Renewables developer Tidal Energy has been awarded £390,000 by the Carbon Trust to help fund environmental monitoring at its consented Ramse… (nce) [mappress] Source: nce, August 10, 2011;
Hyperdynamics Corporation has engaged the University of Arizona Department of Geosciences for a two-year study of geology and tectonic history of its exploration block offshore Guinea, including the identification and characterization of igneous rocks and associated sedimentary features from 2-D and
Promex Braila, the only producer of construction equipment in Romania, has expanded cooperation with Norwegian company Grenland Offshore… (Agerpres) [mappress] Source: Agerpres, August 10, 2011;
Offshore Design Engineering Ltd. (ODE) has won an Integrated Services Contract, to continue providing operations and engineering support to all of E.ON Ruhrgas UK’s operated fixed and subsea assets in the UK North Sea. The contract, worth up to £35M, will also cover the provision of services to any
Van Oord Australia Pty Ltd and Dredging International (Australia) Pty Ltd, member of the DEME Group, have been awarded a third contract for the Western Basin Main Works Dredging at the Port of Gladstone. This third contract signed with the Gladstone Ports Corporation on 15th July 2011 represents a v
RBG, as a result of a bid exercise, has been awarded a three year contract to provide Chevron North Sea Limited (“Chevron”) with global QA/QC (quality assurance/quality control) inspection services. RBG have provided similar inspection services to Chevron since 2002. The contract involves the provis
At long last, and in many years, the people of the Ada Traditional Area in the Dangme East District of the Greater Accra Region are going… (modernghana) [mappress] Source: modernghana, August 9, 2011
Meridium Inc., the global leader in asset performance management (APM) software and consulting solutions, today announced that Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) in Queensland, Australia, has selected Meridium as the platform for its enterprise-wide APM initiative. The GLNG plant, which began co
Engineering and construction company Clough Limited today announced the receipt of a Letter of Intent for a contract valued in excess of A$250 million to the Clough DORIS Joint Venture (CDJV) for the provision of Offshore Integrated Project Management Support Services (IPMS) for the Ichthys LNG Proj
In late July, BAUER Renewables Ltd., a subsidiary of BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH and part of the international construction and machinery manufacturing concern BAUER AG, successfully installed a drilled-in monopile foundation structure for a tidal energy turbine of the client Voith Hydro. This took pl
nkt cables has entered into a contract with 50Hertz Offshore GmbH at a value of around 750 mDKK (95 mEUR) for the offshore wind farm Baltic 2. For nkt cables, Baltic 2 will be another turnkey project which includes armoured high-voltage subsea cables, accessories and installation. The cables will be
The U.S. military wants an underwater robot that’s strong enough to stay at sea for months, and smart enough to avoid any obstacles it might… (wired) [mappress] Source: wired, August 9, 2011;
Rockhopper Exploration, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, provided an update on the 14/10-6 appraisal well. The third appraisal well on the Sea Lion feature was drilled 4.1km to the west of the 14/10-2 discovery well on licence PL032 (100% Rockhopper) and to a total depth of
Origin Energy announced that the Subscription Agreement facilitating the acquisition by Sinopec of a 15% ownership interest in Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd has completed today. In addition, all conditions precedent have now been met for the sale of 4.3 million tonnes of LNG per annum by Australia P
