Engineering and construction services provider Halcyon Offshore is buying Cables International and its units for S$30 million. [mappress] Source: channelnewsasia, June 18, 2010;
Contracting Authority Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Emden awarded dredging and pumping works contract to Bietergemeinschaft Hegemann / Bunte… [mappress] Source: ted.europa.eu, June 18, 2010;
CGGVeritas announced that it has signed a Technology Cooperation Agreement (TCA) with the Brazilian energy company, Petrobras, for the collaborative development and implementation of new technologies in the field of Geophysics. The TCA sets the framework for collaborative research projects between P
IHC Lagersmit, part of IHC Merwede, has opened on 8 June last a new manufacturing plant in Alblasserdam, The Netherlands. The company has decided to invest in the latest high-tech production facility for rotating shaft seals in western Europe, despite in these economically difficult times. In additi
Even though the current investment programme 2008-2011, which amounts to EUR 1 billion, is still being implemented, the DEME Group is already commencing a new series of investments which will see 3 new units on the market by mid-2012. An amount of EUR 260 million has been allocated for these new inv
Dredging is essential for the maintenance and development of ports, harbours and waterways for navigation, remediation and flood… (CEDA) [mappress] Source: CEDA, June 17, 2010
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and contractor PUMA have reported that progress on the major port expansion project in Rotterdam at… [mappress] Source: portofrotterdam, June 17, 2010
EXMAR NV of Belgium (“EXMAR”) and LLOG Deepwater Development Company LLC of the United States (“LLOG”) have reached an agreement in principle whereby LLOG will acquire the semi-submersible production platform OPTI-EX™ from EXMAR. The OPTI-EX™ is currently located quay side in Ingleside, Texas. LLOG
Valiant Petroleum plc (“Valiant”) announced the second Tybalt exploration well (211/8c-4Z) has been successfully tested, delivering a post clean-up peak rate of 5,400 barrels of oil per day (“bopd”) and 4 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (“mmscfd”) on a 56/64″ choke representing a combined
In line with the recently approved sand berm plans by the President of the US, the State of Louisiana has contracted Royal Boskalis… [mappress] Source: Boskalis, June 16, 2010;
Water Works — Terra Nova This summer, from 12 June to 5 September 2010, Kunsthal Rotterdam presents over eighty works by painter and lithographer Jeroen Hermkens (1960). From January 2009 onwards Hermkens travelled around the world for one and a half years in order to register the activities of dred
The Dredging Networking Group – a consortium of internationally active companies from the dredging industry, dredge operators and scientific experts – will inform European dredging operators over directly applicable possibilities concerning the reduction of the operating costs for dredging vessels.
Serica Energy PLC has reached an agreement with BG International Ltd., as operator of the Lomond field, and Dana Petroleum Ltd., as operator of the Arran field (formerly the Barbara and Phyllis fields), whereby BG will carry out front end engineering and design work (FEED) for a bridge-linked platfo
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia (ConocoPhillips) has received consent to use the jack-up drilling facility Mærsk Innovator for well work on Ekofisk 2/4-E Tor. The consent relates to plugging and abandoning four wells, and also re-completing a well. According to the application, the work is expected to st
