Water depths at Portsmouth Commercial Port are to be increased by around two metres from early next year. It is the first time in nearly 20… (porttechnology) [mappress] Source: porttechnology, October 22, 2010;
Milford Haven Port Authority announced today the appointment of Dick Moore as its new Marketing Director. Dick brings a wealth of experience in port development, sales and marketing. His skills will strengthen the senior management team at MHPA and provide a strong focus for the growth of the deep w
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for wellbore 15/6-11 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 15/6-11 S will be drilled from the drilling facility Ocean Vanguard in position 58º 34’ 08.32” north 01º 42’ 10.54” east after
The developers of Yamal fields will get zero-tax on gas exports, the federal government decided… (barentsobserver) [mappress] Source: barentsobserver, October 22, 2010;
The public in the US and five European countries favour wind power as long as it doesn’t substantially raise electric bills, a survey has… (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, October 22, 2010;
In January-September the offshore gas condensate field Shah Deniz produced 5,344,000,000 cubic meters of gas, according to sources in SOCAR. By Rufat Abbasov (News.az) [mappress] Source:news.az, October 21, 2010;
Company also signs first maintenance contracts for North Sea power lines Siemens has clinched an order to supply 80 wind turbines for the Dan Tysk wind farm off Germany’s North Sea coast. With a total capacity of 288 megawatts, the farm will begin supplying clean electricity to 500,000 German househ
Joint stock company Ust-Luga and Dredging International signed a memorandum of cooperation in solving technical issues on development of the… (rtdr) [mappress] Source: rtdr, October 21, 2010;
Today, Volvo Trucks will initiate public field testing with methane diesel trucks that can run on liquefied methane gas. At the same time, Sweden’s first filling station for liquefied methane gas will open at Stigs Center in Göteborg. This is a revolutionary step in the development of gas use in hea
The Russian government has asked the Finance Ministry, Economic Development Ministry and Energy Ministry to prepare draft laws to introduce… (RIA Novosti) [mappress] Source: RIA Novosti, October 19, 2010;
The international dredging group Jan De Nul has just taken on its 500th engineer: Maarten Beckers (23). “It is very special to me that we can engage the 500th engineer in times of crisis,” says Jan Pieter De Nul, CEO of Jan De Nul Group. “There are not many companies in Belgium that employ that [&he
A fifth LNG delivery to Belgium has been scheduled for this month, with the 145,000m³ Al Thakhira expected to deliver a Qatari cargo to Zeeb… (argusmedia) [mappress] Source: argusmedia, October 19, 2010;
Iceland’s brand new Landeyjahofn harbour, built for the Westman Islands ferry, continues to cause expensive headaches… (icenews) [mappress] Source: icenews, October 19, 2010;
Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited (“Ithaca” or “the Company”), an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, announced stable production from the first workover well on Beatrice Alph
