2638 results found for 'nord stream'

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  • OFFSHORE TURBINE TECHNICIANS: The challenge in moving onshore experience offshore

    14 September 2015

    With a reserved maximum of €18bn for offshore wind development the Dutch Government’s ‘Energie Akkoord’ outlines the instructions and deadlines for the future of this industry in the Netherlands. In the same agreement it states that a cost reduction of 40% should be achieved. Included in this is Operation & Maintenance (O&M) which takes up […]

  • Wind farm support vessels

    12 June 2013

    Since April 2012 the wind farm support vessel industry has experienced success and failure, both large and small. 2012 will be remembered for the number of new vessels built and delivered to operators, but predominantly it will be the collapse of South Boats Special Projects in the autumn that shook this sector of the industry […]

  • Fresh oil discovery making room for potential tie-back to existing North Sea infrastructure

    17 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Vår Energi has found more oil in the Balder area, located in the central North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • Australia: BMT Reports Strong Performance

    21 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    BMT Group Ltd (BMT), the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced another strong financial performance for the year to 30 September 2012. By focusing on markets where it can deliver high-value customer solutions, revenues from BMT’s continuing businesses rose 22% to £156m and underlying operating profits increased to £13.7m, a proportion of […]

  • VIDEO: Giant Squid Caught On Tape for the First Time Offshore Japan

    29 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Ocean explorers have finally achieved one of their most alluring but elusive goals: video footage of the legendary giant squid (Architeuthis dux) in its natural deep-sea habitat. Scientists say that the spectacular film, captured during an expedition off Japan’s Ogasawara archipelago, answers enduring questions about the enigmatic invertebrate. The 6-week mission was funded by the […]

  • Transocean books loss, but sees improving longer-term market fundamentals

    18 February 2020
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Transocean has booked a loss for the last quarter of 2019 as its revenues increased. The company has reduced the loss sequentially and year-over-year helped by gain on termination of construction contract, tax items, and disposal of assets

  • UAE: Polarcus Gets Credit to Finance Two Vessels Currently Under Construction at Ulstein Verft

    21 July 2011

    Polarcus Limited announced that the Company has signed a term sheet for a bank facility of USD 410 million with DnB NOR Bank ASA and DVB Bank SE, Nordic Branch, together with Garanti-instituttet for Eksportkreditt (GIEK) and Eksportfinans ASA (the “Fleet Bank Facility”). The Fleet Bank Facility is offered at attractive terms and significantly improves […]

  • Britain Is Only Just Beginning to Exploit Its Vast Resources of Offshore Wind

    19 August 2016

    Below, we bring an article on the UK’s offshore wind energy status and potential, written by Simon Watson, Professor of Wind Energy at Loughborough University, and originally published by The Conversation. In 1993, nine 300kW turbines were installed on the eastern pier at Blyth Harbour, near Newcastle on England’s east coast. One can question whether this […]

  • Hidden costs of Cape wind after new study (USA)

    11 July 2010
    Research & Development

    A new report on the financial threat posed by Cape Wind to consumers makes it even more clear that Attorney General Martha Coakley is taking the right steps by demanding more answers about the true cost — and true profits — of this beleaguered project. The Attorney General is demanding that Cape Wind and National […]

  • VIDEO: Hydroid’s REMUS in ‘Exercise Tiger’ Shoot

    26 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    A successful partnership between Hydroid Inc. (a KONGSBERG company) and Kongsberg GeoAcoustics has produced the first high-definition images of two WWII U.S. Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) that lie off the coast of South Devon, UK. The vessels were sunk on April 28, 1944 by German torpedo boats that interrupted the Exercise Tiger training mission, which […]

  • RenewableUK Reveals Major Employment Increase in Wind Sector

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The number of people working in the medium and large-scale sectors of the British onshore wind industry, and offshore wind, has risen by 8% in just over twelve months to more than 15,400 direct, full-time jobs, according to the trade association RenewableUK. This means the number of people directly employed in these key parts of […]

  • Icahn slams Oxy’s ‘fundamentally misguided’ buy of Anadarko

    31 May 2019

    Activist investor Carl Icahn is suing oil company Occidental over what he feels is a ‘fundamentally misguided’ deal to buy Anadarko Petroleum. He has slammed the management for “bet-the-company” acquisition for a ‘sky-high’ price and feels Oxy should’ve put itself up for sale instead.

