Search results for: the East Nile Delta

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  • Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the North Coast of Egypt

    3 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Green Climate Fund (GCF) 18th Board meeting, convened in Cairo, has approved the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Project entitled “Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the North Coast of Egypt” to be implemented by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.  With a total budget of $31.4 million over seven years, the project aims to […]

  • Permitting process starts for BorWin4 offshore wind grid connection in Germany

    7 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects

    After filing the documents for the public planning procedure for the section of the BorWin4 offshore grid connection that lies in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 2021, German transmission system operator Amprion has now announced that the approval process at the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has started. In the spring of 2021, Amprion […]

  • GoG: Pirates kidnap another 5 seafarers in just 4 days

    17 November 2020
    Human Capital, Safety, Vessels

    Five crew members have been kidnapped by pirates from a Ghana-flagged vessel in another incident in the Gulf of Guinea.

  • FRPD Fined for Unlawful Deposit of Deleterious Substance in Fraser River

    28 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Fraser River Pile and Dredge (FRPD) was fined $350,000 in the Provincial Court of British Columbia last week, after pleading guilty to depositing a deleterious substance into water frequented by fish, in violation of the Fisheries Act, the Government of Canada announces.  The penalty will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund. In […]

  • Enbridge Asks EPA for Extension to Finish Kalamazoo Dredging (USA)

    9 August 2013

    Controversy over Enbridge’s dredge pad site is causing the company to ask the United Stated Environmental Protection Agency for an extension to complete dredging of the Kalamazoo River. Senior vice president of operations for Enbridge, Rich Adams asks for the EPA to extend its deadline past Dec. 31, 2013. “Enbridge’s preparation for dredging in the […]

  • USA: BP $5 Billion Down Payment Among Recommendations to Restore Coastal Louisiana

    29 July 2010

    A new report released today on the 100th day of the BP oil disaster details short- and long-term strategies for the Obama administration to make coastal Louisiana less vulnerable to future oil spills and hurricanes, including negotiating with BP for a $5 billion down payment on expected payments for natural resource damages. The report by […]

  • Masingill: The Lifeline of America, The Heart of Delta

    16 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Chris Masingill, Federal Co-Chairman Delta Regional Authority, has announced its Winter Briefing: The Lifeline of America, The Heart of the Delta. “The nation’s ongoing drought has dropped river channels to unsafe levels, exposing traffic to previously unseen hazards, including destructive rock pinnacles, narrowing waterways, and sandbars. Last week, President Obama and Secretary of Agriculture Tom […]

  • Shell taps Dayang for topside maintenance off Malaysia

    13 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Malaysia’s services provider to the oil and gas industry Dayang Enterprise has won a contract with two Shell subsidiaries for the provision of topside maintenance services offshore Malaysia.

  • Morrow Lake Dredging to Continue in 2014 (USA)

    5 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Enbridge plans to continue unfinished dredging works at three major impoundment areas, including Morrow Lake and Delta in 2014. Because the Company failed to complete the required dredging, under the EPA’s March 14, 2013, order, by Dec. 31, 2013, the Comstock Township dredge pad construction is planed for this month. On Feb. 17, 2014, Comstock […]

  • 10 kidnapped from cargo vessel in another attack in Gulf of Guinea

    27 November 2020
    Human Capital, Safety, Vessels

    Ten seafarers were kidnapped yesterday from the general cargo vessel Milan while underway some 14 nautical miles off the Pennington Offshore Terminal in Nigeria. The vessel was in transit from Escravos to Douala, Cameroon, according to the UK-based maritime security firm Dryad Global. “AIS indicates that the vessel was in a southbound transit when she […]

  • USA: Public Meeting Set for Levee Work in North Sacramento

    17 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is inviting the public to an outreach meeting to discuss upcoming American River levee work in north Sacramento, near the Natomas East Main Drainage Canal. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 18, at American River Flood Control District office (165 Commerce Circle, Sacramento). Representatives from […]

