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  • Block Island OWF Transmission Cable Will Not Run through Narragansett, USA

    6 August 2013
    Storage

    Providence-based offshore wind energy developer has withdrawn its application to run a transmission cable through the Town of Narragansett, writes the Providence Journal. Namely, Deepwater Wind planned to place the electric cable from the Block Island wind farm, made of 5 wind turbines, to the Block Island before landing on the mainland at Narragansett Town […]

  • Fire Island Inlet Stabilization Project Remains Top Priority (USA)

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet stabilization project remains a high priority for the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. The agencies are continuing to work together to expedite implementation of this large-scale and complex project. Over the past few days representatives from the Department of the Interior […]

  • HMS Protector Conducts Survey Offshore Remote South Atlantic Island

    13 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    SURVEY ship HMS Protector has visited the remote island of Tristan da Cunha to conduct the first systematic survey of the British Overseas Territory since the 1970s. The only survey to have been taken using modern techniques, the Portsmouth-based ship used her motorboat, James Caird IV, and onboard state-of-the-art systems to do a multi-beam echo […]

  • Corps to Host Education Meetings on Westport Island Reach Improvements (USA)

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District will host two meetings to describe improvements planned for the Westport Island Reach of the Mississippi River. The reach is just east of Elsberry, Missouri and west of Hardin, Illinois. In the interest of convenience to residents and businesses in the area, meetings are planned for […]

  • Rockhopper Spuds Appraisal Well on PL032 Licence, Offshore Falkland Islands

    21 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      Rockhopper Exploration plc, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, announces that the 14/10-4 appraisal well was spudded at 0040hrs GMT on 19 February 2011. 14/10-4 is the first appraisal well to be drilled on the Sea Lion feature situated on Licence PL032, which is 100% owned and operated by Rockhopper. The […]

  • Basse-Normandie and Channel Islands Sign Marine Renewables Cooperation Agreement

    14 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    On the occasion of Thetis MRE, international convention of Marine Renewable Energy (MRE), held in Cherbourg – France, the representatives of West Normandy Marine Energy (WNME) and the Channel Islands Marine Renewable Energy Group (CIMREG) have signed a Framework of Cooperation on MRE. Basse-Normandie Region and the Manche Department have developed a strong relationship with […]

  • USA: Blunt Meets with Rock Island District Army Corps Commander

    19 March 2013

    U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) met last week with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District Commander Colonel Mark Deschenes to discuss Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway management issues, including river navigation and flood control priorities. “The Mississippi River is critical to our region’s identity, culture, and economy,” Blunt said. “Colonel Deschenes and I had […]

  • Army Corps: Wallops Island’s Beach Complete, Infrastructure Protected (USA)

    10 August 2012

    More than 3 million cubic yards of newly deposited sand is protecting the launch pads and critical infrastructure at the Wallops Island NASA flight facility. Three dredges from Great Lakes Dredge and Dock created the buffer between the structures on the island and the Atlantic Ocean. According to Paul Bull, a NASA project manager, the […]

  • USA: Contract Awarded for Jetty Repair at Island Beach State Park

    11 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has awarded a contract for the repair of the north jetty at Barnegat Inlet, which protects the southern tip of state-owned Island Beach State Park in Ocean County, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin announced yesterday. The contract was awarded to Agate Construction Company of […]

  • USA: Rhode Island Senate Approves Bonding for Davisville Port Dredging

    30 May 2012

    The Rhode Island Senate passed a resolution approving plans of the RI Economic Development Corporation to issue $7.5 million in bonds for maintenance dredging at the Port of Davisville. Introduced by Sen. William A. Walaska, the resolution officially approves a Kushner Public Corporation Debt Management Act funding request for the bonds. The “Kushner Law” requires […]

  • USA: Corps Seeks Comment on Dredged Material Placement at Essman Island

    23 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently completed a draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a project to place dredged material from the Mississippi River 9-foot navigation channel in a previously-used disposal site on Essman Island located near Guttenberg, Iowa. The proposed project is to place material dredged […]

  • TE SubCom to Build ICN2 Cable Linking Vanuatu to Solomon Islands

    1 June 2018
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, is set for construction of the ICN2 submarine cable project for Interchange Limited, a Vanuatu-based consortium. The cable will connect Port Vila, Vanuatu and Luganville, Vanuatu to Honiara, Solomon Islands. The 1,632km cable will provide initial 200G high-capacity access to several landing sites utilizing SL14-A1 cables and Ciena Submarine […]