  • Tools of the trade

    16 September 2016

    Cost-cutting. A combination of words warmly greeted in the offshore wind industry and for that matter also the outcome of marine service provider Houlder’s pile upending tool recently delivered for work on the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm development, off the Sussex coast in the English Channel. Construction of the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm has commenced and the first offshore foundation […]

  • IMO’s ship recycling convention will fail to ensure sustainable recycling, NGOs warn

    5 July 2023
    Market Outlooks

    Environmental groups around the world have issued a warning that the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, which will enter into force in 2025, could fail to ensure sustainable ship recycling.

  • USA: GPA Elects New Board Chairman

    26 June 2012

    The Board of Directors of the Georgia Ports Authority today elected Robert S. Jepson Jr. of Savannah to serve as chairman of the board. Jepson was first appointed to the Board of Directors in 2008 by Governor Sonny Perdue and previously served as vice chairman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Jepson […]

  • USA: NOAA Scientists Estimate Gulf Oil Spill Rate

    10 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    By combining detailed chemical measurements in the deep ocean, in the oil slick, and in the air, NOAA scientists and academic colleagues have independently estimated how fast gases and oil were leaking during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The new chemistry-based spill rate estimate, an average of 11,130 tons […]

  • In focus: Window to meet 1.5°C target is closing, urgent transformation is needed now

    28 October 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    As the UNEP points to slow progress on achieving 1.5°C target, it is more urgent than ever to put pledges into action, and accelerate the transition with strong support from the financial sectors.

  • One of the world’s largest containerships blocks Suez Canal

    24 March 2021
    Safety, Vessels

    A 20,000 TEU containership has run aground in the Suez Canal blocking passage for ships in both directions. The vessel in question has been identified as Ever Given, chartered by Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen Marine Corporation. The Panama-flagged vessel suffered a blackout while transiting in a northerly direction, according to GAC Egypt.  “The 199,489 GT […]

  • New Tech Used in WWII Aircraft Wreck Find

    7 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    An endeavor to employ a suite of oceanographic research instruments to find downed World War II aircraft and the remains of troops listed as missing in action for nearly 70 years are the subject of a film by camera maker GoPro and the CBS. Supported by a grant from the Office of Naval Research, Scripps […]

  • British Ports Association: Spotlight on Open-Loop Scrubbers in Ports

    20 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    The words ‘port infrastructure’ usually conjure up images of quay walls, breakwaters, roads and cranes. But some of the most critical infrastructure to port operations is below the water – berths and navigational channels maintained at safe depths, according to Mark Simmonds, British Ports Association’s Head of Policy and External Affairs. All UK harbor authorities, […]

  • Dutch Submersible Specialist to Develop and Build Integrated Rock-Dump ROV for Boskalis

    4 November 2010

    Recently Seatools of Numansdorp landed the largest order since its establishment in August 1999: Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. – the international provider of dredging services, maritime infrastructure and maritime services – commissioned the specialist submersible company to build a unique underwater robot that will combine the functions of a survey ROV (remotely operated vehicle) with […]

  • Dutch submersible specialist to develop and build integrated rock-dump ROV for Boskalis

    31 October 2010

    Recently Seatools of Numansdorp landed the largest order since its establishment in August 1999: Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. – the international provider of dredging services, maritime infrastructure and maritime services – commissioned the specialist submersible company to build a unique underwater robot that will combine the functions of a survey ROV (remotely operated vehicle) with […]

  • ConocoPhillips to Spend $15.8 Billion in 2013

    10 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    ConocoPhillips has announced a 2013 capital budget of $15.8 billion (including contributions to the FCCL joint venture), which is approximately flat to expected 2012 capital program spending. Investments during 2013 will target the company’s diverse portfolio of global opportunities, with approximately 60 percent of the budget allocated toward North America and 40 percent toward Europe, […]

  • Moving Skipjack farther offshore would cut room for future wind turbines

    26 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    The Town of Ocean City wants Ørsted’s Skipjack wind farm moved farther offshore, however, this would affect opportunities to install more wind turbines in the developer’s lease area in the future, according to discussions from hearings held as part of the consultation process for the project’s wind turbine model change from an 8 MW to […]

  • Shell to work with UK, EU after Brexit bombshell. BP says too early to understand implications

    24 June 2016

    Following the outcome of Thursday’s referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union, Offshore Energy Today has reached out to European oil companies seeking their comments on the exit vote.  According to Reuters, world financial markets plunged as complete results showed a near 52-48 percent split in favor of leaving the EU. Oil prices dropped by […]