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  • Officials Use Dredged Material to Restore Chesapeake Bay’s Poplar Island (USA)

    6 June 2011

    State and federal agencies will be restoring Poplar Island this week along with the National Aquarium in Baltimore, which found…   (therepublic) [mappress] Source: therepublic, June 6, 2011  

  • USACE Galveston Awards Contract for Draft EIS for Brazos Island Project (USA)

    13 September 2011

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract to SOL Engineering Services, LLC, an 8(a) small business… By Sandra Arnold (dvidshub) [mappress] Source: dvidshub, September 13, 2011

  • USA: Gulf Island Fabrication CEO Supports Houma Navigation Canal Dredging

    21 July 2011

    Business is booming, but without a clearer path for post-oil-spill drilling and deeper dredging in the Houma Navigation Canal, future growth… More info: dailycomet By Nikki Buskey [mappress] Source: dailycomet, July 21, 2011;

  • USA: Army Corps Presents Plan for Dredging of Inland Waterway Delaware River

    9 August 2012

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced plan to invite bidders to submit their offers for the maintenance dredging of the Inland Waterway Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland. Maintenance dredging under this contract will be performed at various locations along the Inland Waterway Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and Upper Chesapeake Bay. Base […]

  • GTNS Wraps Up Seasonal Works Near Konevets Island in Ladoga Lake

    31 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Multifunctional platform MFP-001 and hopper barge Nereis of Global Technologies for Innovative Systems (GTNS) have completed their seasonal works near the Konevets island in the Ladoga lake (Priozersk District of the Leningrad Region). Aleksey Revyakin, General Director of GTNS, reported the news to IAA PortNews saying that the crews now have returned to Big Port […]

  • Caribbean island starts offshore surveys with plan for floating wind-to-hydrogen production

    17 July 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Transition

    Fugro’s survey vessel Fugro Brasilis has arrived at the Port of Willemstad in Curaçao ahead of offshore surveys the company will perform as the Curaçao government is working on identifying areas for floating wind development. The work, scheduled to start today (17 July) and take place until 29 July, follows a memorandum of understanding (MOU) […]

  • Hawaii Lawmakers Plan to Link Lanai Island with Honolulu Using Subsea Cables

    23 March 2011
    Research & Development

    A panel Hawaii lawmakers is advancing legislation that would make Oahu electricity customers pay the unknown cost of an expensive undersea… (oregonlive) [mappress] Source:oregonlive , March 23, 2011;

  • Island Offshore Provides Update on Deepwater Seabed Excavation Project, Offshore Norway

    13 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The M/V Island Valiant is still working for AGR Subsea AS excavating along piperoutes on the Northern Extension of the Ormen Lange. The contract was awarded in March 2011 with startup in May, and was initially planned to last for 30 days. The vessel and trenching spread has flushed away approximately 14.500 m3 of mass, […]

  • Falkland Islands are Far Cry from Being Offshore Oil El Dorado?

    10 December 2010
    Business & Finance

      Despite recent oil finds by UK-based oil firms Rockhopper Exploration (AIM: RKH) and Desire Petroleum (AIM: DES), the Falkland Islands … By James Fowler / Business News Americas [mappress] Source: BNamericas , December 10, 2010; Image: Fogl

  • Faroe Petroleum Spuds Anne Marie Exploration Well Offshore Faroe Islands

    26 July 2010

    Faroe Petroleum plc, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and undeveloped field opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that drilling operations have commenced on the Anne Marie prospect (Faroe Petroleum 12.5%), located offshore, the Faroe Islands. The commitment well (6004/8a‐1) is located in 1,106m of […]

  • UK: Orkney Islands Council Urges Talks About Cable Upgrade Delay

    26 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Orkney Islands Council is calling for urgent talks with ministers after the announcement about the delay of cable upgrade from Orkney to Caithness until 2018, Herald Scotland reports. According to SSE, the cable linking wave, wind and tidal developments to the mainland will be completed in 2018 at the earliest. Regarding this issue, Councillor Steven […]

  • Falkland Islands: FOGL to Use Leiv Eiriksson Rig for its Drilling Programme

    6 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

      FOGL notes the announcement today by Borders & Southern Petroleum plc (“Borders & Southern”) that it has signed a substitution agreement with Ocean Rig under which the Eirik Raude, the rig specified in the original agreement, has been replaced with the Leiv Eiriksson. The heads of agreement between FOGL and Borders & Southern which […]

  • Falkland Islands: Rockhopper Secures Additional Well Slot on Ocean Guardian Rig

