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  • Developers Want 45 Square Miles of Ocean for Wind Turbines (USA)

    6 May 2011

      Two developers want the same approximately 45 square miles of ocean as a place for wind farms, a federal agency said Tuesday. In December, Providence-based Deepwater Wind and Massachusetts-based Neptune Wind told the U.S. Department of Interior they were interested in leasing an area roughly between Block Island and Martha’s Vineyard. But Neptune never […]

  • Pacific leaders vow to transition away from fossil fuels but ‘loopholes and weasel words’ weaken commitment

    20 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    While calling for a transition away from coal, oil & gas, Pacific leaders’ final text did not explicitly mention extraction and production.

  • 18 Borssele 1+2 Foundations Stand

    13 February 2020

    DEME Offshore’s jack-up Innovation has installed 18 out of 94 monopile foundations on the 752MW Borssele 1+2 offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Innovation is loading the monopiles and the transition pieces at Sif’s facility on Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam and installing them at the site some 22 kilometres off the coast of […]

  • Crew of UAE-owned hijacked ship ‘unharmed’

    27 December 2010

    The crew of a ship that was hijacked in the Indian Ocean by pirates in the early hours of Christmas Day are believed to be unharmed, according to a piracy watchdog group. The 20,377-tonne cargo ship, MV Thor Nexus, was on its way to Bangladesh from the Jebel Ali port when it was hijacked. It […]

  • Hyundai Mipo Inks USD 212.7 Million Worth Contract

    7 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    South Korean shipbuilding company Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) today revealed in a regulatory filing to the Korea Stock Exchange, that it has entered into a new shipbuilding contract. The order for six Product Carriers (PCs) comes from an undisclosed Marshall Islands-registered shipowner. The value of the contract is estimated to be around $212.7 million. The […]

  • Sunken ship near Port Aransas remains a mystery

    30 August 2006

    Divers investigating a newly discovered sunken ship in a channel near Port Aransas said an exploratory dive provided some answers but also raised lots of questions. The team of divers made a reconnaissance dive Monday to examine the ship, which a parasailer spotted this summer in about 20 feet of water near San Jose Island. […]

  • Submarine Cables Between Taiwan and China Completed

    17 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Taiwan telecom provider Chunghwa Telecom announced that the first submarine cables linking Taiwan with China have been completed. As AFP reports the cables link China’s city of Xiamen with the Taiwanese Kinmen island, and are due to go into operation on Tuesday. The cable project is a joint venture between Chunghwa Telecom and China’s three […]

  • USA: Five LNG Cargoes Imported in January

    7 March 2013
    Vessels

    The U.S. imported five liquefied natural gas cargoes in January, according to the U.S. Department of Energy data. Four cargoes were shipped from Trinidad and Tobago and one from Yemen. Three cargoes were delivered to the Everett LNG terminal, while the Elba Island and the Cove Point terminal received one cargo each. The country imported […]

  • Philippines Sipalay flood Control Project

    30 December 2010

    The City of Sipalay is one of the cities in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines, located in the most southwestern part of Negros Island . The place has a long history of land use that contributed to the degrading state of its watersheds. Being a highly mineralized area, mining exploration has been the first […]

  • Clipper 05-06: Countdown to final transatlantic race

    3 July 2006

    With just one more day left in Manhattan before the start of Race 11 from New York to Jersey, the Clipper 05-06 skippers and crews are busy getting the boats ready for their final transatlantic race to the Channel Islands. Despite being the 4th of July public holiday in the USA, North Cove is a […]

  • Sailor dies in Aegean collision

    1 June 2006

    A Turkish sailor has been killed and five more are missing after two ships collided in the Aegean Sea south of the Greek capital, Athens. Seven more sailors were rescued from the water after a Turkish-operated cargo ship hit a Greek tanker. A rescue operation involving helicopters and navy ships is said to be under […]

  • Taiwan: November LNG Imports Rise

    1 December 2011

    Taiwan, Asia’s third biggest importer of liquefied natural gas, increased purchases of the fuel in November for 20.5% from a year before. The island purchased 1,106,015 metric tons in November, compared with 918,183 metric tons a year earlier, RIM Intelligence reported today. Taiwan has two LNG import terminals, Yung An and Taichung liquefied natural gas […]

