THE Scottish Government has reopened talks with Iceland in an effort to resolve a bitter fishing row being dubbed the “mackerel wars”, it was confirmed today.
A new platform is trying to find solutions: TGAV. Research suggests that some 10 to 15 percent of all import containers may have too high a concentration of hazardous gases or vapours. This could for example be due to pest control-related fumigation, but increasingly it turns out that the gases and
Work has finally begun on a $5.4 million project to dredge Mission Bay Channel. The channel has not been dredged since 1984 and so much sand shoaled up between the jetties that breaking waves posed a hazard to recreational boaters.
Hamworthy in the UK has secured a £20m contract from Nantong Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering in China to supply equipment for liquid ethylene gas carriers. Under the contract, Hamworthy will supply cargo-handling systems for six ethylene vessels, a reliquefaction plant and cargo pumps.
Countries bordering the north-east Atlantic rejected a ban proposal on deep-sea offshore drilling destined to avoid an environmental disaster comparable to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Norway said Friday. The ban was proposed by Germany at a meeting in the western Norwegian city of Bergen of the OS
Lundin Petroleum AB (“Lundin Petroleum”) announces that drilling of exploration well 16/1-14 in PL338, has commenced. The well will target the Apollo structure, which is situated immediately to the south of the Draupne field in PL001B, and some 5 kms northwest of and down-dip from the Luno field loc
Queensland based oil and gas company, Icon Energy Limited (Icon Energy), today announced that it had been successful in bidding for key onshore acreage in the Gippsland Basin. Gazettal Block VIC/G-10(5), to be known on award as Petroleum Exploration Permit 170, includes the township of Darriman, in
Professor Curtis Hays Whitson has been awarded Statoil’s research prize 2010 for his major input to boosting knowledge about recovery of gas and gas condensate fields and improved recovery of oil fields by the use of gas injection. Consisting of NOK 200,000 and a work of art by Håkon Gullvåg the pri
EOC Limited (EOC or the Group), one of Asia’s leading operators of offshore construction & floating production vessels, has recommenced the operations of its Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading unit (FPSO), Lewek Arunothai, after completing ten days of maintenance activities. The scheduled
A proposed liquefied natural gas project in Alaska may not be ready in time for federal loan subsidies… (boston) [mappress] Source: boston, September 24, 2010;
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are listed in London and Dublin , provides a technical update on Licensing Option 10/01 in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland which contains the Baltimore heavy oil discovery. Providence (60
The New Jersey Senate Committee on Environment and Energy is expected to vote Sept. 23 on a resolution that opposes the development of lique… (SNL) [mappress] Source: SNL, September 24, 2010;
Colombian police have shut down 40 mines and arrested 16 people in a crackdown on illegal gold mining linked to armed groups, authorities… (laht) [mappress] Source: laht, September 24, 2010;
Apache Corporation said today that it will proceed with development of the Macedon gas field in the Exmouth Basin in Western Australia. The project will commercialize natural gas from offshore production license WA-42-L, located 60 miles (100 km) west of Onslow. First production is expected during 2
