Halliburton announced that it has acquired The Permedia Research Group: industry leading suppliers of petroleum systems modeling software and services. Permedia’s tools and expertise enable oil and gas companies to better assess exploration risk and manage the cost of developing deepwater, sub-salt
Orion Marine Group, Inc., a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced Mike Pearson, Orion Marine Group’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the 9th Annual D.A. Davidson & Co. Engineering & Construction Conference on Tuesday, Se
The new lock, with dimensions of 225 m x 25 m, will make the Meuse between Namur and Liège more accessible for vessels up to 4,500 ton. The construction of the lock is challenging because it is located in the middle of the river Meuse. The first, existing lock in Ivoz-Ramet has to stay into [&hellip
BRITISH consumers are coughing up £1billion a year to support renewable energy without realising it, a leading expert revealed yesterday.And… (express) [mappress] Source: express, September 24, 2010;
Wind energy development plans in Massachusetts are drifting away from Martha’s Vineyard and toward an area in federal waters off both the… By Janet Hefler (mvtimes) [mappress] Source: mvtimes, September 24, 2010;
Dolphin AS, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has entered into a Letter of Award with Lundin Norway AS for a 2 wells drilling contract for the semi submersible drilling rig Bredford Dolphin for operation on the Norwegian continental shelf with estimated commencement in January/February 2011. T
Foster Findlay Associates Ltd (“ffA”) and Statoil ASA (“Statoil”) have agreed a continuation of their ongoing Research and Development Collaboration. This is the sixth phase of the collaboration, which has allowed the companies to work together in producing state-of-the-art 3D seismic analysis capab
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced today it will be presenting at the 9th Annual D.A. Davidson & Co. Engineering & Construction Conference on Tuesday, September 28, 2010. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. (ET)/4:30 p.m. (CT). A live webcast of the presentation will be
Endeavour International Corporation announced that John G. Williams, executive vice president – exploration, will retire effective September 30, 2010. Since joining Endeavour in 2007, he has been a member of the company’s executive committee assigned to the company’s London office as head of explora
McDermott International, Inc. , announced that one of its subsidiaries was awarded a Contract Release Purchase Order under the Offshore Maintain Potential Project, as part of the Long Term Agreement with Saudi Aramco. This award was included in McDermott’s second quarter 2010 backlog. “Our ability t
Sigma Offshore, which has developed a pioneering mooring and fluid transfer system for oil and gas production vessels, has opened a new office in Singapore. Sigma’s Eirik Refstie moves from the company’s Oslo base to head up the new Singapore office ahead of the FPSO Asia Congress in Singapore on Se
Perth-based TSmarine Asia Pacific has been awarded the Halyard Field Development offshore installation contract valued at more than $AU22m by Apache Energy Limited. The contract involves transporting and installing 16km of flexible flowline and 28km of control umbilical connecting the Halyard 1 well
Mainboard listed Technics Oil and Gas Limited (“Technics” or together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a leading full service integrator of compression systems and process modules for the global offshore oil and gas sector, today announced that it has secured another EPCC contract from JV Vietso
Bjørge Gretland has informed Badger Explorer ASA that he will resign as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors effective from 4 October 2010 due to the fact that he has moved to Silicon Valley (California) for the duration of one year. Following this, the Board of Directors will comprise Rolf
