Three Scottish oil and gas supply chain companies have expanded into the US market and opened new operations in Houston, Texas. This announcement comes as a record number of Scottish oil and gas companies attend the world-renowned Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston this week, including
Raytheon Professional Services LLC, (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, and Petrofac Training Services announced a first-of-its-kind offering under their jointly owned Hi-Con Training program. The new Tropical Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (THUET) course is being launched at the Offshor
Hexagon Geospatial said that the Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company is now using GeoMedia® Web Map and GeoMedia® for the design of a new GIS system. This system will manage port infrastructure to improve conditions for the movement of vessels on the Danube River and the Bulgarian maritime spaces
Saipem has won four new Engineering & Construction contracts, onshore in Saudi Arabia and offshore in Brazil, for a total amount of approximately $4 billion. Saipem has been awarded by Saudi Aramco three contracts in Saudi Arabia for onshore engineering and construction activities. Two EPC contracts
According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, the dredging projects in the Kewaunee and Manitowoc harbors will be undertaken in the following months. The dredged material from the Kewaunee harbor will be placed at the Kewaunee Confined Disposal Facility, and sand and silt from the
PIANC, the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure, has introduced its publication named “Design Principles for Small and Medium Marine Container Terminals”. This report concentrates specifically on small and medium size container terminals and attempts to introduce current best pr
EOC Limited, one of Asia’s leading providers of offshore oil and gas development and production solutions, has secured an award worth in excess of $40 million including options for the Lewek Chancellor. Under this award with an oil major, the accommodation and construction barge will provide full su
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Coastal Program is seeking applications for a new round of coastal grants for FY 2015 totaling $265,000. The grants are for municipal and regional projects in Maine’s Coastal Zone. The two types of available grants will include:
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Brian Salerno outlined his intent to establish a Houston-based BSEE Technology Center during a panel discussion at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. During the discussion with Department of Energy Acting Assistant Secretary
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, recently completed planned drilling and underwater blasting in the Arthur Kill Channel between the New York Container Terminal, Staten Island, NY and Elizabeth, NJ. For the last time, in this contract area, the contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and D
Reef Subsea has successfully secured its first pipeline trenching project for the industry-leading Q1000 jet trencher on the Sierra L5 pipeline for client GDF SUEZ. This month, Reef Subsea will mobilise its state-of-the-art Q1000 jet trencher on-board the Reef Despina Construction Support Vessel to
The North Carolina Superior Court has granted requests filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center that conservation groups from across North Carolina participate as full parties in the pending enforcement actions brought by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources against Duke En
Duisburg Hafen AG, the owner of the public Port of Duisburg has decided to upgrade their survey capability from a previously used single beam echosounder to the wide swath bathymetry system GeoSwath Plus. The system provides full bathymetry coverage of the harbour basins with unprecedented resolutio
Meggitt PLC, an international company specialising in high performance components and sub-systems for the aerospace, defence and energy markets has announced that its Heatric heat exchanger business has been awarded a contract by JGC Corporation for the supply of printed circuit heat exchangers for
