British Laser sailor Paul Goodison finished today 18 points ahead of his second placed Swedish rival Rasmus Myrgren and 20 points ahead of his third placed competitor, Gustavo Lima from Portugal. Goodison’s two solid performances, a 4th and a 6th, were sufficient to ensure that the man who came 4th
470 MEN – AUSSIE GOLD, BRITS’ SILVER, FRENCH BRONZE In another comeback that will go down in the history books, British 470 sailors Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield clawed their way back from ninth at the first mark, to third at the finish of the double points scoring medal race. But it wasn’t their po
Weatherford International has acquired International Logging Inc (ILI), a provider of mud logging services to the oil and gas industry. ILI has a team of more than 1,200 graduate field geologists serving customers in more than 55 countries from over 30 offices globally. Weatherford said in a stateme
Sterling Resources has agreed a deal to acquire an additional 40% working interest in the 1.5 million acre South Craiova Block E III-7 onshore Romania. The agreement allows for the transfer of Grove Energy’s share in the concession to Midia Resources SRL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sterling. “With
News – August 19, 2008 The Lake Carriers’ Association in the US says shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4.2 million net tons in July, a decrease of 4.8 per cent compared to a year ago, and a drop of nearly 9 per cent compared to the month’s five-year average. “Although water levels [&
New Vessels – August 19, 2008 The Pakistani Navy has commissioned its first dredger, Behar Kusha, which was formally inducted into the Pakistani Navy at a recent ceremony held at PN Dockyard. The dredger has been acquired from China and is 81m long with a draft of 4.95m. It will be used primarily to
News – August 18, 2008 Port Strategy reports that the Department of Transport in Ireland has announced that construction of new harbour facilities at Caladh Mór, Inis Meáin, Aran Islands, County Galway are currently ongoing. The work includes the construction of a new pier, a new breakwater and dred
Providence Resources has begun its Ulysees Project, a study to evaluate the carbon sequestration and natural gas storage potential of the Kish Bank Basin, offshore Ireland. The study is being carried out on a 50/50 joint venture basis with Star Energy Group and comes after the pair were recently awa
The Danish 49er medal sticks. The Danes win gold in an Olympic story that will go down in history for more than just the medal that the team won. To break their mast just before the start, rush ashore, borrow a boat and make it to the start line with seconds to spare was impressive, […]
A more convincing U-turn for the weather would be difficult to imagine. Yesterday was a drifting match in scorching sunshine before the pin was pulled, today the rain is teaming down with the breeze forecast to explore the other end of the scale with gusts of up to 30 knots. While many of the sailor
The first of the medal race days could hardly have been worse for the sport. With the world’s eyes, ears and cameras trained on course ‘A’, the expectations were for two full-on match races, Ben Ainslie versus Zach Railey in the Finns and Ayton/Webb/Wilson in the Yngling versus their Dutch opponents
Global Energy Group has landed two rig maintenance contracts, worth £12 million (US $24m), with work to be carried out at the Port of Invergordon. Global has already carried out general maintenance on the John Shaw drilling rig over 35 days, while new crane installations and various upgrade works on
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has given StatoilHydro the go-ahead to drill exploration well 30/11-7. The well will be drilled about 10 km northwest of the Frigg field in the central part of the North Sea. StatoilHydro is the operator with a 50% stake, while Det norske oljeselskap and Sve
Environmental Issues – August 18, 2008 The US EPA has announced that, in the coming weeks, it will once again conduct full scale dredging operations to clean up PCB-contaminated sediment in New Bedford Harbour. This year’s dredging will take place in the cove between Sawyer Street and Coffin Avenue
