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Italy Re-Opens Sound Oil’s Applications for Offshore Permits
Sound Oil, the Italian focused upstream oil and gas company, announces that it has been advised by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development that it has immediately re-opened the Company’s applications for two of its offshore permits; d150DR-CS (containing the Laura gas discovery) and d148DR-CS,
Germany: GES Completes Acquisition of Service Organization of PowerWind
GES Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of GES, the global market leader in construction and maintenance services for the wind and solar industry, has taken over the Service division of PowerWind GmbH, the Hamburg based wind turbine supplier. PowerWind’s Service division was taken over by Global Energy S
Statoil Gets Approval for New Well in PL 265 (Norway)
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-15, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-15 will be drilled from the Ocean Vanguard drilling rig at position in the North Sea east after completing drilling of apprai
Gazprom, Slovenia Sign South Stream FID
Shareholders of South Stream Slovenia LLC, in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa, in Moscow signed a Resolution to adopt the Final Investment Decision on building the Slovenian section of the South Stream gas pipeline. Gazprom was represen
Scottish Renewables Responds to International Energy Agency Report
Responding to the International Energy Agency report, Niall Stuart, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables: “This puts into context the level of financial support given to fossil fuel based electricity generators such as coal and gas compared to renewable energy. “We hope these figures will silence
Research and Markets Announces UK Wind Power Market Report
Research and Markets has announced GlobalData’s new report “Wind Power in the UK, Market Outlook to 2025 – Capacity, Generation, Market Share, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles”. Scope – A brief introduction on global carbon emissions and global pri
Sea Worker, Sea Jack Soon to Work at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm (Denmark)
At the beginning of December, the jack-up installation vessel Sea Worker will arrive at Grenaa Harbour to assist with the installation and will work in parallel to Sea Power. At this time, the vessel is located at the Port of Esbjerg. The jack-up installation vessel Sea Jack, which is currently at t
UK: Pulsant Stores Pelamis Wave Power Data
Cloud, connectivity and hosting provider, Pulsant, is supporting Pelamis Wave Power by helping to manage, backup and store data vital to the development of its world-leading wave energy technology. With operations in Edinburgh and Orkney supporting two Pelamis wave machines being demonstrated at the
Denmark: DONG Fights Weather Conditions During Anholt Wind Turbines’ Installation
On 3rd September 2012, the first wind turbine was installed at Anholt offshore wind farm, and since then, another nine complete wind turbines have been installed. Consequently, on 5th November 2012, ten complete wind turbines plus one tower, including nacelle, have been installed. Five of these wind
Maersk Drilling 3Q Income Impacted by Costly Start-Ups
Denmark’s Maersk Drilling reported a drop in profit in the third quarter 2012. The company’s net income for the quarter was USD 87 million compared to USD 139 million in the third quarter of 2011. The latest quarterly result was negatively impacted by two delayed contract start-ups and maintenance y
BP, AAR Resolve Disagreements
UK’s BP and Russian consortium AAR, joint shareholders in TNK-BP, today announced that they have reached a comprehensive agreement to settle all outstanding disputes between them, including the current arbitrations brought by each against the other. The agreement includes an immediate waiver of the
Germany: TÜV SÜD to Test 30 Siemens’ Turbines
TÜV SÜD has received an order from Siemens Wind Power to test wind turbines in the North Sea. For the Borkum Riffgat project, the TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH will test a total of 30 wind turbines from Siemens. The services include testing of lifts, pressure tanks, cranes, ladders and fall protect
Germany: TÜV SÜD to Test 30 Siemens’ Turbines
TÜV SÜD has received an order from Siemens Wind Power to test wind turbines in the North Sea. For the Borkum Riffgat project, the TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH will test a total of 30 wind turbines from Siemens. The services include testing of lifts, pressure tanks, cranes, ladders and fall protect
Boelen Withdraws as Member of Supervisory Board of Ballast Nedam
Mr. R.M.M. Boelen has indicated that for personal reasons he per 30th of November 2012 will withdraw as a member of the Supervisory Board of Ballast Nedam. The Supervisory Board respects this decision and thanks Mr Boelen for his work as Commissioner of Ballast Nedam. Ballast Nedam engages in integr