Senior Vice President of A. P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, Mr. Stig Hoffmeyer (54) has been appointed CEO of Maersk FPSOs and Maersk LNG. Mr. Hoffmeyer brings many years of management experience from various industries, including 14 years with the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, among other, as CEO of the DISA
Vos Logistics, together with Mercedes-Benz Nederland, LNG Europe, Van Gansewinkel and Indox CryoEnergy Spain, has taken the initiative to enable trucks in the Netherlands to run on environmentally friendly LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas). The first LNG filling station in north-west Europe was officially
Wave power is set to make just as rapid a breakthrough as wind power has in the last decade, says Peter Van den Bergh of Deme Blue Energy… (mediargus) [mappress] Source: mediargus, September 21, 2010;
Demand for natural gas is growing in all the major European, American and Asian consumer regions, and the market forward curves show rising prices in coming years. This was a key message at a press seminar in Oslo today, where Rune Bjørnson, executive vice president for Statoil’s Natural Gas busines
Demand for natural gas is growing in all the major European, American and Asian consumer regions, and the market forward curves show rising prices in coming years. This was a key message at a press seminar in Oslo today, where Rune Bjørnson (Photo), executive vice president for Statoil’s Natural Gas
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) put into operation the renovated crane vessel Qurban Abbasov and the ship Caspian Power on … By E. Ismayilov(TREND) [mappress] Source: Trend.az,September 20, 2010,
Dockwise Ltd. (“Dockwise” or the “Company”) is conducting a feasibility study for a new “Type 0” semi-submersible vessel to meet the expected increasing demand for means of transportation for extremely large and heavy production platforms. In order to cater for a prudent financing of this vessel, th
Saudi Arabia and Belgium have set out a new vision of bilateral relationship with plans to forge closer cooperation in the port and maritime… (arabnews) [mappress] Source: arabnews, September 20, 2010
On August 16, 2010, Arne Smedal and Kåre Syvertsen was awarded the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences’ (NTVA) Special Award for their contribution to the development and commercialization of several breakthrough marine constructions, including loading systems that can handle high sea states
A preliminary count reveals that 41 companies have applied for acreage in the 2010 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA 2010). This result shows that interest remains high in awards in predefined areas in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea, even though much of this area has been previou
Turkish fuel distributor and energy firm Turcas Petrol AS said Friday that Turkish energy markets regulator EPDK has approved a 10-year liqu… (energia gr.) [mappress] Source: energia gr. , September 17, 2010;
Social Development Minister Alex Attwood said it was necessary to carry out the work to ensure the river did not become “smelly”. Local firm… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, September 17, 2010;
This is according to the World Economic Forum in ”The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011”. Hong Kong’s wet infrastructure was deemed to be the best in the world, followed by Singapore. The Netherlands came third, before Belgium and Germany. The level of the current infrastructure is largely the
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announced that the drilling of exploration well 16/2-6 on the Avaldsnes prospect has resulted in a significant oil discovery. The well is located in Block 16/2, part of production licence PL501, in the central North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf
