According to Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group, its Hebei based subsidiary Wuyang Iron and Steel has become the largest overseas supplier of South Korea based shipbuilding company SPP Shipbuilding Co Ltd.
Shares in AIM listed oil and gas services group Offshore Hydocarbon Mapping Plc (LON:OHM) rose by 9% to 9p early this morning on news that the company was planning to cut loose its loss making marine acquisition business. The proposed move will see OHM plough its efforts into the more viable geophys
A shipping agency more at home in the Carribbean than the North Sea is looking to launch a new service – between Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen. Kestrel Liner Agencies, based in Basildon, Essex, says it wants to run a regular service linking the two towns based on the links between the oil and gas sect
For several years, the Florida Inland Navigation District has been working to obtain permits for three dredging projects along the waterways of Broward County, Florida. The opened waterways will allow for passage of larger yachts, giving South Florida’s marine industry a boost.
Repsol was chosen Company of the Year in Canada by the Canada-Spain Chamber of Commerce, in recognition of the company’s efforts in the country over the last few years. Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau accepted the award in a ceremony attended by the Canadian Ambassador Graham Shantz, the Director Gen
A brand new Craig Group vessel was christened, Monday September 20, at Aberdeen Harbour as the global shipping and energy services firm names one of the last vessels in its £130 million investment programme. The vessel, which is a NSS -IMT 948 designed emergency response and rescue (ERRV) vessel, wi
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) highlighted that the Shah Deniz II natural gas field in Azerbaijan is the initial target of gas intended for the project. In a joint statement, shareholders EGL, Statoil and E.ON Ruhrgas said: “The TAP pipeline is designed to cater for the volumes of gas from Shah D
Total announces the signature of a Deed of Amendment (DOA) with PETROLEUM BRUNEI on the Brunei deepwater Block CA-1, previously known as Brunei Block J. The DOA amends the original Production Sharing Contract of Block J signed in 2003 and allows PETRONAS Carigali Overseas and Canam Brunei, a wholly-
Poland’s state-owned Polskie LNG says it’s on track to start building a new Liquefied Natural Gas terminal at Świnoujście next summer… (WBJ) [mappress] Source: warsawbusinessjournal , September 22, 2010;
Nautical Petroleum announces the results of the Kraken appraisal well located on UK Central North Sea block 9/2b, in which Nautical has a 35 per cent. equity interest. The 9/02b-4 well was drilled to a total depth of 4,502 feet Measured Depth (MD). The top of the target Heimdal III was encountered a
On Thursday Vattenfall inaugurates Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. This is a milestone in the development of renewable energy for a sustainable society. For Vattenfall, it is a springboard to the future – both to the British market and to large-scale offshore wind
Dana Petroleum plc is pleased to report that the Dana operated Cormoran-1 exploration well has begun drilling offshore Mauritania, West Africa, just 2 kilometres southeast of Dana’s existing Pelican-1 discovery. The conductor has been run and Dana has already drilled the 26 inch hole section down to
The County Commission won’t be paying millions of dollars more to the company it hired to dredge the Hernando Beach Channel and on Tuesday… By Barbara Behrendt (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, September 22, 2010;
The development and upgrading of flood diversions, collectors and retainers, channel extensions, floodways, trunk drains and culverts in the… [mappress] Source: brudirect, September 22, 2010;