    26 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    Rockhopper Exploration plc, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, announces that it has entered into a further assignment agreement to secure an additional well slot on the Ocean Guardian drilling rig(photo). Rockhopper now intends to utilise four well slots in succession. Rockhopper was established in February 2004 with a strategy to invest […]

  • Falkland Islands: Rockhopper Provides Update on Additional Drilling Slots and Seismic Program

    14 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    Rockhopper Exploration plc , the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, announces that it has entered into an assignment agreement to secure three firm additional well slots on the Ocean  Guardian drilling rig. Rockhopper intends to utilise these three well slots after Desire Petroleum plc completes drilling operations on its next well, which […]

  • Statoil, ExxonMobil Team Up to Explore 3 Licences Offshore Faroe Islands

    1 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Statoil and ExxonMobil have agreed to explore three Faroese offshore licenses jointly. ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Faroe Islands Limited will acquire 50% interest in Licenses 009 and 011 and 49% interest in License 006, where Atlantic Petroleum is a minority owner with 1% interest. Statoil Faroes AS will retain 50% interest and operatorship in […]

  • Talisman Gets Consent to Use Island Constructor for Plugging Wells on Gyda Field

    7 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The PSA has given Talisman Energy Norge AS consent to use Island Constructor on the Gyda field for plugging wells 2/1-9 A and 2/1-11. The operation is planned to start in February 2014 with a duration of 15 days. Island Constructor is a facility designed for well intervention which is operated by Island Offshore Management […]

  • Norway: Statoil Awards Island Offshore with Framework Agreement for New LWI Vessel

    27 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The third of its type in Statoil’s portfolio the vessel will help reduce the costs of well interventions and enhanced oil recovery. Statoil has awarded Island Offshore a framework agreement for light well intervention (LWI) services from their vessel Island Constructor. The duration of the framework agreement is three years, with an option to extend […]

  • USC Students Conduct Research on Coral Reefs Near Catalina Island (USA)

    15 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      Jim Haw, professor of chemistry and environmental sciences, will tell you not all the best research is done at a lab. In fact, some of the… (dailytrojan) [mappress] Source: dailytrojan , June 15 , 2011;  

  • Island Performer Kicks Off Revolutionary Coiled Tubing Drilling Off Norway

    15 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    At the beginning of the year Island Offshore with their partner Baker Hughes entered a back-to-back agreement with VTT Maritime who had been awarded a contract for ground core sampling above, in what is to be, the world’s longest (25,5 km) and deepest (385m) subsea road tunnel, named Rogfast. Together with the end client Statens […]

  • HMAS Yarra Divers Recover HMAS Bundaberg’s Anchor near Ashmore Island

    24 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Personnel in the coastal mine hunter HMAS Yarra have used their diving expertise to recover an anchor and shackles weighing one tonne from the seabed near Ashmore Island. The anchor, belonging to Armidale class patrol boat HMAS Bundaberg, was cut lose when it firmly wedged beneath a large boulder and the sea floor during a […]

  • USA: NNS to Lift and Place Island on Aircraft Carrier ‘Gerald R. Ford’

    21 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) will on Saturday, Jan. 26th, lift and place the 555-metric ton island onto the flight deck of Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the first of the next-generation class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The ship’s sponsor and President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford’s daughter, Susan Ford Bales, will participate in the event. […]

  • Arctic-Class Drilling Unit ‘Kulluk’ Towed to Safe Harbour on Kodiak Island

    8 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Shell yesterday confirmed its Arctic-class drilling unit, the Kulluk, has been safely towed to a safe harbour on Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, where it will undergo a thorough safety assessment before resuming its journey to its winter harbour for repairs and maintenance. The Kulluk was driven aground by violent weather on the […]

  • China: CIC Lixin Shipyard Completes Repair Works of MV Castle Island

    25 June 2012

      In early June, 2012, CIC Lixin Shipyard has successfully accomplished the repair work of M.V. “Castle Island” on schedule. The vessel is owned by a Hong Kong shipping company and is a 29,000 DWT ocean-going bulk carrier. Her initial main work scope was the treatment of hull & cargo holds treatment and the boiler […]

  • Supreme Court Briefs Filed in Block Island Wind Farm Case (USA)

    29 November 2010
    Authorities & Government

    Led by outgoing state Attorney General Patrick Lynch, groups challenging the legality of the Block Island wind farm approval filed briefs…   By Peter Voskamp (blockislandtimes) [mappress] Source: blockislandtimes, November 29, 2010;

  • Denmark: Green Power Island Could Become Copenhagen’s Alternative Energy Center

    6 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      The proposed Green Power Island off the coast of Copenhagen seeks to be an alternative energy super center for the country. By Lori Zimmer (inhabitat) [mappress] Source: inhabitat, July 06, 2011;