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  • European Technical Committee on Land Subsidence Established

    19 September 2013

    The formation of a European Technical Committee on Land Subsidence was announced in the first week of September at the International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Paris. The formation of the committee was a Deltares initiative. The interim chairman of the Committee will be Gilles Erkens. Jaap Bijnagte will also be representing […]

  • Barcelona among Top Three Most Productive European Ports

    24 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Barcelona received the third most productive port in Europe award for the first half of 2014, marking the first time that a port from Southern Europe has been ranked among the top three European ports for productivity, behind Bremerhaven and Rotterdam. The award, received by Santiago García-Milà, Deputy General Manager of Strategy and […]

  • Hydrex Performs Bow Thruster Blade Replacement in Barcelona

    4 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Hydrex carried out bow thruster blade replacements on a 270-meter container ship in Barcelona.  A condition of class was issued after cracks were detected in the old blades, forcing the vessel to go off hire until a solution was found.  Hydrex therefore mobilized a team to Barcelona and performed the operation on-site and underwater using […]

  • Energinet Seeks Seabed Survey Squad

    20 February 2019
    Project & Tenders

    Energinet has launched a tender seeking a contractor to carry out a seabed survey for an offshore wind farm in Denmark. Energinet is looking for a company to conduct site investigations at the site of the 800MW project and its export cable route in the North Sea and Baltic Seas, respectively. The tender is divided […]

  • USA: Emeriti Park to See Improvements This Summer

    9 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Visitors to Emeriti Park next to Baker University Center will see a temporary interruption to the serenity of the area this summer, as several construction improvements are underway, including pond dredging and additional lighting features. The pond was excavated at a depth of 8 feet in 1998 and has steadily collected silt over the years, […]

  • Reuters: Statoil needs more time for Johan Castberg concept

    26 June 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil giant Statoil is yet to decide on the concept for the development of the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea. As reported by Reuters today, Statoil’s CEO Helge Lund said that the company needs more time mature the concept adding it will not take long before Statoil reveals more information on the […]

  • WaveWalker 1 Wins Ground Engineering Award

    21 May 2014
    Technology

    The innovative walking jack-up platform WaveWalker 1 was presented with the Product and Equipment Innovation Award at the prestigious Ground Engineering (GE) Awards ceremony in London earlier last week (14th May.) The GE Product and Equipment Innovation Award is for a product or item of equipment aimed at the ground engineering or geotechnical market which has […]

  • BMT Completes Study for Royal Australian Navy

    7 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Melbourne-based BMT Design & Technology (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has completed a study for the Commonwealth of Australia, to examine a range of options for the Life of Type Extension (LOTE) of a wide range of Defence Maritime Platforms. This included the entire surface fleet of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), through […]

  • Denmark: Palfinger Awarded Commissioning Contract for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm

    3 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Leading service provider Palfinger Marine Services has been awarded the commissioning contract for 111 offshore cranes for DONG Energy’s offshore wind farm Anholt. “We are pleased that DONG Energy puts their trust in our service, and very proud to be working with DONG Energy on a project of this scale,” says Ove Rossland, Managing Director […]

  • Cuadrilla wraps up UK’s first shale gas well drilling

    3 April 2018

    Lancashire-headquartered Cuadrilla has completed drilling the UK’s first ever horizontal shale gas well at its exploration site at Preston New Road.

  • APPEA: carbon tax repeal will help LNG exporters

    17 July 2014

    The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) issued a statement following the repeal of the carbon tax which will remove a significant burden on LNG exporters from Australia. APPEA Chief Executive David Byers said: “Repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism is significant as it removes a cost facing Australian LNG exporters competing in global […]

  • APPEA: Regulations for WA Gas Tightened (Australia)

    29 August 2012

    The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association today emphasised the need for changes to the regulatory regime announced by the WA Government today to be science-based, proportionate to risk, and not create barriers to new market entrants in an emerging sector. APPEA’s Chief Operating Officer Western Region Stedman Ellis said: “A safe, well-regulated and well-managed […]

  • Shell to Spud Palta Well within Days, WHL Says (Australia)

    9 October 2012

    In response to numerous shareholder and market enquiries and continued speculation, WHL Energy Ltd is providing an update on activities related to the WA‐460‐P exploration permit in which the Company holds a 33.3 per cent interest. Industry reports and field monitoring anticipate that the Palta‐1 exploration well, located in adjacent Exmouth sub‐Basin permit WA‐384‐P, will […]

