A series of public drop in sessions are to be held to update communities on the development of the River Medway flood alleviation schemes, a multi-million pound project to reduce the risk of flooding. The project is being delivered in partnership between the Environment Agency, Kent County Council,
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reached an agreement, adopted as a Court order, to dredge the Cleveland Harbor federal navigation channel in 2016. Under the terms of the agreement, which was spearheaded by the Corps, dredged sediment from the federal navigation channel will be placed in a confi
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a legal agreement with Occidental Chemical Corporation to perform engineering and design work needed to begin the cleanup of the lower 8.3 miles of the lower Passaic River. This work, which includes sampling, evaluating technologies, and doing t
Ithaca Energy’s Stella field in the UK North Sea is still expected to start production in November 2016. Providing an operational update Ithaca on Thursday said that the hook-up and commissioning operations of the production facility FPF-1 were progressing to plan. To remind, the FPF-1 set sail from
Seabed Geosolutions, in cooperation with CGG, secured a new extension to its ongoing shallow water operations in the U.A.E. The variation order from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) covers Phase-II of the Ghasha field project. This new survey is due to start in October and is expected to take
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), Iveco and Snam, the Italian natural gas infrastructure company, signed a memorandum of understanding to support the development of natural gas as fuel for road vehicles.
Qatar Petroleum said it has signed a new long-term gas sale and purchase agreement with Dolphin Energy of the UAE for delivery of additional gas quantities through the existing subsea pipeline.
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Liverpool have renewed their formal working relationship with the signing of a new agreement on board RRS Discovery, which arrived in Liverpool on Tuesday morning for a series of public events. The new formal agreement will cover joint act
DOF Subsea has been awarded a contract by Ithaca Energy for phase 1 of the decommissioning of the Athena field in the UK North Sea. The work scope includes removing the subsea water column infrastructure that has been used on the field. The contract involves the removal of mid-water arch and risers,
U.S. oil company Chevron is still searching for a worker who went missing after the helicopter carrying six people crashed offshore Angola over a week ago. Five bodies have been recovered so far. The helicopter was carrying five passengers and a pilot to Chevron’s Tombua Landana platform off Angola,
Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard together with the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Rosmorport” today held a launching ceremony for the third 1000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Kadosh, reports IAA PortNews. The ship was named after the cape in the Black Sea, near Tuapse. The Kadosh is the last ship in
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) on Wednesday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Singapore LNG Corporation to collaborate on an interim truck loading facility, which will be used to service LNG bunkering.
The Volkswagen Group, one of the world’s largest car manufacturers, on Wednesday, said that from 2019 onwards it will use two LNG-fueled vessels chartered from Siem Car Carriers to transport vehicles between Europe and North America.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded a $5.9 million to RTS Shearing, LLC, of Jamestown, North Dakota, to complete Phase 1 of the Marsh Lake Ecosystem Restoration Project. Marsh Lake is on the Minnesota River between Swift and Lac qui Parle counties near Ortonville, M
