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As part of the company’s new vessel build program, Crowley Maritime Corp. christened the third of four tugboats in the ocean class series –Ocean Sky– in Houston on Friday, July 25, 2014. The ceremony served to formally welcome the third dynamic positioning (DP) tugboat to the company’s expanded ocean towing fleet, which has been involved […]
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Global high-impact exploration in 2017 is expected to match 2016 in both activity and success rates, and with a marked improvement in commercial oil volumes discovered and lower finding costs, Westwood, an energy intelligence group, said in a report on Monday. In 2018, Westwood expects 70 high-impact wells will be drilled. Westwood defines high-impact conventional […]
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Egyptian Government authorities paid AED 194 million (US$ 53 million), from the current total outstanding receivables of AED 1,210 million (US$ 330 million), to Dana Gas. Payment of $ 42 million has been received in US dollars and the balance in equivalent Egyptian pounds. Including this tranche, during 2013, Dana Gas has received a total […]
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has assured stakeholders in the maritime sector of safety on Nigeria’s waterways with the take-off of its 24-hour Satellite Surveillance Centre in Lagos, which will help curb piracy. Addressing a world press conference on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, the Director General of NIMASA, Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi […]
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Business & Finance, Project & Tenders
Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) selected the Louisiana Diversion Company (LDC) to provide Construction Management At-Risk (CMAR) services for the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion Project, the agency announced Monday. The CMAR model integrates the construction contractor during the early design phase of the project to obtain input on cost, scheduling and constructability, a process that […]
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Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders
Norwegian oil company Statoil has made an oil and gas discovery at the Njord North Flank in the Norwegian Sea. The well and side-track, NF-2 and NF-3, are located in License PL107C, approximately six kilometers to the north of the Njord production platform. The wells were drilled with Songa Offshore’s semi-submersible rig Songa Delta, which will […]
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After two days trapped in freezing cold water and breathing from an air bubble in an upturned tugboat under the ocean, Harrison Okene was sure he was going to die. Then a torch light pierced the darkness.
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Regulation & policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety
After more than 95% of sea kidnappings happened in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020, almost 100 shipping companies, organizations, and flag states have signed a new declaration calling for and to piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The violence, scope, and sophistication of the attacks on shipping have continued to increase and today take […]
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A piracy crackdown in Southeast Asia appears to be having a positive impact on the number of piracy attacks in the region with only two hijackings reported in the third quarter of the year, according to the latest piracy report issued by International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB PRC). Indonesian and Malaysian authorities have also arrested and […]
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Business & Finance, Business developments & projects, Project & Tenders
Oil major Shell has signed an agreement with Udenna Corporation’s subsidiary for the sale of its 100 per cent shareholding in Shell’s arm in the Philippines.
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Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s largest regional private sector natural gas company, has announced its financial results for quarter ended 30th June 2011, with a Net Profit after tax of AED 124 million ($33.7 million), a 276% increase compared to the second quarter of 2010. Results for 3 Months ended 30th June 2011 Revenue […]
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Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, created approximately 850 acres of wetlands in 2014 through the beneficial placement of approximately 60 percent of the material dredged from Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. “With Louisiana continuing to lose its coastal wetlands, the Corps established new goals for maximizing the amount of dredged […]
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Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders
Aegion Corporation announced that its subsidiary, The Bayou Companies, LLC, has been awarded a contract to coat approximately 80 miles of 16-inch and 18-inch diameter oil and gas pipelines for the Shell Mars B deep water development. In January 2012, Bayou will begin inner-diameter coating, outer-diameter coating, concrete weight coating and anode and buckle arrestor […]
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The book Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure gives state-of-the-art guidance on how to design, implement and manage a water infrastructure project with a dredging component. Presented insights result from a wealth of up-to-date knowledge pooled by a team of scientists and practicing industry experts which was moderated by an Editorial Board comprised of CEDA and IADC […]
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Business & Finance, Equipment
Airborne Oil & Gas, a manufacturer of thermoplastic composite pipes, has secured a contract with Addax Petroleum for two gas lift jumpers in West Africa.
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Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded three contracts on the African subcontinent with a total value of approximately € 100 million. The largest contract was awarded in Nigeria by Saipem and involves dredging and equipment maintenance support work for an operational oil facility. Two other recently awarded projects located in Morocco and the Republic […]
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The amount of oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico a week ago may be around 16,000 barrels, almost double from the initial estimates, according to the United States Coast Guard. The offshore oil and gas operator LLOG Exploration Offshore earlier informed that the oil released from a damaged pipeline at the Delta House floating production facility […]
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U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., introduced the Dredging for Restoration and Economic Development for Global Exports (DREDGE) Act of 2013 in the Senate and House to direct the Corps of Engineers to achieve, operate and maintain a 50-foot channel from Baton Rouge to the mouth of the Mississippi […]
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ExxonMobil’s Point Thomson project successfully completed a number of infrastructure milestones during the summer as part of an ongoing commitment to Alaska’s energy future. “ExxonMobil is strongly committed to hiring Alaskans and, with its contractors, employed more than 1,100 Alaskans during the 2013 winter work season,” said Gina Dickerson, senior project manager at Point Thomson. […]
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Eni has acquired rights to explore and develop offshore blocks A5-B, Z5-C and Z5-D, located in the deep waters of Angoche and Zambezi Basins.
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The oil and gas industry may have finally turned around from “always delivering upstream projects behind schedule and over budget.”
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Business & Finance, Infrastructure
FPSO operator BW Offshore has made changes to its management team, including a new chief executive officer (CEO).
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The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) today released a wide-ranging report into the iconic natural values of the Caley Valley wetlands that will be at risk if dredge spoil from expansion of the world’s largest coal port at Abbot Point is dumped there. Dr Lissa Schindler, AMCS Great Barrier Reef campaigner, said that while it […]
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Melrose Resources plc , the oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announces first gas production from the Kavarna and Kaliakra gas fields offshore Bulgaria and to provide an update on its exploration operations in France, Egypt and Turkey. Field Developments Bulgaria The Kavarna and Kaliakra fields contain combined reserves of 74 Bcf and […]
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Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business developments & projects, Vessels
A U.S. government safety investigative agency has issued a preliminary report following the incident with the Seacor Power liftboat.