  • Keel Laid for New Cable Layer

    14 November 2014

    DeepOcean UK has kicked off the construction of its new cable lay vessel with the symbolic keel laying ceremony held in Galati. The vessel, yet to be named, will be taken on a long term charter from Maersk, and will extend DeepOcean’s capabilities in the larger cable laying end of the market, representing a new focus on interconnector […]

  • Total converts Avalon into Frontier Exploration License (Ireland)

    18 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Irish oil and gas company Providence has informed that the Total-operated licensing option 16/27 offshore Ireland has been granted a Frontier Exploration License Status 2/19, with effect from February 1, 2019. The offshore block is located in the southern Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland and contains the undrilled Paleocene “Avalon” exploration prospect. It is operated by […]

  • Atlantic Petroleum inks farm-down option deal for three licences

    23 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Atlantic Petroleum has entered into a farm-down option deal with Statoil Petroleum related to the PL704, PL705 and PL802 licences in the Vøring Basin, off Norway. Atlantic Petroleum currently holds 30% in PL704 and PL705, and 20% in PL802. PL704, PL705 and PL802 are located in the western part of the Vøring Basin, close to the Asterix gas discovery. […]

  • Ophir Opts for Alternative Financing for Fortuna FLNG

    24 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Africa’s first deepwater FLNG project situated in Equatorial Guinea, Fortuna FLNG, has been faced with some financial hurdles. Based on the latest update from its developer Ophir Energy, the talks with a group of Chinese banks on financing the project have taken longer than expected prompting the company to turn to alternative sources of funding. […]

  • UK: NOC Scientist to Make Porcupine Abyssal Plain Seafloor Map

    9 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    NOC scientist, Dr Henry Ruhl, is leading an expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, some 300 miles southwest of Lands End. He will be looking at how the shape of deep ocean floor and climate influence deep sea ecology, and he intends to do this by making a very large photographic map of the seafloor […]

  • Allseas to lay second line of South Stream Offshore Pipeline

    30 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    South Stream Transport has signed a contract with the Allseas Group to lay the second line of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. In addition, the Company has signed a contract with Saipem for the provision of complementary works for Line 2. The South Stream Offshore Pipeline will consist of four parallel gas pipelines of 931 […]

  • Oil Tanker ‘Morning Glory’ Returns to Libya under USS Stout Escort

    20 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Twenty-five US Navy personnel remain aboard the oil tanker Morning Glory after a team of Navy SEALs boarded and took control of the ship March 17, Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said yesterday. U.S. forces took control of the tanker in international waters at the request of the governments of Libya and Cyprus […]

  • Norwegian Cruise Line Counts Losses after Insignia Fire

    26 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    Miami-based cruise ship operator Norwegian Cruise Line has quantified the financial impact of the engine room fire on board Oceania Cruises’ Insignia which killed one crewmember and two contractors on December 11. The incident occurred while Insignia was docked in St. Lucia during a ten-day voyage that departed San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 7, resulting in the cancellation […]

  • Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Disrupts Pirate Activity in Gulf of Aden

    8 December 2011

    USS Carney (DDG 64), part of NATO’s counter-piracy task force Operation Ocean Shield, worked with other NATO forces and coalition partners to disrupt pirate activity in the Gulf of Aden, Dec. 5. A Japanese maritime patrol aircraft patrolling the area on counter-piracy operations spotted a suspicious skiff with seven suspected pirates aboard and contacted the […]

  • Stapem Offshore takes delivery of new dive support vessel for Angolan ops

    17 January 2018

    Stapem Offshore has taken delivery of an Incat Crowther-designed catamaran dive support vessel.

  • Elia Requires Contractor for Belgian Artificial Island

    21 June 2013

    Elia requires a contractor to carry out study, construction and maintenance of an artificial island, Alpha, which is to be located approx. 45kms offshore from the port of Zeebrugge on the Lodewijk bank and characterised by a depth of approx. 30m LAT. The primary function of the island is the creation of a permanent and […]

  • I.M. Skaugen Unveils Massive Court Dispute with Teekay

    11 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    I.M. Skaugen has revealed a massive legal process with a former partner in the gas market, Teekay LNG Partners.