Statoil’s internal investigation into the gas leakage on the Gullfaks B platform in the North Sea on 4 December 2010 has been concluded and the report presented to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway. A pipeline was being replaced, following the completion of maintenance on a choke valve, when a g
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Vladimir Semashko, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus. The parties addressed the issues surrounding gas supplies to Belarus, arrangement of gas transit acro
If recent Atlantic storms had been fully harnessed, each kilometre of the western seaboard could have generated about €350,000 worth of wave… (irishtimes) [mappress] Source: irishtimes , February 15, 2011
If recent Atlantic storms had been fully harnessed, each kilometre of the western seaboard could have generated about €350,000 worth of wave… (irishtimes) [mappress] Source: irishtimes , February 15, 2011
The Shagra LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal February 21, 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 cubic me
A delegation from Faroese company Articon was in Shetland late last week to finalise details of the contract to dredge Scalloway Harbour… (fishnewseu) [mappress] Source: fishnewseu, February 15, 2011;
Urk – On an outcrop near this town’s lighthouse, a woman in stone perpetually scans the horizon for the fishing fleet returning home. To the… (news24) [mappress] Source: news24, February 15, 2011
Urk – On an outcrop near this town’s lighthouse, a woman in stone perpetually scans the horizon for the fishing fleet returning home. To the… (news24) [mappress] Source: news24, February 15, 2011
The naming and launch ceremony for the 24,650kW self-propelled cutter suction dredger, ATHENA, took place on 12 February 2011 at the IHC Merwede Shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. This was a unique event because the ATHENA is the largest cutter suction dredger to be built in The Netherlands fo
Tordis and Vigdis, subsea fields in the North Sea, recently achieved production of a hundred million cubic metres oil. And there’s still a lot more to come. They’ve worked hard and steadily on the seabed for years; Tordis since 1994, Vigdis since 1997. They recently notched up an overall production
Friends of the super gride Europe has long been a purveyor of renewable energy, but surprisingly it’s been at a stalwart in its initiatives… By Meaghan Clark (energydigital) [mappress] Source:energydigital , February 15, 2011
Sonardyne International has delivered tsunami detection technology for incorporation within an advanced warning network being installed in Cyprus. CSNet of Florida, USA and Limmasol, Cyprus is working with the Oceanography Centre of Cyprus to develop a prototype tsunami warning system to protect Cyp
Firms urged to capitalise on potential of wave and tidal energy as boom in turbine industry creates thousands of jobs, says Andrew Stone. (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, February 15, 2011
The LNG Lokoja, a BW Group Ltd. tanker, with a capacity of 148,500 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s Dragon terminal February 22, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. BG and Petronas between them have contracted for the full capacity at Dragon LNG’s Milford Haven site over
