Yankee Marina Inc. has recently awarded a contract to dredge an area 840 foot long by 140′ wide which is occupied by the floats and the area of the marina that is immediately landward of the federal channel at their facility located on the Royal River in Yarmouth, Maine. Dredging operations will com
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), a leading global services provider operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors, has released one more update on the company’s share buyback program. In the period from 20 October up to and including 24 October, Boskalis
The U.S. Navy has committed to get half of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2020. One element of that strategy will be looking to extract energy from tides, currents and waves. The University of Washington is helping to reach that goal with an $8 million, four-year contract from the Nav
Italy’s Eni has made a gas finding in the Merakes exploration prospect, in the East Sepinggan Block, offshore Indonesia, where Eni is operator with a 100% stake. The Block is located in the offshore East Kalimantan (Borneo), 170 kilometres south of the Bontang LNG Plant and 35 kilometres from the of
Ensuring healthy water quality is an essential part of environmental monitoring for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is partnering with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to monitor water quality in the estuary using a sophisticated network of continuous
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Limited (EMEPRL) and OMV Petrom S.A. (OMV Petrom) have started drilling the Pelican South-1 exploration well on a new prospect in the Neptun Block. The Ocean Endeavour rig is drilling the Pelican South-1 wildcat well about 155 kilometers offshore in the
Wessex Exploration PLC, the hydrocarbon exploration company, has announced the successful acquisition of Hague and London Oil BV (“HALO”). Wessex says HALO is led by an established management team with significant public market experience and a proven track-record in successfully developing internat
LS Cable & System from South Korea won the tender to supply bus ducts to Siemens for the Yamal LNG project.
Maersk Drilling’s third drillship, Maersk Venturer, which was delivered September 25, 2014 from the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si in South-Korea, has secured a short term contract with oil major Total. Maersk Venturer will start a one well programme offshore Malaysia with an es
Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that the exploration drilling of the Gobi prospect in the Gurita PSC, Natuna Sea, Indonesia has been completed and that no hydrocarbon shows were encountered. Gobi-1 wildcat exploration well was drilled to a final depth of 2,373 meters below mean sea level (MSL) usi
Lundin Petroleum AB has spud the Kitabu-1 exploration well in Block SB 307/308, offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The Kitabu prospect is a stratigraphic trap located four kilometres to the north of the Shell-operated producing South Furious 30 oil field with target reservoirs in onlapping turbidite sandston
Clough Limited and GE Oil and Gas Australia came together to work on Small-Scale LNG solutions for clients in Australasia.
Bowleven has received notification from the Ministry of Mines of the Cameroon Government’s approval of the assignment of the Etinde equity interests to LUKOIL/NewAge, and the associated transfer of operatorship to Camop. As a result of the Government’s official approval, the only remaining formality
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of stability, ballasting, and the watertight and weathertight integrity of semi-submersible accommodation support vessel Safe Scandinavia. On 23 and 24 September 2014, with assistance from the Norwegian Maritime Directorate, the PS
