The primary architect of Maple Ridge Wind Farm is seeking to develop the nation’s first offshore wind farm. “I guess I like a challenge,”… By Steve Virkler (watertowndailytimes) [mappress] Source: watertowndailytimes, January 25, 2011
Reference is made to the press release sent out by Songa Offshore SE (the “Company”) on 24 March 2010 regarding the investment of 31,25% of the shares in Deepwater Driller Ltd (“Deepwater Driller”). Deepwater Driller owns the “Songa Eclipse”, a 6th generation Friede & Goldman ExD ultra-deepwater sem
FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) announced today that it has signed an agreement with China National Offshore Oil Corporation ( CNOOC ) for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment for the Liuhua 4-1 development project. The award has a value of approximately $85 million in revenu
The University of Maine announces an exciting addition to the Maine Wind Working Group’s Maine Wind Energy Conference. Learn more about Maine’s opportunity to lead the nation in deepwater offshore wind at the Offshore Wind Track at the Augusta Civic Center on January 25. Speaker topics include the e
The EU is powering ahead in developing offshore wind but Ireland continues to fall behind, according to the National Offshore Wind… By Sarah Kirkwood (insideireland) [mappress] Source: insideireland, January 24, 2011
Atwood Oceanics., a Houston-based international drilling contractor , today announced names for its three high-specification Pacific Class 400 jack-up rigs being constructed at PPL Shipyard PTE LTD in Singapore. The Atwood Mako, Atwood Manta and Atwood Orca are scheduled for delivery on September 30
Nine energy experts spoke at the University of Maine on Saturday as part of a day-long event advertised as an opportunity to garner literal,… By Michael Shepherd (mainecampus) [mappress] Source: mainecampus, January 24, 2011
OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes S.A. , the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced today the presence of hydrocarbons in the Albian section of well 1OGX28DRJS, which is located in the BMC41 block, in the shallow waters o
Cameron has received an order for the supply of subsea production systems for a deepwater and offshore gas processing and pipeline project in the South China Sea. The project will include subsea equipment, as well as an agreement to provide additional services across the life of the field. Deliverie
Erik Haugane, CFO og Det norske, has been awarded one of the oil industry’s highest awards, the NPF award. The award is a recognition of the effort made, and a stimulus for further work. The jury’s arguments for giving Haugane the price is that he is “one of few leaders of a Norwegian oil company [&
Saint Petersburg hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Rovnag Abdullayev, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR). The parties addressed the results of cooperation in 2010. Gazprom and SOCAR agreed that the jo
McDermott International, Inc. , announced today that its subsea construction vessel “Agile” has been contracted by Petrobras to install subsea flexible pipelines and umbilicals in up to 2,000 meters of water offshore Brazil. The company will also provide subsea installation engineering for the durat
American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, announced today that it will release its third quarter fiscal year 2010 financial results prior to the market opening on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. In conjunction with this announcement, AMSC management will par
Aker Drilling ASA is contemplating the issue of up to NOK 1,500 million in a new senior, unsecured bond in the Norwegian bond market with maturity in February 2016. The proceeds will be used to refinance the outstanding bond issue AKD02 with ISIN NO001057171.4, repay existing subordinated loans to A
