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  • 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

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Atlantic Sea Island Group Drops Plan to Construct LNG Terminal (USA)

    28 June 2010

    Atlantic Sea Island Group is dropping a plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on an artificial island off the New York and New Jers… [mappress] Source: New Jersey On-Line, June 27, 2010;

  • 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 […]

  • Hong Kong Government Proposes Offshore Ground Investigation off Lamma Island

    12 July 2013
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The Hong Kong Government proposes to allow the Hongkong Electric Company, Limited to carry out offshore ground investigation works involving borehole drilling and soil sampling at the sea-bed of 35 locations situated about 3.5 kilometres southwest of Lamma Island. The works are part of the feasibility study on utilising wind energy for power generation at […]

  • TC Marcia forces Bechtel to cancel work at Curtis Island LNG projects

    19 February 2015

    Bechtel informed that regular scheduled work across the three Curtis Island LNG projects has been canceled for the next two days.

  • FERC Issues Pilot License for Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project (USA)

    24 January 2012

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued its first pilot project license for a tidal energy project located in New York City’s East River. The project, owned by Verdant Power and known as the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project, is 1,050-kilowatts and uses the East River’s natural tidal currents to generate electricity. Turbine generator […]

  • German Ministers Visit Mittelplate

    13 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Dr Philipp Rösler, and the Minister for Economic Affairs of the German federal state of Lower Saxony, Jörg Bode, on Friday, August 10, visited the Mittelplate Drilling and Production Island in the Wadden Sea tidelands of Schleswig-Holstein. Mittelplate is Germany’s only offshore oil-production facility and it is operated by […]

  • Quiet debut: All-electric Artemis hydrofoil vessel reaches Orkney waters

    19 May 2025
    Collaboration, Innovation, Technology, Vessels

    Northern Ireland-based maritime design and applied technologies company Artemis Technologies, together with Scottish maritime transportation player Orkney Ferries and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), has marked the handover of Zevi 1, a fully electric hydrofoil vessel. As disclosed, the Belfast-built Artemis EF-12 Workboat XL arrived in Orkney, an archipelago off the northeastern coast of […]

  • Providence delays Barryroe survey and drilling following legal challenge

    30 November 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Providence Resources has decided to postpone its planned well site survey and drilling operations on the Barryroe prospect in the North Celtic Sea.

  • Germany, Denmark probe market for Bornholm Energy Island cable connection(s)

    5 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Energinet and 50Hertz have issued a periodic indicative notice to carry out a market investigation on the planned procurement of cable systems regarding the Bornholm Energy Island (BEI) project for establishing the required cable connections from/to Bornholm. This market investigation is a process that aims at the interaction between employers and potential suppliers prior to […]

  • Kinder Morgan sells stake in Elba Island LNG facility for $565 million

    28 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    North American energy infrastructure company Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) has closed on the sale of 25.5% equity interest out of its membership interest in Elba Liquefication Company (ELC), a joint venture owning ten modular liquefaction units in operation at Elba Island. Kinder Morgan sold its equity interest to an undisclosed financial buyer for approximately $565 […]

  • Island Drilling secures more work for its rig’s upcoming gig in Africa

    5 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Island Drilling has received a third contract extension for its rig from Trident Energy related to work offshore Equatorial Guinea.

  • RW Power installs wave-powered desalination pump off Canary Islands

    2 March 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Norwegian company RW Power has installed its wave energy-powered seawater pumping device for a new set of trials at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN).

  • Minesto flies first Dragon Class tidal energy kite in Faroe Islands

    25 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish marine energy company Minesto has successfully completed the first week of commissioning of its new Dragon 4 tidal power plant in Vestmanna, Faroe Islands.

  • FPP pockets €17.7M for floating wind and wave scheme off Canary Islands

    29 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    Danish company Floating Power Plant (FPP) has secured €17.65 million in R&D tax credits for an offshore floating wind and wave project off the coast of the Canary Islands.

  • Avaroa Cable and Vodafone Cook Islands ink agreement for use of Manatua Cable

    31 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Avaroa Cable and Vodafone Cook Islands have signed multi-year partnership for use of the Manatua Cable. The companies announced that Aitutaki would be the first to benefit with services already transferred to the cable. The development makes Vodafone, Avaroa and the Cook Islands the first to make use of the ground-breaking 3600km Manatua One Polynesia […]

  • Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Facility, Staten Island New York City

    11 May 2010

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Facility, Staten Island New York City 2705 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island NYC Source: GLDD May 11, 2010

  • Island Offshore Bags LWI Contract from Premier Oil Off UK

    29 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Island Offshore, a leading global Light Well Intervention (LWI) specialist, has been selected by Premier Oil UK Limited to undertake a new LWI service contract on the UK Continental Shelf. The win strengthens Island Offshore’s established position in the dynamic and competitive North Sea marketplace. Premier, a growing oil and gas exploration and production company, […]

  • AG Tong: Long Island Sound Dredging Crucial to CT Maritime Economy

    7 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has filed a memorandum of law in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York describing the exhaustive administrative record, economic need, and environmental safeguards that clearly support the lawful selection of the Eastern Long Island Sound Disposal Site for dredged materials. The memorandum, filed on behalf of the […]

  • USACE Awards Contract to Repair Bethany, South Bethany and Fenwick Island Beaches

    3 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company for $17.2 million to repair dunes and beaches at Bethany, South Bethany and Fenwick Island in Delaware. Work is the result of a partnership between the Philadelphia District and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and […]