Aberdeenshire firm ThinJack has announced a key addition to its Westhill-based engineering team. Richard Mearns from Aberdeen has been appointed to the role of mechanical technician based at the company’s headquarters at Arnhall Business Park, Westhill. He brings to the job skills in hydraulic syste
Leading classification societies Bureau Veritas (BV) and Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) have signed a three-year co-operation ag… (transportweekly) [mappress] Source: transportweekly, February 21, 2011;
Wood Group announced full year results for the year ended 31 December 2010. Financial Highlights Revenue of $5,063.1m (2009: $4,927.1m) up 3% EBITA2 of $344.8m (2009: $358.4m) down 4% Profit before tax of $254.6m (2009: $264.8m) down 4%, after an exceptional charge of $27.6m (2009: $35.8m) Strong ca
The Al Safliya LNG carrier, with a capacity of 210,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal February 27, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering 21 billion cubi
BG Norge AS has received consent to use the mobile facility West Alpha for drilling of wells 15/12-E1H and 6/3-A1H in the southern part of the North Sea. The wells (the Gaupe field) belong to production licence 292 and are located approx. 240 kilometres southwest of Stavanger, near the UK shelf bord
Last week at the TNO office in Delft a group of over twenty stakeholders gathered. These stakeholders represent the total value chain of the LNG industry. Represented in the project are both LNG producers, transporters, terminals, bunkerers, contractors, engine manufacturers and a variety of regiona
Crowcon’s Xgard IR infrared (IR) gas detector is now approved to the latest amendment of the Marine Equipment Directive (MED, 96/98/EC). This means the low cost detector can be used to detect flammable gases and vapour hazards on tankers, drilling ships, FPSOs, dive vessels, coastguard vessels, ferr
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 488, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7119/12-4. The well was drilled about 145 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest and about 40 kilometres south of the 7120/8-1 Askeladd gas deposit, which is part of the Snøhvit development. The objectiv
On February 17, 2011, a round table session “Environmentally Safe Engineering and Process Solutions for Offshore Oil and Gas Fields Development in the Barents Sea” was held at the Federal Council. The round table was attended by Sergey Mironov, Chairman of the Federal Council of RF Federal Assembly,
Transeuro Energy Corp. announced it has successfully drilled to the logging depth of 3,507 metres in the ‘C16’ Cretaceous interval. Logging operations are now ongoing to acquire the standard set of wireline logs, plus a log to identify the location and orientation of natural fractures in the rock, a
Representing game-changing developments in the international gas industry, innovations in the field of unconventional gas are exerting considerable forces on the global gas industry. The Gastech Conference & Exhibition in Amsterdam next month will spotlight unconventional gas, its place in the globa
The Board of Directors of SGS SA has been informed that Mr. Thomas Limberger and Mr. Carlo di Sant’Albano have decided to step down from the Board of Directors. The Board will recommend the election of Mr. John Elkann and Dr. Cornelius Grupp as Members of the Board at the next Annual Shareholders Me
Rome hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller (picture), Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer of Eni. The parties addressed the prospects for bilateral cooperation and the current status of joint projects. Special attention was paid to the Sou
On February 15, 2011, in Teriberka, materials of design engineering documentation on onshore start up facility of the Shtokman Project, Phase I, were discussed, including section “List of Environmental Measures Including Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)”. Onshore part of the Shtokman Gas Condensa
