Wood Group, the international energy services company, issues the following pre-close trading update for the six months to 30 June 2010. Overall performance for the Group for the year to date is in line with expectations. Engineering has performed as expected and bidding volumes have improved, givin
Amidst reports of dredging for the Vallarpadam project getting delayed, the Cochin Port Trust on Wednesday decided to engage the port’s … [mappress] Source: expressbuzz, July 1, 2010;
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority approved nearly $2 million for maintenance dredging of the Authority’s berths at its… [mappress] Source: finance, July 1, 2010;
The Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, scheduled to meet on Thursday, is likely to approve two liquefied natural gas… [mappress] Source: Business Recorder, July 1, 2010;
Vattenfall reached an important construction milestone this weekend, when the 100th, and final, turbine was installed at Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, which has been under construction since 2008 and is due to be finished in early autumn 2010. The installation of
Planned Investment Expects to Provide Severely Needed Offshore Oil and Gas Training and Create New Jobs in the Houston, Texas Area. The principle partners at Offshore Tech Academy LLC, (“OTA”) announced their intended designs to build a sizeable training campus which will encompass a multi-disciplin
The Board of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited wishes to advise that the Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Arrow Energy Limited (Arrow) expired on 30 June 2010. The HOA related to the potential sale, to Arrow, of the Company’s Gladstone LNG Project. Subsequent to the Shell and PetroChina announced takeover
In reference to the announcement made on May 3, 2010, Sevan Marine ASA, on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiaries, and E.ON Ruhrgas UK E&P Limited, as operator on behalf of the Huntington owners, have agreed to extend the Exclusivity Period from June 30, 2010, to August 16, 2010, to allow for the c
Construction of a second container terminal for the port of Dar es Salaam is set to begin early in 2011, according to news reports in Tanzania. Dar es Salaam’s Daily News quoted Tanzania Ports Authority Director-General Ephraim Mgawe as saying that cargo volumes have increased at a rate of 15 percen
Cairn announced that it has commenced drilling operations on the Alpha prospect (Alpha-1) in the Sigguk Block, approximately 175 kilometres offshore Disko Island, west Greenland. The Stena Don, a fifth generation semi submersible and the Stena Forth, a sixth generation drillship, are to carry out th
The most popular beach in Hawaii is due for a partial makeover. State officials plan to restore a portion of Waikiki Beach by taking sand… By Gary T. Kubota [mappress] Source: staradvertiser, July 1, 2010;
A group formed to preserve Capitol Lake issued a report Tuesday calling for a public-private partnership to dredge the lake and tackle … By John Dodge [mappress] Source: theolympian, July 1, 2010;
The maintenace dredging work consists of furnishing one hydraulic pipeline dredge and attendant plant necessary for the removal and satisfactory disposal of shoal material from the lower Mississippi River and Southwest Pass within the limits of work. The estimated time of completion is 135 calendar
Total announces the acquisition of a 20% interest from Shell in the BM-S-54 license in the Santos Basin. Shell holds the remaining 80% and keeps the operatorship. This acquisition is subject to approval from the Brazilian authorities. The offshore block, located about 200 kilometres south of Rio de