  • Dutch Solution for Flood-Resilient Wisbech

    9 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Dutch water experts will help Wisbech in the Fens of Cambridgeshire, England, with the development of a new plan for flood-resilient residential area. Deltares, Royal HaskoningDHV and Nelen & Schuurmans will be working with the English drinking water company Anglian Water to create a new, safe and sustainable, residential area as part of the Wisbech2020 […]

  • Enbridge Starts New Kalamazoo River Dredging Project (USA)

    31 July 2013

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Enbridge has begun a new round of dredging in Michigan’s Kalamazoo River to clean up oil from the company’s July 2010 pipeline spill. The cleanup work is required by EPA’s March 2013 administrative order, which requires Enbridge to complete additional dredging by the end of the year above […]

  • Eni cheers new gas discovery offshore Egypt

    1 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Eni has successfully drilled the first exploration well in the North El Hammad license, in the conventional Egyptian waters of the Nile Delta, on the prospect called Bashrush.

  • Addressing the Water Issues in Egypt

    28 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    An Egyptian delegation recently visited the Netherlands for a series of meetings with Dutch experts on a variety of water issues that urgently need to be addressed by Egypt. The issues that were discussed include integrated coastal zone management (ICZM), rural waste water treatment and agricultural water management, reported the Dutch Water Sector. During one […]

  • Geotextile for Preventing Piping Wins 2013 Water Innovation Award

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    ‘Vertical sand-proof geotextile’ won the 2013 Water Innovation Award 2013 last Tuesday in the ‘Dry feet’ category. ‘Vertical sand-proof geotextile’ is an innovative way of preventing piping. Deltares won the award as part of a team that also included the Rivierenland Water Authority, Stichting IJkdijk, and the Room for the River programme management. It competed […]

  • Five kidnapped from vessel in GoG

    21 May 2021
    Human Capital, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    Five crew members have been reportedly kidnapped from a fishing vessel in the Gulf on Guinea.

  • Eni boasts successful production test at Mediterranean Sea well

    28 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Eni has successfully tested the well drilled on the prospect called Bashrush, in the North El Hammad concession in the Mediterranean Sea, in the conventional Egyptian waters of the Nile Delta.

  • Reef Industrialisation – Major Federal Election Issue (Australia)

    22 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    A new poll of nine Queensland electorates along the Reef coast and South East Queensland has shown the industrialisation of the Great Barrier Reef could prove to be a decisive federal election issue, according to the Fight for the Reef campaign. Significantly, nearly half [49.4%] of people polled said they were more likely to vote […]

  • Gas production starts from new well off Egypt

    23 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    E&P company Energean has announced a new gas production from the Abu Qir concession located offshore Egypt.

  • Deltares: Full Service Dike Monitoring Systems Have Future

    28 March 2013

    For the first time, investigations have shown that full service dike monitoring systems work in practice. This is shown by the final report on the third IJkdijk experiment: the All-in-One Sensor Validation test. The experiment took place in August and September of last year, focusing on the performance and predictability of sensors linked to analysis […]

  • DEME: Doha Airport Built on Reclaimed Land Becomes Fully Operational

    3 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    With the relocation of all operational activities in recent days, the new Doha (Qatar) Airport has become fully operational. Hamad International Airport was built on land that was reclaimed from the Gulf waters. DEME realised this platform for the new airport – a project for which it reclaimed more than 60 million m³ sand in […]

  • Canada: Officials Announce Ladner Channel Dredging Update

    17 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    On December 17, 2012, a $10 million joint commitment by Port Metro Vancouver, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the Corporation of Delta and the City of Richmond was announced to undertake local channel dredging around Ladner and Steveston. Since that time, staff has been assisting Port Metro […]

  • CPRA Opts for Stantec Team

    22 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has selected the Stantec Team to provide engineering, geotechnical, surveying, and other technical services for the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion project. This project is part of the Mississippi River Mid-Basin Sediment Diversion Program, which also includes the proposed Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. These two projects will be the first controlled […]

  • USA: BOEM to Use OCS Sand for Coastal Restoration

    21 August 2012

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it executed an agreement to use more than 10 million cubic yards of sand from the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for coastal restoration projects in Cameron and Lafourche parishes. BOEM signed two separate negotiated noncompetitive leases with the state of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration […]