The keel of the first of two ro-ro vessels ordered by the Finnish shipping company Bore from Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Germany was laid on November 8, 2011. The owner is most pleased with the performance of the shipyard and delivery for newbuilding 744 is scheduled to April 29, 2011.
An EU Navy Force (EU NavFor) ship fought off an attack by pirates using a captured merchant vessel – the first time such an attack has occurred. On Saturday, the warship ESPS Infanta Christina was attacked off the east coast of Somali by the Izumi, which had been captured by pirates on 10 October.
Mammoet Benelux, with headquarters in Schiedam (the Netherlands), recently acquired an 8 ha undeveloped harbor site on the Axel Plain (Axelse Vlakte) at Autrichehaven in Westdorpe, near Terneuzen. In the coming year Mammoet intends to develop a third Multi-Purpose Terminal for Mammoet in the Netherl
Arrow Energy has advised Government authorities and landholders this afternoon that its monitoring tests have detected minute traces of benzene in three of 60 fluid samples taken in the northern Bowen Basin, in Central Queensland. These preliminary results relate to two wells in the area of Arrow’s
Security forces sought Tuesday to free seven foreign hostages after an oil rig and support vessel were attacked off Nigeria, as the … Source: Yahoo! News [mappress] Source: News.Yahoo, November 9, 2010;
ALGESCO, a joint company between Sonatrach, Sonelgaz and GE recently celebrated the official opening of its new Service Center located in Boufarik, 35 kilometers from Algiers in Algeria. Covering approximately 18,300 sq. meters, the new facility is the largest GE Oil & Gas turbomachinery equipment s
The average daily production in September 2010 was about 1 825 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is 2 000 barrels less than in August 2010. Gas production was about 5.7 billion Sm3, which is 0.3 billion Sm3 less than in August. The liquid production in September was: 1 585 000 barrels of
The National Development and Reform Commission, China’s top economic planner, has granted approval to PetroChina, the country’s largest oil… (chinaknowledge) [mappress] Source: chinaknowledge, November 9, 2010;
AVEVA one of the world’s leading providers of engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, today announced the successful conclusion of its new global series of AVEVA World Summits. Organised for AVEVA customers and partners, three regional Summ
The Port of Tampa is continuing to expand and that means more competitive service for the businesses that import and export goods for … (myfoxtampabay) [mappress] Source: myfoxtampabay, November 9, 2010;
After a hiatus of nearly a year, mud will flow again next week onto the old Hamilton airfield in Novato to help turn it into wetlands that… By Mark Prado (marinij) [mappress] Source: marinij, November 9, 2010;
London Array is an energetic project which consists in a large wind farm of 271 turbines. The wind farm would be located more than 20km (12 miles) from the Kent and Essex coasts in the outer Thames Estuary, one of the three strategic areas the UK Government has identified for offshore wind farm deve
The Nicaraguan government will put two more dredges to work on the Río San Juan despite an open dispute with Costa Rica, according to Edén… (ticotimes) [mappress] Source: ticotimes, November 9, 2010;
Metgasco is pleased to advise that the trial stimulation program for Kingfisher E01 is in progress. Stimulation of the target sandstone interval at 1450 metres, in the Gatton sandstone, was completed on 5th November 2010. The well has been cleaning up over the weekend in preparation for flow testing
