With help from a contractor, the Big Creek Greenway could lose fewer days to flooding this fall. Forsyth County commissioners approved an… By Alyssa LaRenzie (forsythnews) [mappress] Source: forsythnews, August 2, 2010;
More than 40 international and local construction firms are preparing to bid for a contract to build a major General Cargo and Liquid … By Conrad Prabhu (zawya) [mappress] Source: zawya, August 2, 2010;
Waterton Canyon will close on Today so that crews can dredge Strontia Springs Reservoir. Denver Water will be dredging thousands of cubic… Ana Cabrera (thedenverchannel) [mappress] Source: thedenverchannel, August 2, 2010;
The Department of Natural Resources has resumed work on a dredging project at Yellowwood Lake that will extend the lake’s useful life and… (wane) [mappress] Source: wane, August 2, 2010;
Coinciding with the occasion of the 40th Renaissance and in accordance with His Majesty’s vision to promote the empowerment of women, Oman L… [mappress] Source: omanobserver, August 1;
Melrose Resources, the oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announced an exploration discovery in the Galata block offshore Bulgaria. The Kavarna East No.1 well has been successfully drilled to test an exploration prospect approximately 10 kilometres to the east of the Melros
BP announced that it will establish a $100 million charitable fund to support unemployed rig workers experiencing economic hardship as a result of the moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by the United States federal government. The Rig Worker Assistance Fund will be administered through the Gul
Deepening the Charleston Harbor shipping channel in South Carolina has moved a bit closer to happening… (islandpacket) [mappress] Source: islandpacket, July 31, 2010;
The working period on western part of Singapore has been extended and the working details are revised. The reclamation works will involve dredging by cutter suction dredger ( CSD ), trailer-suction-hopper-dredger ( TSHD ) and hopper barges. Shore protection works will be carried out by crane barges
When Hurricane Gustav ripped through South Louisiana, he made a big mess, one that had a lasting effect on parishes south of the … By Cheryl Mercedes (wafb) [mappress] Source: wafb, July 31, 2010;
Business Standard reports that the Indian government has yet to take a decision on the sale of a stake in Shipping Corp of India, while … [mappress] Source: Business Standard, July 31, 2010;
Posting half-year figures, the company said earnings will be “modestly higher” than in 2009, when Rolls made a £915m pre-tax profit. The turbine business had predicted that sales and profit would not grow this year. Despite a successful Farnborough Airshow, where Rolls picked up $1.7bn (£1bn) of ord
Negotiations have been launched between the federal government and Quebec in an attempt to strike an offshore drilling deal similar to those… The Chronicle Herald [mappress] Source: thechronicleherald, July 30, 2010:
Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Petroleum) has received consent to conduct exploration drilling of well 16/1-14 in PL 338. The well will be drilled with the mobile drilling facility Transocean Winner The purpose of drilling is to investigate the production characteristics of the formation. The drilling loc
