Ségolène Royal, France’s Minister of Environment, Energy and the Sea, has announced the launch of a new call for tenders for offshore wind projects off the island of Oléron in the Atlantic as part of the country’s Round 3 offshore wind tender. The new zone, added to the one off Dunkirk announced bac
Akastor, an oil service investment company, informed that the agreement with Japanese company Mitsui to create a 50/50 joint venture between the two companies has been approved and concluded. The companies signed heads of agreement in September under which they agreed that the joint venture will acq
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has awarded Sagamore Creek maintenance dredging contract to Prock Marine Company of Rockland, Maine. The location of work to be performed under this contract is within the Congressionally-authorized Back Channels portion of the Portsmouth Harbor
Oil giant ExxonMobil started drilling operations on the Mesurado-1 exploration well offshore Liberia on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. According to Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL), an international oil and gas exploration and development company and a partner in the project, Exxon is utilizi
U.S.-based energy giant ExxonMobil, signed an agreement with Babcock International Group, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, Calor and Orkney Islands Council to collaborate in the Caledonia LNG project.
OLT Offshore LNG Toscana has awarded the tender for cargo delivery to the FSRU Toscana that will be used for peak shaving services during the winter period.
The Dutch company APM Terminals has awarded the construction of a new container terminal for APM Terminals Tangier MedPort to a conglomeration of four companies of the Willemen Groep. The companies involved are Aswebo, Aannemingen Van Wellen, Franki Construct and Cosimco. The terminal will be built
The Tokyo Commodity Exchange on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with S&P Global Platts that includes cooperation in developing LNG market in Asia.
After some years of preparation, the Delfzijl Marconi project in the Netherlands, is finally on. In this project, clean dredged sediment is being used to improve the local ecology and to create recreational benefits. The project is situated along the Ems-Dollard estuary and is one of the two remaini
James Fisher and Sons’ subsidiary JFD has been awarded approximately £35-million ($43.7 million) contract by Shanghai Salvage (SS) to supply a 24-man saturation diving system rated for diving support to depths of 500 meters. The contract is for the design and build of two independent 12 man saturati
Swiber Holdings’ indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Swiber Atlantis Pte. Ltd. (SAPL), has entered into a memorandum of agreement to sell the derrick/lay combination barge ‘Sea Horizon’ to WAG SPV I. The vessel will be sold for USD 10.25 million. Sea Horizon, with a length of 110 meters and a beam of
The Department of Environmental Protection yesterday joined with federal and local officials to mark the completion of a flood-control culvert that will make communities surrounding Monmouth County’s Wreck Pond more resilient to storms and floods. The Christie Administration launched the $7.4-millio
Lundin Petroleum’s Norwegian subsidiary Lundin Norway has completed the Neiden exploration well 7220/6-2R off Norway as an oil and gas discovery. The well is located in PL609 approximately 60 km northeast of the Alta discovery on the Loppa High in the southern Barents Sea. The main objectives of the
Castex Energy has completed a successful well production test at the Hummer development project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, offshore Louisiana. Petsec Energy, a partner in the Castex-operated project, reported on Tuesday the successful flow testing of the Main Pass 270 No. 3 BP 1, Hummer discovery w
