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  • Popular news, May 25 – 31, 2015

    31 May 2015

    As the end of the last week of May approaches, we are bringing the weekly summary of the most popular articles on Offshore Energy Today. The most read story was the one on a man who was sentenced for lying to Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) inspectors in relation to the veracity of blowout preventer […]

  • Keppel Merlimau Cogen Commences 800 MW Expansion (Singapore)

    21 October 2010

    Keppel Energy Pte Ltd (Keppel Energy), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Limited, will commence the 800 MW expansion of its natural gas-fired Keppel Merlimau Cogen plant (KMC), on Jurong Island. Expected to be completed by 2013, the expansion will boost KMC’s generation capacity to 1,300 MW from its current capacity of 500 MW. When […]

  • UEA: ADOC Hires Mott MacDonald for Hail Oilfield Development

    26 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Mott MacDonald has been appointed project management consultant by the Abu Dhabi Oil Company Limited (ADOC) for the development of the Hail offshore oilfield in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Located approximately 10km south of Mubarraz Island, the expansion will increase current production and secure safe production for 30 years. The Hail offshore oilfield is located adjacent […]

  • USA: Virginia’s Offshore Wind Potential Attracts Nine Companies

    14 February 2013

    An area designated for development of wind energy off Virginia’s coast has attracted a number of companies interested in construction of offshore wind farms there. Last year’s list of eight companies now has a new potential developer, Sea Breeze Energy LLC, which has shown its intention to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to […]

  • Funding Announced for Detroit and Rogue AOC

    24 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Michigan’s U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, both members of the Great Lakes Task Force, have announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is awarding $765,605 to fund habitat restoration projects for the Detroit River and Rouge River Areas of Concern (AOC). “Our lakes and waterways are part of who we are and […]

  • Major Milestone for Tangier Jetty, USACE Opens Contract Solicitation

    19 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Progress towards constructing a navigation improvement project for Tangier Island is hitting a major milestone this month. The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, issued a solicitation for an unrestricted, firm fixed price, invitation for bid (IFB) for construction of a jetty located on the small island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. […]

  • Comparing Approaches to Benthic Habitat Mapping

    22 April 2014
    Environment, Research & Development

    Researchers at the Graduate School of Oceanography and Department of Geosciences at the University of Rhode Island have compared top-down and bottom-up approaches to benthic habitat mapping, as a response to increased interest in ocean renewables in the United States. The research was conducted at two sites offshore Rhode Island considered for wind farm development. […]

  • Toll gets marine logistics contract from Chevron

    18 August 2014

    Toll Group has been awarded a contract by Chevron Australia for the supply of marine logistics services that is expected to generate revenues of approximately $100 million over five years. The work involves logistics support for Chevron’s Western Australia operations, including the company’s LNG asset on Barrow Island, 60 kilometres northwest of Western Australia. Toll […]

  • Gladstone LNG exports edge up in October

    13 November 2020
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    LNG exports from the three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island off Gladstone edged up when compared to the corresponding month in 2019.

  • Leiv Eiriksson Rig En Route to the Falklands

    4 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, said  that the Leiv Eiriksson rig has been released by Cairn Energy PLC from drilling operations in Greenland and is now en route to the Falkland Islands for the upcoming B&S and FOGL […]

  • USACE Announces New Programmatic Biological Opinion – JaxBo

    4 December 2017
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District Regulatory Division, has received a new Programmatic Biological Opinion (PBO), referred to as ‘JaxBO,’ from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The main aim of PBO is to address consultation requirements for certain activities that may affect federally listed threatened and endangered species occurring throughout the State […]

  • Brisbane to Gladstone crews prepare for weather

    28 March 2007

    Sunshine Coast Brisbane to Gladstone Race crews have sensibly packed extra dry clothes in their sea bags in preparation to spend a wet and windy Easter at sea. Their pre-race preparation has been prompted by the strong winds and foam crested waves that relentlessly crashed over the rocks at Pt Cartwright, Mudjimba Island and Noosa […]

  • Three die, eight missing after shipwreck off Italy

    8 June 2006

    Three people died and eight were missing today after a boat packed with immigrants seeking entry into Europe sank off the Mediterranean islands of Sicily and Malta, coast guard officials said. Italy’s navy dispatched rescuers to search for the missing migrants after 16 of them were pulled from the water overnight by an Italian fishing […]

