before 1730 on Sunday evening the yacht Loki competing in the Rolex Middle Sea Race 2007 lost her rudder north of Golfo di Castallammare, just to the west of Palermo on the northern coast of Sicily.
Two stories of dramatically contrasting fortune have unfolded over the past 24-hours of the 2007 Rolex Middle Sea Race. Both stories ended happily. Both could have ended quite differently. In one, an American crew defied the elements to destroy a seven-year old course record. In the second, an Austr
StatoilHydro has awarded a four-year contract to Transocean for lease of the semi-submersible rig Polar Pioneer. The contract will become effective during the first half of 2010. The exact date of commencement will depend on the completion of work under the current rig lease contract.
Environmentalists and some residents in Laguna Beach are angered by the lack of notification that most of the 2.3 million cubic yards of material from the Upper Newport Bay would land close to the Crystal Cove and Emerald Bay area, about three miles off shore. The $39 million project has been going
The 28th Rolex Middle Sea Race looked to be mirroring almost exactly its British cousin, the Rolex Fastnet, as retirement after retirement is phoned into the Royal Malta Yacht Club Race Control, whilst the front-runner makes record-breaking progress towards the finish. After a relatively benign star
The Board of Directors of Husky Energy Inc. is pleased to declare a quarterly dividend of $0.33 (Canadian) per share on its common shares for the three-month period ended September 30, 2007. The dividend will be payable on January 2, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Novembe
Eleven people were drowned and another 10 are missing after a boat believed to be carrying migrants sank off the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Those on board were thought to be trying to get to the United States from Central America.
Three men have been rescued after their fishing boat began sinking off the coast of Scotland. Aberdeen Coastguard was contacted at 0710 BST by the crew of the Prolific, which was taking on water 10 miles north east of Wick.
Total announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Total E&P USA Inc., was the high bidder on 12 deep and ultra-deep water exploration blocks in the Central and Eastern Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 205. Total E&P USA Inc. will operate five blocks in the Garden Banks area, three blocks in the Green Canyo
The 2007 Rolex Middle Sea Race set off today from Marsamxett Harbour with the crews apprehensive about what may lie ahead but displaying a quiet confidence that they are prepared for tough race and some tough decisions. Last night, 60 yachts were registered to take part. Following a pretty sobering
