South & Central Asia
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 1 – 7, 2018). Poland: EUR 313M Contract for Dredging International and Van Oord Dredging International, a DEME Group subsidiary, and Van Oord have been awarded a major contract for the modernization of th
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 01 – October 07). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/10/02/subsea-7-onesubsea-partnership-clinches-new-gom-deal/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/10/03/bp-and-aker-bp-form-strategic-alliance/ ht
Luc Vandenbulcke to Succeed Alain Bernard as DEME’s CEO
DEME’s Board of Directors announces that on 1 January 2019, Luc Vandenbulcke will succeed Alain Bernard as the company’s CEO. Alain Bernard (aged 63) started working for the group in 1980 and has been CEO of DEME since 2006. Over the past 12 years he transformed the group from a purely dredging orga
Worldwide offshore rig count for September rises
The worldwide offshore rig count for September 2018 rose year-on-year but slightly dipped compared to August 2018.
Marine renewables of Southeast Asia get eBook profile
Singapore start-up devoted to ocean renewable energy planning and development OceanPixel has together with Seed4Com produced an eBook about alternative energy solutions for tackling energy issues in Southeast Asia, putting marine renewables to the forefront.
Albany wave milestone payment comes with government terms
The government of Western Australia has agreed to pay Carnegie Clean Energy the previously negotiated milestone payment for the Albany wave energy scheme, requesting at the same time the delivery of detailed funding plan for the project from the Australian developer.
Report: U.S. Crude Shipments to China Grind to a Halt
The ongoing trade tensions have resulted in the complete freeze of U.S crude oil shipments to China.
AMOG scouts for wave energy engineer
Australian engineering company AMOG has opened a vacancy for the position of renewable energy engineer that will be working on the development of the company’s wave energy converter project.
ONGC Hires BHGE, McDermott, LTHE for Largest Subsea Project in India
The subsea award represents the largest single subsea contract awarded by ONGC. Delivery is scheduled for 2020 for the gas system and 2021 for the oil system.
ONGC awards its largest ever subsea contract to BHGE, McDermott, and LTHE
The subsea equipment will be used for the development of block DWN-98/2 in the Krishna Godavari basin.
Dutch company to develop OTEC project in Sri Lanka
Dutch clean energy technology developer Bluerise has entered into cooperation with local renewable energy company Ecopower Lanka to build an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) project in Sri Lanka.
New LNG Carrier for NYK, Tokyo Gas Named at JMU Shipyard
Energy Glory, a new LNG carrier for NYK and Tokyo Gas, has been named at the Tsu shipyard in Japan.