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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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, […]

  • 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.

  • ExxonMobil Canada Gets Hebron Development Plan Approval

    1 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board  (C-NLOPB) approved the Hebron Development Plan. The approval of the Development Plan now enables ExxonMobil Canada Properties Limited to proceed with development of the Hebron Field, which is estimated to contain 707 million barrels of oil. This is the fourth major offshore development in Newfoundland and Labrador. The […]

  • Statoil Participates in Hebron Field Development Offshore Canada

    6 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    On December 31st, 2012, the Hebron field development offshore Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada was sanctioned by operator ExxonMobil and its co-venturers. For Statoil, which holds a 9.7% share in Hebron, this is a significant component in the growth of the company’s Canada East Coast operations. Located approximately 350 km offshore Newfoundland, the Hebron platform […]

  • ExxonMobil awards Hebron subsea job to Subsea 7

    28 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7 S.A. today announced the award of a US$75  million three-year subsea construction services contract by ExxonMobil Canada Properties. The contract supports the Hebron heavy oil field development, located in the Jeanne d’Arc Basin 350 kilometres southeast of St. John’s, Canada. The contract scope includes the project management, engineering and installation of two Offshore Loading Systems in a […]

  • Huron County Councillors are ready to discuss the wind (Canada)

    9 September 2010
    Authorities & Government

    Thanks to concerns brought to the fore at Huron County Council’s Sept. 1 session, county councillors are set to address concerns surrounding…   By Cheryl Heath (goderichsignalstar) [mappress] Source: goderichsignalstar, September 09, 2010

  • Nordic Tankers Group Offloads Herning Shipping

    30 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    Nordic Tankers Group has closed an agreement to sell Danish tanker operator Herning Shipping.

  • 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 […]

  • Hereon: Offshore hydrogen production affects the North Sea

    11 June 2025
    Environment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Offshore green hydrogen production in the German Bight may affect the North Sea’s marine environment, according to a new study by German research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon that highlights how waste heat from electrolysis could alter local water temperatures and sea stratification.