Technip was awarded an installation contract, worth approximately €40 million, by Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited for the Gryphon Area Reinstatement Programme – GARP, located about 320 kilometers North-East of Aberdeen in 110 meters of water. This contract covers installation of 15 dynamic risers, 2
Rocksource ASA (Rocksource) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 6608/11-7S in the Norwegian Sea with the Borgland Dolphin mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 559, with Rocksource as the operator (60%). The other licensees are VNG (30%) and Skage
MSC Divina, the third and latest addition to the MSC Cruises’ flagship Fantasia class, was ceremoniously floated out of dry dock B of the STX Europe ship yard in Saint-Nazaire, France on Saturday 3 September and transferred to dock C for final fitting and furnishing ahead of her christening in May n
Technip was awarded an installation contract, worth approximately €40 million, by Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited for the Gryphon Area Reinstatement Programme – GARP(1), located about 320 kilometers North-East of Aberdeen in 110 meters of water. This contract covers installation of 15 dynamic risers
TGS has commenced a new 1,000 km multi-client 2D survey in Northeast Greenland in partnership with Fugro. This survey will enable customers to prepare for the announced Greenland Licensing Round in 2012/2013 and will significantly add to a data set that TGS has been growing since 2008 in this promis
Shell U.K. Limited has extended the gas turbine maintenance contract held by Aberdeen-based Rolls Wood Group (RWG) for a further five years to 2015. The multi-million pound extended contract includes maintenance, repair and overhaul of 27 Rolls-Royce Avon and RB211 gas turbines operating on seven of
RWE is planning to strongly expand its generating capacities in NRW in the area of renewable energies by 2020. The geographical focus will be on the Rhenish lignite mining region. As far as technology is concerned, the company intends to concentrate on growth in the wind energy and biogas segments.
CLP Power said it is considering raising electricity rates 2 percent every year to cover the cost of offshore wind farms. By Guo Jiaxue (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, September 06, 2011
Dolphin Geophysical AS announced the name of vessel NB533 as M/V Polar Duchess. The vessel option expires on 1st November and it is highly likely the company will exercise the option. Good progress in the Factorias Volcano yard, Spain, safeguards a Q4 delivery ready for the North Sea season at the e
Dolphin Geophysical AS announces the name of vessel NB533 as M/V Polar Duchess. The vessel option expires on 1st November and it is highly likely that company will exercise the option. Good progress in the Factorias Volcano yard, Spain, safeguards a Q4 delivery ready for the North Sea season at the
Classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) fleet under classification now exceeds 100 million GT (gross tonnage). GL has currently more than 7,200 ships from over 1,900 shipping companies worldwide under regular technical supervision. “We have been able to double the fleet in class over the las
Dolphin Geophysical AS announced the name of vessel NB533 as M/V Polar Duchess. The vessel option expires on 1st November and it is highly likely the company will exercise the option. Good progress in the Factorias Volcano yard, Spain, safeguards a Q4 delivery ready for the North Sea season at the e
Emerson Process Management today launched its Roxar CorrLog & SandLog Wireless transmitters. The new system combines Emerson’s Smart Wireless technology with Roxar corrosion and sand monitoring instrumentation to provide a complete wireless integrity management solution for protecting operators’ dow
Total Carbide, a leading developer of tungsten carbide wear parts, is launching a new process that produces tungsten carbide components with complex internal forms for use in harsh environments such as valves operating in high-pressure, highly abrasive or corrosive environments. Intraform[TM] will e
