Dakota Creek Industries, Inc., Anacortes, Wash., is being awarded a $74,141,319 fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2201) for the detail design and construction of the ocean class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research ship. The effort will also include technical m
Bowleven, the West Africa focused oil and gas exploration group traded on AIM, on Friday (October 14) announced the discovery of oil at the Sapele-3 exploration well drilling in the Douala Basin, offshore Cameroon. Sapele-3 drilling update The Sapele-3 well is located circa 16 kilometers North West
Incat Crowther announced that construction is well advanced on three new catamaran ferries to its design. Two 32-metre ferries and one 24-metre ferry will be operated by Riverside Marine to transport workers between Gladstone, Queensland and the new LNG plant on Curtis Island. By focusing on passeng
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering said on Monday that it had secured a combined $1.95 billion worth of deals… Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin and Ju-min Park; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters, October 17, 2011;
Emirates Shipping Line today announces its participation in the EKIS service with NYK which is due to start on 29th October. Emirates Shipping Line has slots on this premier service from Korea & China to India. The service is to commence on 29th October with the first sailing from Pusan. The port ro
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 using the Ocean Guardian drilling rig. Rockhopper intends to utilise the additional well slot to drill a well on t
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $429,162,324 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00024-11-C-2111) to exercise an option for design agent, planning yard, engineering ,and technical support for active nuclear submarines. This contra
The oil and gas group PA Resources has made an oil discovery in the Miocene sandstone level in the Lille John prospect in License 12/06 offshore Denmark. The exploration well will now be sidetracked to a Chalk target. The ongoing exploration well at the Lille John prospect has encountered approximat
“When people on average earnings start to fall into ‘fuel poverty,’ it is clear that Britain is in the grip of a living standards crisis,”… By Dennis Avery (canadafreepress) [mappress] Source: canadafreepress, October 17, 2011
“When people on average earnings start to fall into ‘fuel poverty,’ it is clear that Britain is in the grip of a living standards crisis,”… By Dennis Avery (canadafreepress) [mappress] Source: canadafreepress, October 17, 2011
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by BP and its partners, Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron, to deliver the engineering and project management services (EPMS) for the main platform design for Clair Ridge, the second phase of the giant Clair oil fi
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation today announced an agreement with BP to settle all of BP’s current and future claims against Anadarko associated with the Deepwater Horizon event. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Anadarko agrees to pay $4.0 billion to BP, and both parties have agreed to m
According to official statistics, organized piracy has become a major threat to regional trade and maritime security, costing the global economy between $7 and $12bn per year. Piracy attacks have also been on the rise this year throughout the region as the use of mother ships facilitated piracy acti
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by BP and its partners, Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron, to deliver the engineering and project management services (EPMS) for the main platform design for Clair Ridge, the second phase of the giant Clair oil fi
