STX Finland Oy and Viking Line ABP have signed an agreement for the construction of an environmentally friendly, new generation cruise ferry for Viking Line. The agreement includes an option for a sister ship. The contract price is about 240 million euros. The ship will be built at Turku shipyard an
Tokyo Gas, Co., Ltd. announced today the signing of a heads of agreement regarding the sale and purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd. . Under the agreement, Tokyo Gas will supply Hokkaido Gas with LNG for a period of 11 years extending from FY2012 to FY2022. The LNG sup
MEO Australia Limited advises that since the last progress report, final logs were acquired and abandonment operations commenced. The proximity of a Tropical Low, with the potential to develop into a cyclone, necessitated the de-manning of all personnel from the Songa Venus rig starting on Tuesday 1
Westport Innovations Inc. , a global leader in alternative fuel, low-emissions transportation technologies, today announced that Vedder Transport Ltd. of Abbotsford, British Columbia has issued a purchase order for 50 Peterbilt 386 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks featuring Westport HD Systems. Ve
Tap Oil Limited (ASX Code: TAP) provides the following update on the Zola-1 exploration well, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Location / Proposed Depth The Zola-1 well is located in permit WA-290-P, immediately south of the giant Gorgon gas field in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australi
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, confirms that following successful completion of the first phase of the South Yoloten project for Turkmengas, the state-owned national gas company of Turkmenistan, it has commenced work on the second phase of the project, worth US$3.
Qatar Petroleum and Shell have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly study the development of a major petrochemicals complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. The agreement was signed in Doha by His Excellency Abdulla bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy a
Damen has been tasked with developing the first environmentally friendly ferry design for the Dutch shipping company Rederij Doeksen. Based in Harlingen, Rederij Doeksen operates passenger and car ferries between Harlingen and the Dutch Wadden islands of Vlieland and Terschelling. This will be the f
Kosmos Energy announced today that the company, the government of Ghana and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) have signed an agreement to amicably resolve several issues that have existed among them. The resolution of the issues includes settlement regarding data, as well as matters re
JGC Corporation today announced that it will be selling its 44.94% share interest in M.W. Kellogg Limited to KBR. MWKL is a UK-based affiliate of both companies. Following the transaction, MWKL will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of KBR. The transaction is expected to be finalized in January 2011.
The third development well on the Te Giac Trang development, offshore Vietnam, has been completed. Preliminary log analysis of the third well, the TGT-H1-3P, drilled to the north west of the field, indicates that the well encountered the top of the target reservoir horizon as expected, based on the
On 16 December 2010 in Moscow, the Sovcomflot (SCF) Group of companies and Exxon Neftegas Limited (a subsidiary of ExxonMobil) signed long-term agreements for two icebreaking supply vessels to service the oil platform at the Sakhalin-1 Project Arkutun-Dagi offshore oil field. The official signing ce
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has strengthened its position as the global leader in supplying design and propulsion solutions for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) with yet another important order. Norwegian operator Eidesvik Offshore has placed
Bounty Oil & Gas NL announces progress report on the New Seaclem 1 well in PEP 11, offshore NSW on behalf of the joint venture. Progress since Last Report The well was spudded at 00.00 hours AEDST 15 December 2010 and drilled the 9 7/8″ pilot hole to 310.5 metres BRT using Ocean Patriot semisubmersi
