Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that California (SSN 781), the nation’s newest and most advanced nuclear-powered submarine, returned to the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division after completing the ship’s first round of sea trials. The submarine returned July 2 with a broom on
GE Oil & Gas will supply three customized aeroderivative gas turbine-generator modules to provide reliable electric power for a new Chevron floating production unit that will produce oil and gas from the Jack and St. Malo fields in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 280 miles south of New Orleans and
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea workover adapters. The award has a value of approximately $43 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. FMC’s scope of supply includes eight workover adapters for horizontal subsea pr
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea workover adapters. The award has a value of approximately $43 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. FMC’s scope of supply includes eight workover adapters for horizontal subsea pr
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today announced that public comment is invited in connection with an Environmental Assessment (EA) it will prepare on a revised Exploration Plan (EP) submitted by Shell Offshore, Inc. This revised EP involves shallow water ex
The IMO Council has unanimously agreed to award the prestigious International Maritime Prize for 2010 posthumously to Ms Linda (Lindy) Johnson of the United States of America, for her significant contribution to the work of IMO, in particular with regard to the protection of the marine environment.
Van Oord has been awarded the contract for the infield cabling and burial of the DanTysk offshore wind farm project 70 km off Sylt, Germany. The laying work will begin in the spring of 2013 and be completed around six months later. The DanTysk wind farm is a joint venture between Vattenfall Europe W
Barra Energia do Brasil Petroleo e Gas Ltd (Barra Energia) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 10% of Block BMS-8 from Shell Brasil Petroleo Ltda, which currently owns a 20% participation in the area. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The block is lo
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $12,500,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2109) for engineering and technical design services to support research and development of advanced submarine technologies for current and future submarine pla
Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed Marco Polo Marine Ltd, a growing integrated marine logistic group announce that the Group has secured a new ship-building contract to construct five units of barges for a third-party Indonesian customer for approximately S$10 million. Under the contract, the Group
Official responsibility for the administration and management of Terminal Muelle Norte, (the North Terminal) at the Port of Callao, Peru, was assumed by APM Terminals in a ceremony held on July 1st in Callao. With the final documents signed, the APM Terminals banner was raised, and stevedores set to
Kosmos Energy today provided an update on the company’s operations in Ghana, Cameroon and Morocco. Ghana Kosmos will drill an additional well as part of its 2011 exploration campaign offshore the Republic of Ghana on the West Cape Three Points Block. The company has secured additional rig capacity o
ProSep Inc. dedicated to providing process solutions to the oil and gas industry, announced it was awarded $1.8 million in new contracts to supply a produced water treatment system for installation on a deepwater Gulf of Mexico facility and crude dehydration equipment for two oil sands facilities lo
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy advises that analysis of the commercial scale CETO 3 unit data from its initial test run has been completed. Carnegie has appointed independent engineering firm, Frazer-Nash, to verify the results. Carnegie conducted a competitive tender process for the ver
