PM Coast Maritime Pte. Ltd. has completed sea trials of PMS 1386, the first of two RAstar 3200 tugs to be built by their own shipyard in Singapore. The RAstar class of tugs is intended for operations in exposed areas such as many new LNG terminals where a high standard of sea-keeping is required. Wi
Sterling Resources Ltd. announced that John P. Collenette has been appointed to Sterling’s Board of Directors, effective November 13th, 2012. Collenette has more than 30 years of experience in finance and commodity trading, most recently as a senior finance executive with Vitol Services Limited. He
Swiber Holdings Limited, an integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore oil and gas industry today reported a 14.0% increase in net profit to US$46.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 (“9M2012”), in tandem with a 47.0% surge in revenue to US$689.3 million
The National Renewable Energy Centre, Narec, has completed the installation of an offshore research and anemometry platform, three nautical miles off the coast of Blyth, Northumberland, next to the nearest shore array of the proposed 100MW capacity Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Site. The platfor
Following the announcement on 21 September 2010 regarding the disputed Offshore Patrol Vessel contract with the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT), BAE Systems and GORTT have reached agreement on a settlement. The three Offshore Patrol Vessels that were the subject of the GORT
Geospace Technologies Corporation has received and signed a Letter of Award from Statoil awarding Geospace Engineering Resources International the contract to provide 660 kilometers of seabed seismic reservoir monitoring systems for the Snorre and Grane fields on the Norwegian continental shelf. The
APTelecom, a facilities-based telecom consulting and service company specializing in emerging markets, announced that it has been engaged by Angola Cables to serve as overall International Sales Manager in the creation of a new submarine cable system SACS, joining Africa and South America. The cable
The Town of Emerald Isle upcoming beach nourishment project is tentatively scheduled to begin in February and be complete by the end of March. Due to budget constraints, the project has been scaled back slightly, and will likely involve the placement of approximately 630,000 cubic yards of sand (com
The production division of Ezra Holdings Limited, EOC Limited (EOC), has secured via EOC’s Malaysian agent, Larizz Petroleum Services Sdn Bhd, its first award from Hess Exploration and Production Malaysia B.V. for the charter of the Group’s Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel,
Hercules Offshore, Inc. announced the appointment of James W. Noe to Executive Vice President, Beau M. Thompson to General Counsel and Secretary, Charles A. Lestage to Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Cecil H. Bowden to Vice President Engineering and Capital Projects, and John B.
Waller Marine, Inc., through its LNG development subsidiaries, Waller Energy Holdings, LLC and Waller LNG Services, LLC, has initiated activities on its first natural gas liquefaction (LNG) facility to be constructed on a 175 acre site, the Company has acquired at the entrance point of the Calcasieu
Shell today signed an agreement for the acquisition of Murphy Schiehallion Limited 5.9% stake in the Schiehallion field located in blocks 204 and 205, approximately 175 kilometres west of the Shetland Islands. The additional equity in the Schiehallion field brings Shell’s stake to 55% and offers She
The Stratford Waterfront and Harbor Management Commission in coordination with the US Army Corps of Engineers announces that the Housatonic River is being dredged. The last time Connecticuts second longest river was dredged was in 1976. Leading the efforts to dredge the Housatonic River to improve
Fastnet Oil & Gas plc announced that it has been notified by the Petroleum Affairs Division of the Irish Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources that it has been awarded a licensing option of part blocks 49/7, 49/8, 49/9, 49/12 and 49/13 in the North Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland.
