STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of a Platform Supply Vessel with NorSea Group AS. The vessel will be of STX OSV’s ow
Nido Petroleum Limited , on behalf of the SC 54B Joint Venture, is pleased to announce the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the Gindara-1 Drilling Program. This approval marks another important milestone in the lead up to the drilling of the Gindara-1 Prospect (refer Location Map).
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Teak-2 exploration well in the West Cape Three Points licence offshore Ghana has discovered 27 metres of net hydrocarbon bearing Campanian and Turonian reservoirs. The well was targeting an undrilled fault block between the Jubilee field and the Teak-1 disc
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announces that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of a Platform Supply Vessel with NorSea Group AS. The vessel will be of STX OSV’s own PSV 08 design, and is s
With over 9,000 international visitors and over 400 exhibitors EWEA annual event 2011 was the largest wind power show ever held in Europe, which translated into many new quality contacts and projects for BaltShip A/S. As usual BaltShip joint the Danish pavilion not only to network but also to welcom
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is again teaming with French authorities to renew the international search for the deep-sea wreck site of Air France Flight 447 and to retrieve the flight recorders from the Airbus A 330. WHOI will lead the search from late March to July 2011 under the
The rhetoric about domestic oil drilling reached a fever pitch in Washington this week with the Obama administration touting the approval of more Gulf deepwater drilling permits and Republicans countering that the pace of permitting is still too slow. The stakes are high for both sides of the issue,
After the biggest mass extinction in Earth’s history – 250 million years ago – algae and bacteria in the ocean rebounded so fast that they consumed virtually all the oxygen in the sea, slowing the recovery of the rest of marine animals for several million years. A mass extinction is hard enough for
Iceland is moving forward with plans to construct what would be the world’s longest undersea electricity cable, albeit at glacial pace… (icis) [mappress] Source: icis, March 28, 2011
Investigations are being launched into how three dolphins died earlier this month during a Navy training exercise along the San Diego coast… (kdvr) [mappress] Source:kdvr , March 28, 2011;
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) approved a sixth deepwater drilling permit on March 25 that… (marinelink) [mappress] Source: marinelink, March 28, 2011;
NOAA continues to re-test seafood from the Gulf of Mexico to demonstrate to American and worldwide consumers that it is safe to eat, and… [mappress] Source: noaanews, March 28, 2011;
Technip’s “Document de Référence 2010” was filed with the French “Autorité des Marchés Financiers” (AMF) on March 24, 2011. The document is available on the Company’s website: www.technip.com. Copies are also available at Technip’s registered office: 89 avenue de la Grande Armée 75116 Paris, France.
Ireland is being left behind in the development of offshore wind and marine generation, said Gregor Alexander, finance director of renewable… By Doireann McDermott (siliconrepublic) [mappress] Source: siliconrepublic, March 28, 2011