Halliburton and El Paso Corporation today announced that an El Paso-operated well in North Louisiana is the first natural gas producing well to be completed using all three Halliburton proprietary CleanSuite™ production enhancement technologies for both hydraulic fracturing and water treatment. More
A crane towering above a barge now dominates the skyline at Bowditch Point Park. During the next four months, that barge will move south alo… By Brian Liberatore (news-press) [mappress] Source: news-press, May 2, 2011;
The movement for wind energy was stronger five years ago. Perhaps people pictured Holland’s picturesque windmills surrounded by tulips. By Bill Wolcott (lockportjournal) [mappress] Source: lockportjournal, May 02, 2011;
The Royal Navy’s patrol vessel HMS Clyde will remain in the South Atlantic to protect the Falklands Islands until 2018, following a six year contract extension with BAE Systems to deliver 24/7 support services to the ship. The move follows an initial five year agreement and demonstrates the success
Commercial scale CETO unit successfully completes primary offshore testing phase (carnegiecorp) [mappress] Source: carnegiecorp, May 02, 2011
Commercial scale CETO unit successfully completes primary offshore testing phase (carnegiecorp) [mappress] Source: carnegiecorp, May 02, 2011
Khabarovsk Shipbuilding Plant (part of United Shipbuilding Corp, USC) on April 26, 2011 began construction of one ice-class Azimuthal … (PortNews) [mappress] Source: PortNews, May 02, 2011.
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that Jon Nield, 47, has been promoted to Vice President, Project Risk Management Group (PRMG), effective immediately. In this role, he will be responsible for leading the group that sets, reviews and implements the company’s risk management policy for proposal and c
It’s not summer yet, but there is already a lot of beach activity in Avalon. The dredge “Illinois” arrived in Avalon on Saturday morning, Ap… (capemaycountyherald) [mappress] Source: capemaycountyherald, May 2, 2011;
Transeuro Energy Corp. issues an update on its Ukraine operation as follows: Flow testing of the second test interval of the previously announced 4 test programme on Karl-101 has been completed. The well was perforated underbalanced and flowed for 3 days before being shut in for a 48 hour pressure b
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed at 27 April 2011, which outlines the main principles of how Norwegian Ulstein Group and Netherlands based IDEA Heavy Equipment are joining forces. The companies have entered into an MOU which will lead to an operational business in the Netherlands by th
In Lithuania, Klaipeda at shipbuilding yard Vakarų Baltijos laivų statykla was held a keel laying ceremony of two multifunctional vessels which were ordered by BLRT Grupp. According to the head of the board of the BLRT Grupp Fjodor Berman, construction of the vessels from creation of the concept of
SIGTTO’s new LNG Ship to Ship Transfer Guidelines have been published by Seamanship Witherby. Ship-to-ship transfers of LNG have become increasingly commonplace in recent years, following the first commercial operation of this type in February 2007. There are now 10 LNG regasification vessels (LNGRV
Shipbuilding Industry Co. (CSIC), the country’s northern shipbuilding giant, said Saturday that its net profit last year raise 7.28 … (xinhuanet) [mappress] Source: xinhuanet, May 2, 2011.
