StatoilHydro ASA has, as operator of production licence 352, concluded drilling of wildcat well 6608/8-2. The well was drilled on a prospect called Bjørk in block 6608/8 about 33 kilometres north of the Norne field. The purpose of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in Cretaceous rocks. The well was
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today delivered USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) to the U.S. Navy. The ship is the third T-AKE-class ship delivered by the San Diego shipyard in 2007, the fourth overall.
Lundin Petroleum AB announces that the well 21/8-3 on the Scolty and Banchory prospects reached its total depth at 4,576 meters (15014 ft). The well is located in the Central North Sea sector of the United Kingdom continental shelf (UKCS).
Eitzen Maritime Services ASA (OSE: EMS) today reported its third quarter 2007 results. The Company more than doubled its sales compared to last year’s third quarter. Also EMS’ EBITDA saw a considerable improvement. The main reason for the higher sales and results is EMS’ acquisition of Provimar Grou
The Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Resort & Spa (https://www.pier66.com/) has come a long way since its original days as a small waterfront motel catering to the upscale yachting crowd. Fifty years later, this Fort Lauderdale landmark complete with a 127-slip mega-yacht marina, is a stunning 22-acre v
With less than a month to go until the next Superyacht Cup in Antigua, yachts are leaving the Mediterranean and East Coast of the US and heading off to the Caribbean to start their winter seasons in the sun.
A near-intact shipwreck apparently dating from the 17th century has been found in the Baltic Sea, Swedish television has said. The discovery was made during filming for an under-water documentary series.
Drilling of the wildcat 6608/8-2 in the Bjørk prospect north of the Norne field has been completed. No hydrocarbons were proven in the well. StatoilHydro is operator for production licence 352, the Bjørk prospect in block 6608, 33 kilometres north of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea.
Rumours of a shake-out in the bullet-proof superyacht industry were mooted this week at the Global Superyacht Forum at METS. Organisers The Yacht Report expect almost 600 delegates guests at sessions on topics from private submarines to manning, paint, refit and design.
Workers fan out across 16 miles of shoreline as the extent of the damage from the spill continues to emerge. Crews battled harsh bouts of wind and lashing rain Tuesday as they struggled to clean miles of oil-blackened coastline after a fierce weekend storm tore a petroleum tanker into pieces.
Teddy Roosevelt called the construction of the Panama Canal “by far the most important action I took in foreign affairs during the time I was president.” Yet it was also one of the most bruising. His detractors derided the massive project as the worst brand of America’s buccaneering, gun-boat, diplo
Any hope of a settlement in the America’s Cup dispute between battling billionaires Ernesto Bertarelli and Larry Ellison appeared dead last night when the Swiss delivered an ultimatum which the Americans were bound to refuse.
Drugs worth almost 500,000 euro have been found by a fishing boat trawling off the west coast of Ireland.
The 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race will be the second time around for Signorini and Carabelli. The sailors finished in third place in the last edition of the race under Torben Grael’s command. João Signorini (30), in Brazil known as Joca, spent most part of his career competing in the Laser class before m