  • Scotland – World Leader in Offshore Renewables Development

    23 May 2012

    Scotland is leading the world in the development of offshore renewables – according to two senior figures from development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). HIE Chief Executive, Alex Paterson and Director of Energy and Low Carbon, Calum Davidson are both presenting at the All-Energy exhibition and conference in Aberdeen tomorrow [Thursday 24 May]. Mr […]

  • Marienborg Declarations: Independence from Russian fossil fuels drives new offshore wind, LNG plans in the Baltics

    31 August 2022

    Eight Baltic Sea countries that yesterday agreed to build sevenfold the offshore wind capacity currently installed in the Baltic Sea by 2030 have outlined their joint path to minimising the reliance on Russian fossil fuels. Along with the offshore wind buildout, the leaders of the eight countries will also cooperate on grid interconnections and LNG […]

  • Construction of €1B Greek electrical interconnection done, operations in spring

    23 December 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Ariadne Interconnection, a subsidiary of Greek transmission system operator (TSO) Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or ADMIE), has completed what it says is the largest electricity transmission project in Greece, with a budget exceeding €1.1 billion. IPTO reported yesterday, December 23, that the Crete-Attica electrical interconnection had been completed, with operations expected to begin in […]

  • Sumitomo completes 27-kilometer subsea interconnector in the Philippines

    13 December 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Japan-headquartered Sumitomo Electric Industries has completed an interconnector in the Philippines which included the installation of a 27-kilometer-long high-voltage submarine power cable. The project involved laying a 230 kV AC submarine cable of 1,200 MW capacity along a 27-kilometer route between Cebu and Bohol islands, aiming to resolve the growing power supply-demand imbalance on Bohol Island, […]

  • RentOcean Equipment Helps in Cable Loading for Ras Laffan-Halul Connection

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The two new 4000t demountable turntable systems were successfully used to load 2x50km of power cable on the Hanjin Pioneer at the LS Cable plant in Donghae, South Korea. LS Cable managed, with the support of RentOcean’s team onside, to have the job done well within their time frame. The vessel is now on its […]

  • Rebuilding of the Atlantic Beaches

    17 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has just released the latest edition of its Ocean Science magazine, which focuses on the multi-faceted work of BOEM’s Marine Minerals Program (MMP). BOEM’s MMP program helps coastal communities recover from major storm events that erode beaches and threaten infrastructure, but it also helps towns proactively prepare before these storms […]

  • BTC Chooses Huawei Marine to Upgrade Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network International

    5 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Huawei Marine Networks Co., Ltd. (Huawei Marine) announced that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has selected Huawei Marine Optix BWS 1600S to upgrade the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network International (BDSNi). The BDSNi system links more than 20 sites between Bahamas and Haiti, and stretches across about 3,500 kilometers, the longest section of which is 343 […]

  • Lundin hits gas at Zulu

    6 February 2015

    Lundin Petroleum said that, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway, it has completed the drilling of wildcat well 26/10-1.

  • Gorgon’s train 4 expansion gets EPA’s conditional approval

    3 March 2015

    Chevron’s Gorgon gas development fourth train expansion proposal, which is expected to expand the LNG production capacity on Barrow Island from 15 to 20 million tonnes per annum, has been recommended for conditional approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.

  • Highlights of the Month: August 2015

    3 September 2015

    First Gemini Offshore Substation in Place (11 Photos) The first offshore transformer station at the Gemini offshore wind farm was placed on top of the jacket foundation yesterday. ABB Installs World’s Most Powerful Substation ABB has installed DolWin beta, the world’s most powerful offshore converter station in the North Sea. Barge Accident Scars Foundation Off […]

  • Carnegie shifts board

    26 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Australian company Carnegie Clean Energy has made further changes to its board of directors as part of the board renewal process.

  • Gorgon’s train 4 expansion gets EPA’s conditional approval

    3 March 2015

    Chevron’s Gorgon gas development fourth train expansion proposal, which is expected to expand the LNG production capacity on Barrow Island from 15 to 20 million tonnes per annum, has been recommended for conditional approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.

  • CHC to support Centrica’s Fogelberg drilling

    8 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    CHC has been awarded a contract from Centrica to provide helicopter services in support of its drilling program at the Fogelberg field in the Norwegian Sea.