U.S. President Barack Obama is focusing on trade and jobs during his current Asian tour. His administration has set a goal of creating two million new jobs for American workers. One way it hopes to do that is by completing a long-delayed free trade agreement with South Korea, and agreements with oth
Esso Highlands Limited, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation and operator of the PNG LNG Project, recently officially opened its Port Moresby Construction Training Facility. The Project is investing 150 million Kina in training services and capital costs to train up to 4,000 Papua New Guinean wor
The Territory Government is calling for tenders to upgrade Darwin’s Stokes Hill Wharf. Construction Minister Gerry McCarthy said the upgrade… [mappress] Source: newsroom., December 6, 2010;
SMIT Salvage, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., has acquired two ship salvage contracts in India. The combined value of the contracts is approximately € 50 million. The first assignment involves the refloating of a container vessel off the western coast of India. The vess
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is using money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to open up some of the silted-in oxbows on… BY WALLY SPIERS (bnd) [mappress] Source: bnd, December 6, 2010;
BG Group recently announced that its second Tanzanian exploration well, Chewa-1, has also discovered gas. The well, located in Block 4 approximately 80 kilometres offshore southern Tanzania in a water depth of around 1 300 metres, is some eight kilometres north-west of BG Group’s Pweza-1 gas discove
The Irish energy regulator has exempted the proposed Shannon LNG project from third-party access requirements… (argusmedia) [mappress] Source: argusmedia, December 6, 2010;
The managing director of Iran LNG Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company, says Iran will soon start exporting Liquefied N… (presstv) [mappress] Source: presstv, December 6, 2010;
Sophisticated gas, oil and petroleum cleaning equipment for Russian specialized rolling stock A cooperation agreement signed 12th November 2010 positions Johnsen Oil – the supplier of high-quality equipment for filtration of different oils for internal combustion engines as well as hydraulic and gea
Spain Saturday offered to help resolve a festering border dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Spain’s top diplomat said at the close… (breitbart) [mappress] Source: breitbart, December 5, 2010;
The Channel Islands Harbor is set to be dredged beginning Monday, December 6th. Not a moment to soon according to our calculations. The … (sailtimechannelislands) [mappress] Source: sailtimechannelislands, December 5, 2010;
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comments on an application by Brandy Bar Landing Inc. to work in the Umpqua River near Reedsport… (nrtoday) [mappress] Source: nrtoday, December 4, 2010;
With very little fanfare or discussion, the Maryland Board of Public Works this week approved fund expenditure for the ongoing beach … By Shawn J. Soper (mdcoastdispatch) [mappress] Source: mdcoastdispatch, December 4, 2010;
Ukraine has delayed for up to three months a tender to select a company that would design a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal near Odessa… (ukrainianjournal) [mappress] Source: ukrainianjournal, December 3, 2010;
