Joshua Myers has been busy putting electrodes on the heads of juvenile salmon, trying to determine how the fish will react to the simulated sound of giant steel and fiberglass turbines, which soon could be submerged in Puget Sound. Myers, a research engineer, is conducting his acoustical experiments
A new study in Environmental Research Letters, looking at the first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands for the past two years, finds litt… (treehugger) [mappress] Source: treehugger, August 08, 2011;
Taxpayers could be asked to bear the risk of offshore wind farm developers building unused transmission assets such as substations, as part… (businessgreen) [mappress] Source: businessgreen, August 08, 2011;
Cathelco have now won orders to supply seawater pipework anti-fouling systems for all three of the cantilever jack-up rigs operated by KCA Deutag, the international drilling and engineering contractor. Following the successful installation of a Cathelco system on the Ben Avon in the summer of last y
The Board of Directors of Ezra Holdings Limited (“Ezra”) announces that Lewek Antares Shipping Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Ezra, has been incorporated in Singapore with a paid-up and issued share capital of USD50,000.00, comprising 50,000 ordinary shares of USD1.00 each. Ezra is
Forum Energy Technologies, (FET) announced today the opening of a purpose built facility specifically designed to support a wide range of remote operated vehicles and other subsea equipment. This state of the art building will be used for integration and factory acceptance testing, customer training
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with Gaz de France Suez E& P Ltd, a leading oil and gas company, to supply its POS-G
Fugro has reached agreement with 27 US and UK investors with respect to new US Private Placement loans to a total amount of USD 909 million equivalent. The loans are denominated in US Dollars (750 million), British Pounds (67.5 million) and Euros (35 million) and have an average coupon of 4.5%. The
SeaBird Exploration PLC provides an operational update regarding its business activities and an update regarding the ongoing evaluation of financing alternatives; VOYAGER EXPLORER AND THE GEO MARINER A three year bareboat contract has been entered into between SBX as disponent owners and Koleth Sing
Songa Offshore SE reports total comprehensive income for the second quarter of 2011 of USD 21.0 million. Operating revenue for the second quarter was USD 125.8 million. This includes mobilization and demobilization revenue of USD 1.9 million. Total expenses for the second quarter were USD 78.2 milli
The single acting, spring-return rack and pinion actuator, model number GSR-2-490-110F/CX, will operate a 16 inch ANSI Class 900 ball valve… (4-traders) [mappress] Source: 4-traders, August 8, 2011;
AGR Field Operations has developed and delivered two subsea engineering training courses for PETRONAS Management Training Sdn Bhd, the management and technical training subsidiary of Malaysia’s national oil company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS). Held during June and July 2011, these courses a
Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) has bagged two orders worth USD 639 million from UAE. One order is from Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Limited (GASCO) for its Habshan-Ruwais-Shuweihat Gas Pipeline Project. Valued at around USD 189 million, it involves EPC installation & commissioning of 123 KM of the pipeli
On Friday 23rd July 2011, Dolphin Geophysical welcomed the State Minister of Senegal, Minister of International Cooperation, Air Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy, His Excellency Karim Wade on-board the Artemis Atlantic, along with 60 other journalists and society (Petrosen) members. The inv
