BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. This follows an announcement on May 29 to move to the next step in the subsea operations. Preparations are ongoing for deployment of the lower marine riser package (LMRP) cap containment
A general cargo terminal has been unveiled at the Port of Salalah in Oman, adjacent to existing and planned petrochemical sites at the… [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime, June 2, 2010;
Detailed designs for the second container terminal at the Kenyan port of Mombasa are due to be revealed this month, the port says in… [mappress] Source: ports, June 2, 2010;
City leaders hope plans for a revitalized waterfront can include dredging work aimed at making it easier for vessels to sail in and out of… [mappress] Source: thedailyitemoflynn, June 2, 2010;
About 86 per cent of the Matmora Protection Project is completed and it is expected that continuous sunny days for a period of 15 days would… [mappress] Source: assamtribune, June 2, 2010;
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority today authorized $2.7 million for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform critical… [mappress] Source: finance, June 2, 2010;
Six international engineering companies submitted bids Tuesday to dredge an area of the Panama Canal’s man-made Gatun Lake that is central… [mappress] Source: joc, June 2, 2010;
Cape Bretoners are shovel-ready and the Nova Scotia and federal governments are late. [mappress] Source: capebretonpost, June 2, 2010;
SHIPPING, logistics and marine services provider, GAC has launched its GAC Training & Service Solutions Limited (GTSS). The new initiative… [mappress] Source: shippingindustry, June 2, 2010;
Red Sky Energy is set to commence talks with major players regarding potential gas supply to proposed LNG projects at Gladstone from its… [mappress] Source: australian pipeliner, June 2, 2010;
BP Norge AS (BP) has been granted expanded consent for use of the mobile facility Borgland Dolphin on the Skarv field. The original consent, given in November 2009, includes drilling of 11 production wells and an exploration well in the period from mid-December 2009 to late April 2011. On the basis
Valiant Petroleum plc (“Valiant”) announced that its planned side-track in the operated Tybalt exploration well 211/8c-4z (License P1632) has discovered light oil in the four-way dip ‘T1’ structure (the “West Tybalt” prospect). This further discovery follows the success in East Tybalt announced on 1
Top LNG exporter Qatar has appointed a new chief executive for one of the two state-run companies that ships its gas to international market… [mappress] Source: arabianbusiness, June 1, 2010;
Statoil said Tuesday that production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has resumed at Melkoya near Hammerfest after a shutdown of just over two… [mappress] Source: easybourse, June 1, 2010;