Meindert van Genderen, interim director of the Princess Amalia wind park which is co-owned by Eneco (share of 50%), will be the chairman at the conference “Offshore Wind Installation and Maintenance 2011”. As such, he will also open the conference with a short statement. Eneco has a wind portfolio o
The opening of the Baltic 1 offshore wind farm on represents a milestone, according to the CEO of the energy utility Baden-Wuerttemberg (EnBW), Hans-Peter Villis. “As the first commercial wind farm in Germany, this project has a special meaning for the offshore wind sector, “ said Villis. Baltic 1 w
IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB), a part of IHC Merwede group, has successfully delivered its largest project to date, a 2,000 tonne capacity J-Lay tower for client Saipem. After intensive design, manufacture and installation, assisted by Saipem teams, the system is en route to West Africa. The rig
A south-east Queensland boat builder has won a multi-million dollar contract to construct passenger ferries that will transport the Gladstone workers who will form the backbone of the state’s most important emerging industry. Premier Anna Bligh announced Hemmant-based Aluminum Boats Australia would
Apache Corporation reported production of 732,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day and earnings of $1.1 billion, or $2.86 per diluted share, for the three-month period ending March 31, 2011. These compare with production of 586,000 boe per day and net income of $705 million, or $2.08 per dilu
Jumbo’s DP2 Offshore Heavy Lift Vessel Fairplayer will install 4 subsea protection structures for production flowlines at 600 m water depth in the Laggan & Tormore fields. These gas condensate fields, owned by Total and Dong Energy, are located 125 km north-west of the Shetland Islands. This region
Statoil has awarded Island Offshore a framework agreement for a new light well intervention (LWI) vessel on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The third of its type in Statoil’s portfolio the vessel will help reduce the costs of well interventions and enhanced oil recovery. Statoil has awarded I
A British firm which can trace its roots back to the 1920s and which used to provide lighting for the mining and quarry industries has landed a major deal to support Talisman Energy in the UK North Sea.
KBR has been confirmed as the major detailed design contractor for Chevron’s Jack and St Malo field development in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico region.
Turkey plans to build a canal connecting the Black and Marmara seas as an alternative to the congested Bosphorus Strait, Prime Minister… (news) [mappress] Source: news, April 28, 2011;
In February a 200-meter ro/ro vessel was given a protective Ecospeed coating in Gibraltar. Ecospeed has a life expectancy of twenty-five years and will therefore protect the vessel against cavitation and corrosion damage for the remainder of its service life without the need for a full repainting du
PetroChina Company Limited continued to actively implement its strategy of resources, marketing and internationalization in the first quarter of 2011. Faced with the changes in the operating conditions with a positive attitude, the Company achieved steady and rapid development in production and oper
GL Noble Denton, the global independent technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, will standardize on Intergraph SmartMarine® Enterprise, including SmartMarine 3D, to replace its existing design solution for offshore and marine assets. This move will enable the company to increase the functiona
“The local channels approaching Clearwater Pass are in need of dredging,” according to a staff memo to the City Council. By LESTER R. DAILEY (tbnweekly) [mappress] Source: tbnweekly, April 28, 2011
