Roc Oil Company Ltd said the production rate at its Cliff Head oil field offshore Western Australia is better than expected, following completion of development drilling. The field is producing an average in excess of 12,000 bpd, with only four of the six production wells currently on stream, Roc sa
ISTANBUL, Turkey – It seems a typical scene of urban decay: abandoned buildings, crumbling walls, trash and broken wine bottles. Yet it’s more than 1,500 years old. Engineers uncovered these ruins of an ancient Byzantine port during drilling for a huge underground rail tunnel. Like Romans, Athenians
Murmansk Shipping Company (MSCO) has completed modernizing the Natali supertanker, the company’s press service said. According to the statement, the China State Shipbuilding Corporation modernized the tanker over a six-month period. The tanker currently meets the requirements of the international co
DID has covered Navantia’s potential billion dollar sale of corvettes/OPVs to Venezuela, which appears to be going ahead. In addition, reader Pedro Lucio tips us to an additional deal with Spanish firm Rodman Polyships for 31 patrol boats, at a price of EUR 157 million. DID prefers the figure of USD
retired admiral and an obscure but influential congressman have rekindled one of the oldest debates in the U.S. military, questioning the Navy’s reliance on a small fleet of large aircraft carriers. In a closed-door discussion this month with the Navy’s top carrier advocates and independent analysts
Matson Navigation Company’s newest containership, MV Maunalei, was christened by Mrs. Millie Akaka, wife of Senator Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), at a ceremony held at Aker Philadelphia Shipyard on Saturday, July 22. The vessel is the fourth new containership built by the shipyard for Matson in the past
The Vietnamese embassy is working closely with Indian authorities to assist three Vietnamese sailors rescued from a Taiwanese trawler that wrecked near a western Indian island. The crew of 33 jumped into the turbulence sea after their fishing vessel Isabella III ran aground on a reef off the western
Canada is sending a ship to the most dangerous hot spot in south Lebanon to rescue up to 1,000 stranded Canadians, the Foreign Affairs Department announced late Sunday, ending a day marked by conflicting government reports over the possibly risky mission.
Australia is trying to get its own chartered ship into southern Lebanon to try to rescue its citizens stranded in the danger zone. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) earlier advised Australians trapped in the worst hit area of war-torn Lebanon they may be able to find places on Germa
Imtech, the ships system integrator for the marine industry, announced that it recently received major orders totalling 60 million euro from several mega yacht shipbuilders. In the first half of 2006 Imtech has seen a staggering growth in the order book for the luxury mega yacht segment in a number
Statoil has extended three contracts for maintenance and modification on platforms operated by the group on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contracts have a total value of NOK 3.6 billion. This is a two-year extension, lasting until March 2009. It is the first option exercised on the contract s
After a weekend of parties, prize giving ceremonies and fun in Jersey, the crews now have their sights set on the penultimate race from Jersey to Holyhead. This next race could determine the overall winner of the 05-06 race so everyone is making sure that they are ready to give it their all when the
Statoil released two year options for maintenance and modification work on its Norwegian offshore installations in the Tampen area to Aker Kvaerner Offshore Partner AS, and on the Halten/Nordland area to Aker Reinertsen AS. The contract value is NOK 2000 million and NOK 800 million respectively on t
HALIFAX — An investigation has been launched after a container ship leaked close to half a tonne of oil into Halifax harbour. CTV News reports that about 500 litres of heavy bunker oil spilled out of the ASL Sanderling yesterday while the ship was along the Dartmouth shoreline.
