The Aransas County Navigation District (ACND) board of commissioners approved a request for use of the spoil site at the end of Rockport … By: NORMA MARTINEZ (rockportpilot) [mappress] Source: rockportpilot, February 9, 2011;
Metgasco is pleased to advise that the drilling of the first well in the Harrier Pilot program commenced yesterday. The first multi-lateral well, Harrier P02, spudded on 8 February 2011. Two horizontal in-seam laterals are expected to be drilled with a target length of 1,000 metres per lateral (resu
The town of Orleans has proposed a change in its permit request from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct work in waters of the United States in conjunction with beach nourishment on Skaket Beach in Orleans, Mass. The applicant has proposed a change to the location of the sediment borrow site
British gas giant BG Group has started marketing gas from a $5 billion third production train (plant) at its Queensland Curtis LNG project a… (theaustralian) [mappress] Source: theaustralian, February 9, 2011;
The number of active Turkish shipyards has plummeted 60 percent since 2008 according to Today’s Zaman… (bairdmaritime) [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime, February 9, 2011
The board of directors of El Paso Corporation declared a quarterly dividend of $0.01 per share on the company’s outstanding common stock. The dividend will be payable April 1, 2011 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 4, 2011. Outstanding shares of common stock entitled to
Statoil has found gas and condensate around two kilometres west of the Gullfaks South field in the middle sector of the North Sea. The size of the discovery is estmated at between 19 and 75 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent. Plans call for tie-back of the discovery to existing infrastruc
In pursuance of the Agreement on the feasibility study for the Bulgarian section of the South Stream project the tender committee comprising representatives from Gazprom and Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD summarized the results of an open tender procedure for selecting a contractor to perform the feas
Economic relations between Iran, Pakistan and India are improving by Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline, Iran’s ambassador to India, Seyed Mahdi Nabizadeh announced here on Wednesday. He said that the project should not be just looked at purely from economic perspective, but as one which will have a positiv
As announced last November, E.ON intends to use part of the proceeds from the sale of operations to reduce its group debt. In this regard, E.ON made a two-step offer to bondholders on 24 January to repurchase several bonds with a total nominal value of approx. € 7billion. The two-week term for the o
Aberdeen Coastguard are currently monitoring developments on the Gryphon A, operated by Maersk, a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) which is being buffeted by very heavy weather in the North Sea.
Companies building vessels on the U.S. Gulf are servicing a flock of domestic and overseas clients while their offshore oil and gas customers wait for Washington to issue more drilling permits and safety rules. Some of the region’s builders are busy making repairs. After a federal ban on deepwater d
British-based riser specialist 2H Offshore has landed a major deal to supply detailed design and procurement services for Chevron’s Big Foot deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico.
British-based BG Group boosted its earnings for the fourth quarter 2010 and for the full year with rises of 13% and 18% respectively.
