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UK: Green Port Hull Plans Ready to Go Ahead
Siemens and Associated British Ports’ (ABP) plans for a £210m wind turbine facility at Green Port Hull have been recommended for outline approval by planners, subject to conditions. The project, which is expected to create 700 jobs and complete in 2014, involves the demolition of existing buildings
APM Terminals: Productivity is Battleground for Ports (Sweden)
At the conference “Future Ports” held in Stockholm 25th-26th April, APM Terminals’ Head of Project Implementation, Soren Sjostrand Jakobsen, told delegates that increasing productivity to meet customer demand is critical for container terminals. “Our customers are building bigger and bigger ships an
UK: JDR Cables Completes Hartlepool Plant Investment Worth GBP 30 Million
JDR Cables, the leading provider of specialist high performance subsea cables and umbilical systems for the offshore oil, gas and renewables market, announces that it has completed investment of £30 million in its Hartlepool plant, bringing the company into a new phase of growth. The substantial inv
Prescott Calls for Hull to Harness Full Potential of Renewables Revolution
LABOUR peer Lord Prescott has called for Hull to harness the full potential of the renewables revolution. The former Hull East MP urged the city to establish itself at the forefront of the “green revolution” after Siemens announced plans to build an £80 million wind turbine factory in Hull. The form
Statoil to Use Transocean Searcher Rig on Tyrihans Field (Norway)
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has give approval to Statoil for the use of Transocean Searcher rig for re-completion of well 6407/1A-4- H on the Tyrihans field in production licence 091. Tyrihans is located in the Norwegian Sea about 25 kilometres southeast of the Åsgard field. The water dept
Norway: No Oil at Storebjorn, Det Norske Says
Det norske oljeselskap ASA, as operator for Production Licence 450, is about to complete drilling operations on well 7/12-13S on the Storebjorn prospect, offshore Norway The Storebjørn prospect is located in the southern North Sea, in close proximity to existing infrastructure on the Ula and Gyda fi
Gazprom, Croatia Discuss South Stream
Led by Leonid Chugunov, Head of the Gazprom Project Management Department, Company’s delegation made a business trip to the Republic of Croatia. As part of the visit, the talks were held with Mladen Antunovic, President of the Board of Plinacro, on the South Stream project implementation in Croatia.
The Netherlands: Ports of Moerdijk and Rotterdam Strengthen Cooperation
The Moerdijk Port Authority and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are changing their existing incidental collaboration into a structural commercial and operational collaboration. The aim is to strengthen the national and international competitive position of the two ports. Hans Smits, President and CE
The Netherlands: Red Sand on Maasvlakte 2 Beach
The British-German artist duo HeHe will realise a colourful art project on the beach of Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam at the end of May 2012. The project, entitled RODUIN, will involve spreading around 75 cubic tonnes of red sand on the beach, where it will form a large red stain that will gradually dis
Germany: Offshore Wind Industry Positively Affects Bremerhaven Employment Rate
“I was born and studied in Bremerhaven, but when I left in 1996, there were no career opportunities there”, says Ronny Meyer. BY the mid-1990s, the shipping and fishing industries that had traditionally dominated north-west Germany, where Bremerhaven is situated were dying, and there was felt to be
Dart Energy Provides Update on Its European Operations
Dart Energy International Pte Ltd, the international operating arm of Dart Energy Limited, provides the following update on a number of key developments in its European operations, being: Completion of BG licence restructure Completion of Greenpark Energy acquisition Exercise of option to acquire 2
UK: Boskalis to Co-develop WoDS for EUR 110 Million
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired three energy related contracts for projects in Northwest Europe with a combined contract value of approximately EUR 110 million. Boskalis has signed a contract with partners DONG Energy and Scottish Power Renewables for the partial construction
Boskalis Signs Three Important Contracts (The Netherlands)
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has acquired three energy related contracts for projects in Northwest Europe with a combined contract value of approximately EUR 110 million. Boskalis has signed a contract with partners DONG Energy and Scottish Power Renewables for the partial construction of the “We
Wind to Power Oil and Gas Platforms
In their intention to cut emissions Atle Rygg Ardal, a researcher for SINTEF Energy Research of Norway, has proposed wind power as a solution for powering the offshore oil and gas platforms, writes Fuel fix. Yesterday, at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston he presented a paper regarding t