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  • Georgia Ports Authority Gives Back to Community anent Earth Day

    23 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Georgia Ports Authority celebrated Earth Day by unveiling nearly 14 acres of recently created wetlands. The 2.5 year, $3.7 million project treats 100 million gallons of water annually and creates natural wildlife habitat in the heart of the nation’s fourth busiest container terminal. “Our mission is to grow our business in environmentally responsible ways,” […]

  • Noble rigs and Stena drillship get down to oil & gas drilling business offshore Guyana

    7 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Four drillships, owned by Noble Corporation and Stena Drilling, have buckled down and resumed hydrocarbon exploration at the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana, enabling ExxonMobil to stay the course and continue searching for more oil and natural gas resources on South America’s North Atlantic coast.

  • UK: Dredging Project to Give Adderbury Lakes Sparkling Future

    11 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Oxfordshire’s Adderbury Lakes is a much-loved local nature reserve, attracting both village walkers and photographers keen to capture the beauty of the setting in which specimen trees and wildlife such as kingfishers and herons grace the eighteenth-century landscaped pools and waterfalls. And after years of maintenance and management by dedicated volunteers, the Lakes face an […]

  • Neptune to invest over $1 bln in next five years to secure energy supplies for UK

    10 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Neptune Energy will spend more than $1 billion over the next five years securing energy supplies for the UK.

  • MEO Provides Activities Update (Australia)

    23 January 2012

    MEO Australia Limited today provided the following information in relation to its activities for the quarter ended 31 st December 2011. MEO commenced a period of high field activity during the quarter and made significant progress in all areas of its portfolio. In NT/P68, Operator Eni Australia Limited awarded a rig contract for the drilling […]

  • USA: EPA Investigation of Gowanus Canal Identifies Widespread Contamination, Health and Ecological Problems

    3 February 2011

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed its investigation of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, N.Y. The investigation confirmed the widespread presence of numerous contaminants in the canal and identified the sources of contamination. The investigation also identified characteristics of the canal that will influence future plans for a cleanup. A companion human […]

  • MBARI: Testing Effects of Acidification on Coral Reefs (Australia)

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

    Over the last 150 years, human beings have released hundreds of billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere. About one quarter of this carbon has been absorbed by the world’s oceans, causing them to become more acidic. Ocean acidification is especially dangerous to corals and other organisms that build skeletons out of […]

  • Heroin ship to be scuttled

    20 March 2006

    A NORTH Korean freighter used to import 150kg of heroin in Australia was towed out of Sydney Harbour today before being scuttled later this week.

  • Fishing for Household Equipment

    30 July 2014

    Coffee makers, vacuum cleaners and washing machines, just some of the litter that can be found in our waters. The concerns about the plastic soup in the world’s seas, oceans, rivers and other waters are growing. Studies show that the impact of the plastic, and especially the micro parts, is devastating for the water’s ecosystem. […]

  • Canada Hebron project deal

    25 August 2008

    StatoilHydro and its partners in the Hebron discovery off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada have signed an agreement with the Provincial Government allowing the scheme to move forward. First oil is expected between 2016 and 2018 with production reaching a peak of approximately 150,000 b/d two years later. With the official signing […]

  • VOR: Zero to hero

    3 April 2006

    Bouwe Bekking lost an amazing 22 nautical miles on the fleet a day or so ago, and since then has been working away at getting back into contention.

  • Protecting the Lake Huron Shoreline

    22 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Coastal engineer Fiona Duckett of W. F. Baird and Associates Coastal Engineers gave a presentation to the Board of Directors of Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) about shoreline protection at the board’s meeting on May 18, 2017. Duckett spoke to the board on shore protection structures, including current policies and procedures, and next steps to update […]

  • USA: MBARI Conducts First Controlled Experiments on Ocean Acidification in Deep Sea

    15 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    After six years of design and testing, MBARI scientists have a sophisticated new tool for studying the effects of ocean acidification on deep-sea animals. This complex system, the Free-Ocean Carbon Enrichment (FOCE) experiment, is the only experiment in the world that allows researchers to study ocean-acidification impacts on deep-sea animals in their native habitat, using […]

