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Top News of the Week Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2013
Leighton: Gorgon Contract Value Doubles, Australia The value of Leighton Contractors’ contract to deliver the civils and underground works package for Chevron-operated Gorgon Project has increased by $975 million to an estimated value of $1.789 billion. Shell Buys Repsol LNG Assets, Spain Repsol of
Top News of the Week Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2013
Read Top News of the Week Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2013
Top News of the Week of Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2013
Fairmount Tug Delivers Emma Maersk to Repair Yard in Palermo, Sicily Super tug Fairmount Alpine has delivered the container vessel Emma Maersk, one of the largest container carriers of its kind, at Fincantieri’s repair yard in Palermo, Sicily. Blue Star Line’s Chairman Unveils Design Plans for Titan
Top News – February 25 to March 3, 2013
Ackermans & van Haaren: Annual Results 2012 (Belgium) The board of directors of Ackermans & van Haaren NV announces that the consolidated net result (group share) for the year 2012 amounts to 167.5 million euros (compared to 177.5 million euros in 2011). Nigeria: Eko Atlantic Celebrates Land Recla
VIDEO: Offshore Drilling Manager Travels to Work from Russia to Angola
As a Rig Manager in Maersk Drilling living in Murmansk and working in Luanda, Angola, Vladimir Volkov travels 2,400 km to go to work! Meet him here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kiaezstv1Rw [mappress] , March 1, 2013
Republic of Congo Introduces Dredging Equipment Plan
EDF National Authorising Officer in the Republic of Congo has introduced a plan for the supply of the dredging equipment and machinery. The joint navigable waterways maintenance service is an economic interest grouping set up by the Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo. Its aim is to g
VIDEO: Seven Oceans – Flexible and Rigid Pipelay Vessel
This video presents Seven Oceans deepwater rigid pipelay vessel in action. The video has launched by Subsea 7, one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, which owns the vessel. The Seven Oceans is fitted with an advanced reeled pipelay system, capable of rigid and flex
VIDEO: Seven Oceans Pipelayer in Action
Subsea 7, one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, has launched an interesting video of its Seven Oceans deepwater rigid pipelay vessel. The ‘Seven Oceans’ flexlay lay vessel is suitable for the installation of rigid pipes up to a diameter of 16” on the ocean floor i
Ghana: Hess’ Pecan North-1 Well Encounters 40 Feet of Net Oil Pay
Hess Corporation announced today it has completed drilling of its seventh consecutive successful exploratory well on the Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points block offshore Ghana. The Pecan North-1 well, located approximately seven miles northeast of the Pecan-1 well, encountered approximately 40 feet o
Ghana: Minister Inspects Tema Canoe Wharf Project
The Minister for Transport, Mrs Dzifa Attivor, has directed the FNB/Kwik Silver contractors engaged in the construction of a concrete wharf at the Tema Canoe beach to complete work by the end of April 2013 for handover and inauguration in May 2013. She expressed disappointment at the delay in work,
Sonaci, DT Group Form New Global LNG Trading Company
Sonaci, the trading arm of Sonangol and DT Group, a joint venture between Trafigura Pte and Cochan, have announced the intention to create a new company to trade Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) globally. This move is subject to regulatory clearance. The new company, Sonaci DT Pte Ltd, will employ teams
VIDEO: Flexible Dual Future
The ME-GI is MAN Diesel & Turbo’s dual-fuel, two-stroke, gas-injection engine and represents the culmination of many years’ work that began in the 1990s with a prototype engine at a power plant near Tokyo. A highly efficient, flexible, propulsion-plant solution, the company received its first orders