Billions of dollars of Queensland coal seam gas projects are on hold for three months so Environment Minister Peter Garrett can study their… [mappress] Source: Brisbane Times, July 14, 2010;
Foreign companies will be in for 49% of the Yamal LNG (liquefied natural gas) project, director of the LNG-project development department at… [mappress] Source: interfax, July 14, 2010;
Beach 6 at Presque Isle State Park is scheduled to be closed today and Tuesday so crews can replenish sand there, park officials said… [mappress] Source: goerie, July 14, 2010;
People with boats in Oak Harbor Marina could begin seeing a significant increase in their moorage rates. At its July 6 meeting, the Oak … By Justin Burnet [mappress] Source: pnwlocalnews, July 14, 2010;
PCBs have become a factor in transportation along the Champlain Canal, Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports. The state once regularly removed sediment accumlated at the bottom of the canal, but has not done so since 1980 when it was determined that PCB contamination made the cost of disp
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. announced that a subsidiary of the Company has agreed to suspend a Gulf of Mexico (GOM) contract and has entered into a new multi-well international commitment with a subsidiary of Murphy Exploration and Production Company that will result in the relocation of the dyn
Lloyds Banking Group’s Corporate Markets division has boosted the growth prospects of leading oil and gas services firm EnerMech Ltd with new funding worth £24 million. The Aberdeen-based mechanical engineering services business will also streamline its global finance capabilities with a new interna
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) believes the drilling suspensions announced today by the Department of the Interior do very little to lessen the confusion and uncertainty surrounding offshore energy exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. Now termed ‘suspensions’ by the Department, the m
CNOOC Gas and Power Group, a unit of China’s third-largest oil and gas company China National Offshore Oil Corp , has brought online all fou… [mappress] Source: yahoo news asia , July 6, 2010;
Total announces that its subsidiary, TEPA (Block 15/06), Limited, and its partners have made a new oil discovery in Block 15/06 with the well Cabaça SE-1, in the Angolan deep-offshore. The well, located in 470 metres of water depth and 100 kilometres from the Angolan shore line, encountered signific
News sources in Bangladesh report that the shipping ministry in the country is to set up a river port at Ashuganj and procure six dredgers at a cost of Taka 744.70 crore under US$1 billion credit provided by India. Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan told BSS that the decision was taken at a meeting of
More private investment is needed to free up bottlenecks at Queensland’s shipping ports, Premier Anna Bligh says. A confidential Rio Tinto briefing warns that the capacity of the Dalrymple Bay loading facility, near Mackay, will be short by up to 17 million tonnes of coal contracted to be shipped th
Vilanova Grand Marina – Barcelona and BWA Yachting, announce today they have signed a multi-year service and marketing agreement. The collaboration provides the opportunity for captains, crew and guests to experience the exceptional facilities of the Vilanova Grand Marina, designed specifically to a
China Shipping Container Lines Co. (2866.HK) said Tuesday it expects to swing to a net profit for the first half because of a rebound in the international shipping market and increasing sales. The company, China’s largest container shipper by capacity, posted a net loss of CNY3.43 billion in the fir
