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Thanckes Jetty Project Includes Dredging
VolkerStevin recently won a £43 million contract to build new jetty at Thanckes Oil Fuel Depot which provides fueling facilities for the Royal Navy at Devonport Naval Base. The project will deliver a new jetty with fuel loading and fire fighting facilities; the fire fighting facilities within the de
Wärtsilä’s order intake climbing
Finnish technology group and LNG specialist Wärtsilä, has seen its third-quarter order intake jump 19 percent boosted by an order to build an LNG terminal in Hamina.
Fredriksen’s new drilling company receives nod for Oslo listing
Northern Drilling, a recently established offshore drilling company, has received an approval to begin trading in Oslo. At meeting on Tuesday, October 24 the Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit the shares in Northern Drilling Ltd. to listing on Oslo Axess. Northern Drilling is an offshore drilling
Congressional Roundtable on Next WRDA in Miami
On Friday, October 27th, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment will hold a roundtable policy discussion at PortMiami to launch the development of new legislation to improve the country’s ports, locks and dams, inland waterways, and other water resources infrastructure. The W
Airborne Oil & Gas, Marubeni-Itochu Steel in TCP Alliance
Airborne Oil & Gas and Marubeni-Itochu Steel have signed a worldwide distribution agreement for the promotion and sale of thermoplastic composite pipe products. The two companies will cooperate to supply TCP products to the global oil & gas industry in a time when composite pipe is establishing itse
Canadian Woodfibre LNG project pushes back construction start
The C$1.6 billion ($1.26 billion) Woodfibre LNG export project in Canada’s British Columbia has reportedly delayed the start of construction on its 2.1 million mt terminal to make the project competitive in the face of weak prices. Woodfibre LNG, which is a privately held Canadian company based in V
Bibby WaveMaster 1 Hits W2W Milestone at Galloper OWF
Bibby WaveMaster 1 has completed over 200 personnel walk-to-work (W2W) transfers while serving at the Galloper offshore wind farm.
Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee to Meet in Kansas City
The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) will hold its 39th meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, October 31 – November 2, 2017, USACE’s Omaha district said in its latest release. The committee established three new adaptive management work groups in August that will help implement t
Akastor, Mitsui Expand Cooperation to Include AKOFS Offshore
Akastor has informed that it is in advanced discussions with Mitsui, a Japanese trading and investment company, to further expand their current partnership to include AKOFS Offshore. The parties have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding under which Mitsui, together with potential partners, wil
Welsh marine test site gets funding boost
Welsh government has awarded £1.2 million for the development of a Marine Energy Test Area (META) project in the Milford Haven Waterway. The funding will support the work of Marine Energy Wales in developing a network of pre-consented areas of seabed that will support research, component testing, in
Mike Jones Takes Helm at SMD
Tyneside-based subsea engineering specialist Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) said that Andrew Hodgson has stepped down as CEO. He has been succeeded by his deputy Mike Jones, who has worked for SMD for over 25 years. A director since 2004, Jones takes over following a planned two and a half year transit
U.S. proposes largest ever offshore oil and gas lease sale
DOI has proposed the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United States
Golar LNG Partners prices latest shares offering
Nasdaq-listed Golar LNG Partners, a limited partnership formed by Golar LNG, priced the shares it is shedding through a public offering at $25 per unit.
UK: O&G performance improvement specialist goes through management buy-out
UK-based offshore oil & gas performance improvement specialist, Salos Sunesis, has recently carried out a management buy-out with the ownership of the company switching to the managing director. Salos said that, as a result of the buy-out, director Grant Wallace took ownership of the Aberdeen-based