On Friday 26 August 2011 Vroon took delivery of MV Scotian Express, a 92,500-dwt post-panamax bulk carrier, built at Cosco Dalian Shipyard, China. Scotian Express left the Shipyard yesterday, 5 September. The vessel is the second in a series of four bulk carriers being built for Vroon in Dalian, wit
M-I SWACO announced at the Offshore Europe 2011 Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition the release of the WELL SCAVENGER* vacuum debris removal tool, which is designed specifically to capture and remove debris from the wellbore during intervention activities. Wellbore conditions can create inefficien
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) will officially inform that having no authorization to carry out ships’ surveys and to issue the RS documents, RS HELLAS LTD, the former RS agent in the Republic of Greece, has issued false classification certificates using forms of documents similar to the
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has won a contract to supply Centrica Energy (‘Centrica’), a leading UK oil and gas company, to supply wellhead equipment, mudline casing
TGS has commenced a new 1,000 km multi-client 2D survey in Northeast Greenland in partnership with Fugro. This survey will enable customers to prepare for the announced Greenland Licensing Round in 2012/2013 and will significantly add to a data set that TGS has been growing since 2008 in this promis
Yesterday at Gazprom’s headquarters, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller met with Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni. The main topic of discussion was the completion of the pipeline project South Stream. The parties have agreed that the project continues according to the schedule. In addition, the participants discussed i
Technip was awarded an installation contract, worth approximately €40 million, by Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited for the Gryphon Area Reinstatement Programme – GARP, located about 320 kilometers North-East of Aberdeen in 110 meters of water. This contract covers installation of 15 dynamic risers, 2
Rocksource ASA (Rocksource) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 6608/11-7S in the Norwegian Sea with the Borgland Dolphin mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 559, with Rocksource as the operator (60%). The other licensees are VNG (30%) and Skage
MSC Divina, the third and latest addition to the MSC Cruises’ flagship Fantasia class, was ceremoniously floated out of dry dock B of the STX Europe ship yard in Saint-Nazaire, France on Saturday 3 September and transferred to dock C for final fitting and furnishing ahead of her christening in May n
Technip was awarded an installation contract, worth approximately €40 million, by Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited for the Gryphon Area Reinstatement Programme – GARP(1), located about 320 kilometers North-East of Aberdeen in 110 meters of water. This contract covers installation of 15 dynamic risers
TGS has commenced a new 1,000 km multi-client 2D survey in Northeast Greenland in partnership with Fugro. This survey will enable customers to prepare for the announced Greenland Licensing Round in 2012/2013 and will significantly add to a data set that TGS has been growing since 2008 in this promis
Shell U.K. Limited has extended the gas turbine maintenance contract held by Aberdeen-based Rolls Wood Group (RWG) for a further five years to 2015. The multi-million pound extended contract includes maintenance, repair and overhaul of 27 Rolls-Royce Avon and RB211 gas turbines operating on seven of
RWE is planning to strongly expand its generating capacities in NRW in the area of renewable energies by 2020. The geographical focus will be on the Rhenish lignite mining region. As far as technology is concerned, the company intends to concentrate on growth in the wind energy and biogas segments.
CLP Power said it is considering raising electricity rates 2 percent every year to cover the cost of offshore wind farms. By Guo Jiaxue (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, September 06, 2011