  • Columbia ports agree on dredging mitigation plan

    1 August 2008

    VANCOUVER, Wash. — Lower Columbia River ports plan to create 128 acres of wetlands on Cottonwood Island to compensate for ecological damage caused by dredging. The plan was announced Wednesday by six ports in Washington and Oregon and the Corps of Engineers. The wetlands will mitigate damage from the dredging under way to deepen the […]

  • Two cargo ships collide off Japan

    10 March 2009

    An extensive search operation is under way off an island in central Japan after two cargo ships collided. One, a South Korean vessel with 16 crew members, is missing and feared sunk. The other, a Panama-registered cargo ship, was damaged but its crew is safe. The Japanese Coast Guard has six patrol vessels and three […]

  • Total Awarded Three Exploration Licenses

    15 February 2007

    Total announces that it has been awarded the three production licenses it applied for under the 24th Oil and Gas Licensing Round of the United Kingdom’s Department of Trade and Industry. Total will have a 36% interest in Blocks 206/3 and 206/4. Located 80 kilometres West of the Shetland Islands, the two blocks enhance the […]

  • DG, Shipping to conduct survey of vessel stranded in Lakshadweep

    20 July 2006

    No decision has been taken on salvaging the trawler Isabel III, which ran aground on a coral reef in Lakshadweep on Saturday even as fears of an oil spill from the vessel is causing concern to authorities here. Police said a team from the Directorate General of Shipping arrived here today and would conduct an […]

  • Joint venture to build cutter suction dredgers in Bangladesh

    28 October 2009

    Local news sources in Bangladesh report that dredgers are to be built in the Asian by a local shipbuilding company following a joint venture agreement with a Dutch firm. The joint venture, Vosta LMG-Karnafuly Joint Venture Consortium, a Netherlands-Germany-Bangladesh Joint Venture, will undertake the work, after a contract was signed between the Bangladesh Inland Water […]

  • VIDEO: Manatee County Beach Renourishment Project

    21 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A nearly $17 million worth Manatee County beach renourishment project has been completed. Covering approximately 5 miles, the 2014 Anna Maria Island renourishment project was Manatee County most extensive project to date. Works on the project began in December 2013 and were completed in April 2014. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, July 21, 2014    

  • REGENT: New phase in seaglider prototype development kicks off

    2 October 2024
    Infrastructure, Innovation, Vessels

    REGENT Craft, a US manufacturer of all-electric seagliders, has begun hardware and systems integration of its full-scale seaglider prototype, a key step forward in the company’s journey to revolutionize regional coastal mobility.

  • UK: Hatston Pier Official Opening Announced

    25 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Scotland’s longest commercial deep-water berth has been created in Orkney with the completion of a new extension at Hatston Pier. The 160-metre extension to the existing 225-metre pier will be officially opened next week by Neil Kermode, Managing Director of EMEC, the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre. The £8 million project is a key component […]

  • Fate of Coral Reefs Threatened by Phosphate Mining

    12 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown the impact phosphate mining is having on coral reefs. The study looked at coral reefs around Christmas Island, where there’s been extensive phosphate mining for around 100 years. Lead researcher Dr Jennie Mallela says in areas near the island’s mining ‘hot spots’ the reef […]

  • Multraship Adds Two Damen ASD 2810 Tugs

    19 April 2013

    Leading towage and salvage specialist Multraship has continued its fleet renewal programme with confirmation that it has bought two new Damen ASD 2810-type tugs with state-of-the-art FiFi 1 firefighting capabilities. The tugs, to be named Multratug 26 and Multratug 27, are being built in Romania for delivery in June/July 2013. Contracts for the two tugs […]

  • Third Holland Class OPV ‘Friesland’ Joins Royal Netherlands Navy Fleet

    12 April 2012

    On Wednesday April 11th, in Harlingen the third of four Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels, “Friesland” built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the Royal Netherlands Navy, was transferred to the Defence Materiel Organization of the Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands. After delivery the Friesland will directly start an extensive testing and work-up program, […]

  • Record $5.4 bln exploration bonanza set for 2009

    12 September 2008

    A record 31.4 billion crowns (US $5.4 billion) will be spent on oil and gas exploration on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in 2009, according to Statistics Norway. That compares with the 25.1 billion crowns expected to be spent on oil and gas exploration in 2008 – and reflects the race by international energy groups to […]