Concerns over permits of placing Mississippi River dredging on two Buffalo County properties have halted the project. According to Buffalo County’s Land Resources Zoning Committee, the project is required to obtain conditional-use permits as well as public hearings. The permit that was given to the
Bluewater Energy Services B.V. has secured a contract with Saipem SA for the engineering of two complete deep water Turret Mooring Systems and the related procurement and construction of two Turret and Swivel Systems. The Turret Mooring Systems will be part of two converted FPSO units, owned by Tota
Mermaid Marine Australia Limited has confirmed that it has now completed the acquisition of all the subsidiaries of Jaya Holdings Limited. The acquisition adds 27 modern offshore vessels to MMA’s fleet as well as two strategically located onshore facilities in Singapore and Batam, Indonesia. In line
Salamander has signed a non-binding HoA with SONA to sell an effective 40% working interest in both the B8/38 concession (containing the Bualuang Field) and the surrounding G4/50 concession for a total cash consideration of $280 million. Under the terms of the Transaction SONA will pay Salamander US
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired two contracts in the United Kingdom and Sweden with a combined value of approximately EUR 70 million. In the UK Boskalis is to build a breakwater in Clacton-on-Sea for Tendring District Council over a distance of five kilometers between Clacton
Total of France signed a 10-year LNG sale and purchase agreement with Pavilion Gas, a unit of Pavilion Energy, for the supply of 0.7 million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas to Asia, including Singapore, starting in 2018. In addition, several LNG cargoes will be supplied prior to 2018. This
Capital Ship Management Corporation is prioritizing a business strategy inspired by, and applying, the key principles and goals of the International Maritime Organization (IMO’s) Strategy for Sustainable Maritime Transport Systems. Capital is incorporating key ‘imperatives’ and ‘goals’, as defined b
Due to the slow progress of Parrett and Tone Rivers dredging in Somerset, the Environment Agency decided to increase the number of teams working on the projects. As Farmers Weekly reports, local farmers are not satisfied with the 10% work, of the planned 8km, done until today. According to spokesman
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, has announced that it has signed a drilling contract for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs, the Eirik Raude. The drilling contract is for a minimum six-well program, with an estimated duration of about 260 days, f
There may soon be nothing left in Bimini to argue over according to attorney Fred Smith, QC, as a massive seafloor dredging operation was allowed to continue during a court postponement, with 38% of the work already complete thanks to a “dramatically increased” rate of excavation. Mr. Smith, who rep
EDF has announced the development of a pilot farm comprising two tidal turbines at Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany (France). OpenHydro, a DCNS company and leader in tidal energy, will supply two new turbines which will be operational from 2015. From prototype to pilot phase This new project is a fundamen
The second out of three Troll modules left Aibel’s yard in Haugesund on Tuesday evening, and set sail towards the Statoil-operated Troll field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. At the same time in the North Sea Hall, departure for the third and final module is close. The three modules will con
Wave energy developer Perpetuwave Power PTY LTD has announced that its recently established subsidiary Perpetuwave Power UK Ltd has been awarded a grant of approximately $110,000 from the European Regional Development Fund Convergence Programme. The grant supports development of Perpetuwave Power’s
Spanish oil company Repsol has resumed drilling at its Welwitschia well offshore Namibia
