Baker Hughes has been booked to provide drilling support services to an Norwegian exploration consortium planning to drill up to 15 new wells with the Borgland Dolphin starting next year.
Brazil’s Petrobras has handed Prosafe a letter of intent for the use of the Safe Concordia semi-submersible rig for a new assignment. Safe Concordia has been booked by Petrobras for a three-year deal to provide offshore safety and maintenance work commencing early in the second quarter next year.
On Monday, October 18, 2010, at approximately 10:23 p.m local time., as Legend of the Seas was sailing in the Taiwan Strait, it received a distress call from the Panama-registered freighter Xin Yi. Legend of the Seas noted the position and set a course towards the location.
At the LNG Plant of Balhaf, Saturday, 17 October, Yemen LNG awarded scholarships to 28 undergraduate students from Shabwah Governorate, out of 40, to study in Sana’a, Aden, Hadhramout and Dhamar Universities in areas of medicine, civil engineering, and chemical engineering. On this occasion, Yemen L
Bronson Hsieh, Chairman of Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan), today said: “Intra-Asia trade will be the focal point of the container shipping industry in the future.” He said: “Our company anticipates that the intra-Asia market will continue to benefit from further liberalization of regional tra
Heesen Yachts is proud to announce the signing of its sixth new-build contract in 2010. Following the sale of two 47-Metre full-displacement yachts, a 37-Metre semi-displacement yacht, and two all-aluminium fully customised builds – one of 50-metres and the other of 35-metres – the sale of this 65-M
Maersk Line will adjust its Asia – Europe capacity in line with changing market demand. In mid-November, Maersk Line will temporarily withdraw a service from the network. “A few weeks ago, we said that we were ready to adjust our capacity to post-peak demand levels, and that is what we are announcin
Iceland’s brand new Landeyjahofn harbour, built for the Westman Islands ferry, continues to cause expensive headaches. The country’s transport minister now believes he will have to put an extra ISK 350 million (USD 3.1 million) aside for sand dredging at the harbour in order to keep it serviceable.
Qatar has dropped plans to build a 3.5 billion euro ($4.82bn) energy hub in Greece, a Greek official said on Wednesday, a setback for Greek… (arabianbusiness) [mappress] Source: arabianbusiness, October 20, 2010;
Bibby Line Group is expanding its offshore services into the Far East with a new Singapore office. By Peter Elson (Liverpool Daily Post) [mappress] Source: Liverpool Daily Post, October 20, 2010;
Today, Volvo Trucks will initiate public field testing with methane diesel trucks that can run on liquefied methane gas. At the same time, Sweden’s first filling station for liquefied methane gas will open at Stigs Center in Göteborg. This is a revolutionary step in the development of gas use in hea
Gazprom said on Tuesday that it was redirecting to Asia liquefied natural gas contracted for the United States from its Sakhalin-2 project… (themoscowtimes) [mappress] Source: themoscowtimes, October 20, 2010;
The borough’s battered beaches soon will get a $6.5 million emergency rehabilitation. Stephen Rochette, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps… By Nicholas Huba (app) [mappress] Source: app, October 20, 2010;
After more than a decade, construction crews are ready to give the Bridgewater Channel a little bit of a makeover. Crews with Technology … By Nathan Bruttell (havasunews) [mappress] Source: havasunews, October 20, 2010;
