The Baie St. Paul, Canada Steamship Lines’ first of four new Trillium Class self-unloading Lakers – and the most technologically advanced ship to enter the Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Seaway bulk shipping market – set sail on Friday on her maiden voyage from Chengxi shipyard in Jiangyin, China to Mont
Total has today announced an exchange of interests with ExxonMobil in a range of producing and undeveloped North Sea assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. In exchange for its interests in the PL089 license (5.6%) and the Sygna (2.52%), Statfjord Øst (2.8%) and Snorre (6.18%) fields, Total will
Pipeline engineering specialist, STATS Group, will outline the difficulties in recruiting key staff at a major energy recruitment show next week. Human resources manager, Derek Smart, will speak at the Ignite! event in London and discuss how in 2006 STATS was one of the first north east companies to
The UK has huge potential for marine power and is considered the most attractive destination to develop marine projects in Europe, states a new report by energy experts GlobalData. The new report (Installed Capacity, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Profiles of Technology Developers and Key Country
Total announces the start-up of its Atla gas condensate field in the Norwegian North Sea. Atla was brought into production two years after completion of exploration drilling. The Atla field is part of the PL102C license and is located in block 25/5. Partners are Total E&P Norge 40% (operator), Petor
The Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, an Aleut tribal non-profit organization, has received funds to commence tidal research in False Pass, at the end of the Alaska Peninsula. The project that explores the potential power of ocean currents has been granted $200,000 of the Department of Energy f
Total announces the start-up of its Atla gas condensate field in the Norwegian North Sea. Atla was brought into production two years after completion of exploration drilling. The Atla field is part of the PL102C license and is located in block 25/5. Partners are Total E&P Norge 40% (operator), Petor
At Guangzhou two 39000dwt chemical tankers are under construction and in their final phase towards delivery. First vessel scheduled from mid of October and second from January 2013. Consilium managed to not only win the order for Fire and Gas detection but over the top also IBS. This is the first Sw
MEO Australia Limited advises the following update in relation to the Gurame SE-1X well being drilled offshore North Sumatra in the Seruway PSC using the Hercules #208 drilling rig. Since the last report, the BOPs (Blow Out Preventers) were installed and tested, a LOT (Leak Off Test) was completed a
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on Friday that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division placed a 1,026-metric ton unit — roughly the weight of six Boeing 747 commercial airplanes — onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Thursday. “This is the heaviest unit to b
The Norwegian subsea entrepreneur Ocean Installer is moving into new headquarters in Stavanger to accommodate for the strong growth the company has experienced over the last year. “This expansion of our Stavanger base shows that we are developing in line with our long-term growth strategy. We are ve
The Norwegian subsea entrepreneur Ocean Installer is moving into new headquarters in Stavanger to accommodate for the strong growth the company has experienced over the last year. “This expansion of our Stavanger base shows that we are developing in line with our long-term growth strategy. We are ve
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) has announced the winning name for the world’s first hybrid ferry after a two stage competition. There were hundreds of votes entered to name the world’s first sea going roll on roll off vehicle and passenger diesel electric hybrid ferry, but the most popular na
BP confirmed that it has signed production sharing contracts for three deepwater exploration blocks offshore Uruguay. The signing of the contracts in Montevideo completes the award of the blocks, for which BP was the successful bidder in Uruguay’s second offshore licensing round in March 2012. The c
