The maxi-catamaran Gitana 13 has been sailing in southern latitudes since last night. After a fifth and rather unproductive day at sea, Lionel Lemonchois and his nine crew crossed the equator shortly before midnight (UTC). This passage into the southern hemisphere, combined with the establishing of
Almost three years after Dame Ellen MacArthur broke the world record for a solo circumnavigation of the globe, her trimaran B&Q is embarking on its own new adventure as it set sail from Cowes yesterday on a three week voyage to its new home in The Sultanate of Oman. The 75-foot trimaran was brought
Winning a gold medal in the Star class was an emotional moment for three people in particular, two of them were in the boat. The third was ashore and lost for words as he watched his closest friend cross the line to take a very important gold medal. Ben Ainslie knows what it feels like […]
Aurelian Oil and Gas has spudded the Lilieci-1 well in Romania, partner Europa Oil & Gas said. Lilieci-1 is located in the northeast of the Bacau Concession, approximately 10km from the Roman-Secueni gas field, which had produced 850 Bcf of gas up to the end of 2004. Lilieci-1 will be evaluating the
Expro has seen a boost to its business in Asia after landing a major mechanical wireline contract and completing a second topside package for an international customer in Indonesia. Expro has agreed the mechanical wireline contract with Total E&P Indonesia for work on the eastern part of the island
StatoilHydro has decided to extend its contracts for integrated drilling services with Schlumberger, Baker Hughes Inteq and Halliburton for work on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. StatoilHydro will exercise two year option periods on existing contracts in deals worth around NOK 2 billion. The contr
News – August 21, 2008 Royal Boskalis Westminster in The Netherlands has issued a statement outlining what it describes as a “strong first half year” and “sharp increase in profit.” Headlines for the first half of 2008 include: Net profit increases to Euros 202 million Net profit excluding non-recur
News – August 22, 2008 Middle East Business Intelligence (MEED) reports that important work on the Suez Canal is now on schedule to meet a deadline in 2009. MEED reported in April this year that the dredging of the waterway to 66ft from 62ft had stalled due to the high volumes of traffic on the [&he
News – August 22, 2008 A contract has been awarded to a joint venture (JV) of Laing O’Rourke Infrastructure Limited and Dredging International (DEME Group) for the execution of a major new port development project on the river Thames in the UK. The London Gateway Port project, as it is called, is lo
Shell Canada Limited (“Shell Canada”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announced today that it has received the approval of the Minister of Industry under the Investment Canada Act for its offer to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Duvernay Oil Corp. (“Duvernay”) (
Fifteen knots of breeze and building, today looks like going ahead on time. For UK supporters this is a huge day for British Star sailors Percy and Simpson who made it crystal clear yesterday that they want a medal. The trouble is, so do three other teams and with the points as they are, all [&helli
Team Russia completed its qualifier for the Volvo Ocean Race last night, coming into dock at their Portland base after six and a half days at sea, having travelled over 2200 nautical miles in a record breaking trip around Britain and Ireland. The Russian yacht Kosatka started from Portland in gale f
Listen to GBR Star crew Andrew Simpson explain the day that kept them in second overall on the eve of the Star medal race To win a gold is outstanding, but to be the first to win gold must surely be the ultimate. If the thousands that had gathered along Qingdao’s sea wall to wave […]
News – August 20, 2008 Dredging Corporation of India is reported to have begun work on a major capital dredging project of Paradip Port Trust. A senior port official said the project involved deepening the existing channel from 12.5m to 16m by dredging a volume of 15 million cubic meters of spoil. T