  • DW: Block Island OWF to Boost Investment in U.S. OW Sector

    25 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    For the US energy industry, 2014 will be remembered as the year when crude oil prices fell below 50$/bbl, resulting in significant realignments in the sector, Douglas-Westwood said. Aside from the oil price collapse and the historic high of domestic natural gas production, several other energy records were set last year. Both solar and wind […]

  • Chart Ferox ISO Containers Facilitate First LNG on Madeira Island

    15 April 2014

    An initial fleet out of forty specially constructed ISO containers, designed and built by Chart Ferox, was used to supply approximately 500m³ of LNG by Grupo Sousa – Gáslink Gás Natural S.A to Madeira Electricity Company’s Thermo Electric Power Plant – CTVIII, on Madeira island. The first LNG shipment was loaded into fourteen Chart Ferox […]

  • Crown Estate, University of Highlands and Islands Partner Up for Renewables (UK)

    30 May 2013
    Research & Development

    The Crown Estate and the University of Highlands and Islands have signed a ‘partnership agreement’ to work together to maximise the benefits to the people of the Highlands and Islands from the low carbon energy revolution in the area. The agreement reinforces initiatives already underway between the university and The Crown Estate, which manages a […]

  • Van Oord Proposes Turkmenistan to Establish an Artificial Island in Caspian Sea

    29 August 2011

    The Dutch Company Van Oord proposed for an artificial island in the Caspian Sea near the Avaz Sea Resort of Turkmenistan, the local media… (trend) [mappress] Source: trend, August 29, 2011;

  • DEA to drill Barents Sea well using Island Innovator rig

    26 July 2018
    Exploration & Production

    DEA Norge has received consent from the PSA to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea using the Island Innovator rig.

  • The Bahamas: Government Plans to Build Defence Force Base at Ragged Island

    23 December 2011

    In order to protect the vast fishery resources at the Great Bahama Bank from poachers, National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest said the…   By DENISE MAYCOCK (tribune242) [mappress] Source: tribune242 , December 23, 2011;

  • Falkland Islands: Rockhopper Provides Ernest and Sea Lion Operations Update

    26 August 2010
    Project & Tenders

    Rockhopper Exploration plc , the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, provides an update on operations at its Ernest and Sea Lion locations. The Ernest 26/6-1 exploration well has been safely plugged and abandoned as a dry hole following completion of all logging runs. The Ocean Guardian drilling rig is now preparing to […]

  • Rockhopper Discovers High Quality Reservoir Package Off Falkland Islands

    21 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Rockhopper Exploration, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company,provides the  following update on the 14/10-4 appraisal well. • Significant reservoir package and hydrocarbon column encountered • 33m (108 ft) net pay in good quality reservoir with 20% average porosity • Top reservoir encountered 66m (216ft) downdip from 14/10-2 • Oil Water Contact at […]

  • Floating Island Project Kicks Off Under Horizon 2020 Umbrella

    3 November 2017
    Research & Development, Technology

    The floating island concept, revealed earlier this year, will now be further studied and developed through a Horizon 2020-funded project Space@Sea that started on 1 November and will run for three years.

  • Kuwait: Hyundai and Kharafi to Build $1.1 Billion Port at Boubyan Island

    8 July 2010

    Kuwait signed a $1.1 billion deal with South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co and local firm Kharafi Group to design and … [mappress] Source: business, July 8, 2010;

  • USA: Marsh Island Dredging Provides Flood Risk Reduction Benefits

    22 June 2012

    As construction workers maneuver bulldozers and spread sand to restore the degrading marsh island, Yellow Bar Hassock in Jamaica Bay, N.Y., their work is being closely observed by an area resident. “For the past few months we’ve seen him on the site. He just keeps doing his thing,” said Melissa Alvarez, a Senior Project Biologist […]

  • Island of Yell to House First Community-Owned Tidal Power Plant

    25 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Island of Yell, one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland could soon house the world’s first community-owned tidal energy generator, as the necessary components have arrived there and are waiting to be assembled. The installation of the 30kW tidal project, developed by the North Yell Development Council, will start within a week, subject […]

  • USA: Rhode Island Senate to Vote on Fall River LNG Project

    4 April 2011

    The Rhode Island Senate will soon weigh in on a proposal to build an offshore natural gas facility in Mount Hope Bay… (washingtonexaminer) [mappress] Source: washingtonexaminer, April 4, 2011;