  • Pirate ‘hero’ in Hollywood shock

    13 May 2009

    Kenyan pirate negotiator has told of his surprise that he is set to be the subject of a Hollywood film, but reckons he may be too busy to see it. Andrew Mwangura heads the non-profit East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme, which works to free ships held by Somali sea raiders. Oscar-nominated actor Samuel L Jackson […]

  • Rehabilitating Shorelines Along Lake Huron

    3 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    Kate Young, Member of Parliament for London West, Ontario, Canada, has announced funding for a disaster mitigation initiative along Lake Huron and the St. Clair River. Under the plan, the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority will rehabilitate the shoreline at select locations along Lake Huron and the St. Clair River. In recent years, high water […]

  • Heroin Laden Ship Blown Up

    1 September 2014

    Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta oversaw the operation to blow up the ship caught with the heroin haul worth over USD 11.3 million on Friday, August 29. The President – aboard a Kenya Air Force chopper, and the Kenya Navy in the warship KNS Jasiri – led journalists, security personnel and anti-narcotic officials as the ship and the drugs were […]

  • Cameron’s subsea equipment for Hebron (Canada)

    2 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Cameron has been awarded a multi-year contract by ExxonMobil Canada Properties for wellhead equipment and production trees for the Hebron project, a 52-well development located offshore Newfoundland, Canada. Cameron will supply large-bore, high-pressure equipment including wellheads, production trees and risers. The contract also includes installation and commissioning services. Cameron Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jack […]

  • Hebron waiting for ice to pass

    18 May 2017

    Exxon’s giant Hebron platform in Canada, christened back in April, has yet to sail away to its offshore location. During the platform launching ceremony held at Nalcor Energy’s Bull Arm Fabrication site, it was said that the sailaway to the Atlantic waters offshore Canada was “imminent.” It’s been almost a month since then, but the […]

  • ExxonMobil brings Hebron project online

    28 November 2017
    Project & Tenders

    ExxonMobil has started production from the Hebron project offshore Canada. At its peak, the project will produce up to 150,000 barrels of oil per day.

  • Cameron Lands Hebron Equipment Deal

    2 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Cameron has been awarded a multi-year contract by ExxonMobil Canada Properties for wellhead equipment and production trees for the Hebron project, a 52-well development located offshore Newfoundland. Cameron will supply large-bore, high-pressure equipment including wellheads, production trees and risers. The contract also includes installation and commissioning services. Cameron Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jack Moore, […]

  • Heroin ship to sink with its secrets

    21 March 2006

    A NORTH Korean cargo ship used to smuggle a huge haul of heroin into Australia will be blown up by the country’s armed forces this week. It follows a trial in which prosecutors tried to prove the complicity of Kim Jong Il’s government in the drugs trade.

  • Hebron field award for Aker Solutions (Canada)

    15 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian engineering and construction company Aker Solutions has won a contract with ExxonMobil in Canada. In its 2Q 2015 presentation today, Aker Solutions said the deal was secured during the quarter by its Maintenance, Modifications & Operations (MMO) division. According to Aker Solutions, MMO has won a long-term contract from ExxonMobil for engineering, procurement, construction […]

  • Final HERO named in Sweden

    8 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Norwegian/Swedish shipping and logistics company Wallenius Wilhelmsen has named MV Nabucoo, the final in a series of four HERO large car and truck carriers (LCTCs).

  • Commercial Dredger Sinks in Lake Huron (USA)

    20 July 2012

    The Coast Guard is coordinating the response to a sunken dredge and capsized tugboat in lower Lake Huron early Thursday morning. There were no injuries reported, but a 500-foot diesel sheen has been reported. The Coast Guard was notified that at 4:35 a.m., the motor vessel Arthur J., a 110-foot dredge, sank and the motor […]

  • PHOTO: Giant Hebron platform launched in Canada

    19 April 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Hebron, the giant concrete platform bound for the Atlantic waters offshore Canada, has been shown to visitors at a chain cutting ceremony hosted by ExxonMobil on Tuesday. The platform launching ceremony, ahead of the imminent sailaway to the platform’s offshore location, was held at Nalcor Energy’s Bull Arm Fabrication site. Among the attendees were representatives […]