“Our biggest problem is with the dredging that is going on night and day,” Birzebbuga Environmental Action Group president Carmelo Cachia… [mappress] Source: independent, July 12, 2010;
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) consent to conduct exploration drilling in production licence 269 with the mobile drilling facility Transocean Leader. The consent applies to drilling wildcat well 35/1-2 S in production licence 296 in the North S
Dunkerque Port in France signed a partnership agreement with its Shanghai counterpart Friday as part of its effort to increase its business… By Chen Qide [mappress] Source: chinadaily, July 10, 2010;
The UK’s Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) yesterday gave approval to its Technical Review Group (TRG) to proceed with an engineering study to develop new design concepts for well capping and containment. The project forms part of the UK offshore oil and gas industry’s compre
Seismic research vessel ‘Oceanic Vega’ from Ulstein has been nominated as ‘Ship of the Year 2010’ by the magazine Skipsrevyen. “Once again, the jury is pleased about several exciting and innovative designs. The decision will be taken in about three weeks”, said juror Asle Strønen. The winner will be
The average daily production in May 2010 was about 2 197 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is 51 000 barrels less than in April 2010. Gas production was about 9.0 billion Sm3 (Sm3), which is 0.5 billion Sm3 more than in April. The liquid production in May was: 1 853 000 barrels […]
Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that the international rig count for June 2010 was 1,099, up 9 from the 1,090 counted in May 2010, and up 132 from the 967 counted in June 2009. The international offshore rig count for June 2010 was 312, up 14 from the 298 counted in May 2010 and up 45 […]
Azerbaijan and Egypt consider the prospects for expanding cooperation in energy sector, in particular through joint geological and… [mappress] Source: Trend,July 7, 2010;
Endeavour International Corporation today announced that a sixth appraisal well has been successfully drilled and tested in the Cygnus gas field further confirming the field as one of the largest ever discovered in the UK sector of the Southern North Sea. In addition, the Department of Energy and Cl
TGS has commenced a new multi-client 3D survey in partnership with PGS. This project, NVG10, covers a 3,500 km2 area in the North Viking Graben area of the Norwegian North Sea. The project is being acquired by the PGS Atlantic Explorer and utilizes PGS’ GeoStreamer® Technology. “Substantial customer
State Enterprise “Sea Commercial Port of Illichivsk” has received the loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development towards the cost of Illichivsk Commercial Sea Port Infrastructure Development Project. The project consists of a reconstruction of three existing berths, procurement o
The Belgian government’s integrated coastal safety plan must protect the coastal area in Flanders before 2015 against a devastating super flood that occurs around every 100 years. Due to the constant rise in sea levels (2 mm per annum) eight weak points have been identified along this 67 kilometre c
An independent investigation has been ordered by the government into the dumping of dredged waste at Whitsand Bay in Cornwall… [mappress] Source: news.bbc, July 6, 2010;
Fuse “Rosmorport” has announced a tender for the right to conclude government contract for execution of engineering and construction works of crossing points in sea and river ports in Ust-Luga port (Leningrad Region). As RBK St. Petersburg informs contract highest price is 266 million 18.91 thousand
