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  • Salvagers work on stricken ferry

    7 May 2008

    Salvagers have begun preparatory work on the operation to dismantle the stricken Riverdance ferry. Contractors have started working on the inside of the ship, which is grounded off Cleveleys, near Blackpool. After everything is cleared from the hull, the ship will be cut up into sections and driven away on lorries.

  • Cairn Becomes Operator of Two Irish Offshore Blocks. Hires ‘Blackford Dolphin’ Rig

    9 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) has approved Cairn’s farm-in as Operator with a 38% working interest (WI) in two exploration licences (FEL 2/04 and FEL 4/08) and one licensing option covering 2,753 km2 in the Porcupine Basin offshore West of Ireland. Cairn has also today entered […]

  • Meeting on Holden Beach Scheme This Month

    2 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    A public hearing on Holden Beach’s proposed 750-foot terminal groin, located just west of Lockwood Folly Inlet and Oak Island, is scheduled for September 24 at Holden Beach Town Hall, 110 Rothschild St., according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District. Written comments on the statement will be accepted until October 13 and […]

  • Ship may be grounded for week

    2 February 2008

    A ship grounded after it was hit by a freak wave may be stranded off Blackpool for another week because of bad weather. Hugh Shaw, the Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention, said the salvage operation for Riverdance is being hampered by the weather

  • Dismantlers tackle stricken ferry

    18 April 2008

    The sister ship of the stranded Riverdance ferry is being inspected by workers to help formulate plans to dismantle the beached vessel. The firm tasked with dismantling the ferry, which is grounded on a Blackpool beach, took over the site on Monday.

  • Ferry aground as storms batter UK

    1 February 2008

    A ferry which ran aground at Blackpool has become a casualty of winter storms that have lashed parts of the UK. Fourteen passengers had to be airlifted from the Riverdance freight ferry, nine remaining crew members were rescued after a second Mayday was declared.

  • Beached ship tourists risk arrest

    5 February 2008

    People who enter the exclusion zone around the stricken Riverdance ferry risk a fine or arrest, police said. The ship, which is listing at about 50 degrees, has turned into a tourist attraction since running aground on Blackpool beach on Thursday.

  • Rig termination rigmarole: Dolphin Drilling seeks to discharge interim injunction in Nigeria and oppose court proceedings

    22 May 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    Dolphin Drilling is preparing to set the wheels in motion to get rid of an interim injunction, which GHL secured for the firm’s semi-submersible rig.

  • Dolphin Drilling breaks off rig deal due to contract breach

    4 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Dolphin Drilling has pulled the plug on its contract for a semi-submersible rig with Peak Petroleum for operations off Nigeria.

  • Bad weather hampers ferry salvage

    31 January 2008

    Attempts to salvage a ferry which ran aground off the Blackpool coast in bad weather may take another two to three days, Liverpool coastguard has warned. Severe weather is hampering the ship’s recovery and high tides which shunted it onto the sand on Thursday night will be lower over the next few days.

  • Dolphin Drilling rig to sling its hook and peel out of Nigeria on its way to Indian gig

    2 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Dolphin Drilling has confirmed that its rig has cast off and is making a beeline for Indian waters, where it will embark on its new assignment.

  • Funding OKd for Oak Island Dredging

    23 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners has approved $500,000 that will be used for a channel dredging and beach nourishment at Oak Island. The funding, to be used for the phase I of the Lower Lockwood Folly Habitat Restoration and Navigation Project, will be paid in three annual equal installments of $166,666 beginning in FY 2015. This is one of two […]

  • Dolphin Drilling: No ‘permanent’ restraining order in place for rig in Nigeria

    15 May 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    Dolphin Drilling has provided an update on an interim injunction, which Lagos-based General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) managed to secure in response to the Norwegian firm’s notice of termination of a drilling contract off the coast of Nigeria for a semi-submersible rig.

  • Successfully Absorbed Dredging Project at Holden Beach

    14 May 2010

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just completed an $800,000 dredging, navigation and beach renourishment project on Holden Beach. The project removed sand from the last sand bar in the Lockwood Folly Inlet (close to the waterway) and transported the sand to the east end of the beach.

  • Emergency arbitrator picked: Has Dolphin Drilling’s attempt to oppose Nigerian oil & gas firm’s restraining order against rig termination failed?

    15 May 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) has succeeded in its endeavor to obtain an interim injunction against Dolphin Drilling’s plan to break off a semi-submersible rig’s deal off the coast of Nigeria.

  • Dolphin Drilling hit with legal action over rig termination deal

    25 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Dolphin Drilling is now facing legal action after ending a contract in Nigeria for a semi-submersible rig with Peak Petroleum Industries Nigeria Limited (Peak Petroleum).

  • Mattressing Protection Displaced on Isle of Man – UK Interconnector Power Cable

    11 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Following a recent survey on the IOM-UK Interconnector cable, KIS-ORCA has identified that a section of mattressing protecting the cable has been displaced. IOM-UK Interconnector cable runs between Douglas, Isle of Man and Bispham in Blackpool and includes small sections where the interconnector cable is protected by mattresses. The protecting has been displaced on the […]

  • Holden Beach Gets New Sand (USA)

    27 April 2010

    Holden Beach has received a 4,500-foot long, 150-foot wide stretch of new sand thanks to the dredging of the Lockwood Folly Inlet between Holden and Oak Island, according to Holden Beach Town Manager David Hewett… [mappress] Source:thesunnews,April 27,2010;

  • Dolphin Drilling gets rid of 1975-built semi-sub rig

    15 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has decided to sell one of its semi-submersible rigs for scrap to further enhance its fleet.

  • ATP Expects to Spud First Well at Shimshon Prospect Off Israel in 2nd Q 2012

    13 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    ATP Oil & Gas Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary ATP East Med B.V.have acquired the Shimshon, Daniel East and Daniel West licenses in offshore Israel and the Israeli government has approved these licenses. Based on the acquired licenses, ATP through ATP East Med anticipates spending between $3 and $5 million in 2011 in offshore Israel […]

  • ATP Makes Gas Discovery in Levant Basin Offshore Israel

    2 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    ATP Oil & Gas Corporation today announced success at the Shimshon well in the Levant Basin of offshore Israel. The Shimshon well, located in a water depth of 3,622 feet is being drilled with the Ensco 5006 rig. The Shimshon well encountered more than 62 feet (19 meters) of natural gas pay in the Bet […]

  • Fred. Olsen Energy Enters LOI for Rig Provision for Drilling Offshore Brazil

    26 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Dolphin Drilling Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA , has entered into a Letter of Intent for the provision of the semi-submersible Blackford Dolphin for drilling of one well offshore Brazil. Commencement is scheduled late in the fourth quarter 2011, with an estimated duration of total 135 days of which some 118 […]

  • UK: Major Sea Defence Construction Begins

    11 April 2014

    People in Rossall and Anchorsholme in Lancashire will be better protected from the risk of flooding thanks to £85 million of government funding towards two new major sea defences. The new sea defences near Blackpool form part of one of the UK’s biggest coastal defence schemes. In total, they will protect 12,000 homes and businesses […]

  • Maersk Connector Grounds for Walney Extension (Video)

    12 June 2017
    Storage

    DeepOcean has performed the first engineered grounding of the Maersk Connector during export cable pull-in operations on DONG Energy’s 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm.

  • Maersk Connector Grounds for Walney Extension (Video)

    12 June 2017
    Storage

    DeepOcean has performed the first engineered grounding of the Maersk Connector during export cable pull-in operations on DONG Energy’s 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm.