Working in partnership with Central Bedfordshire Council, the Environment Agency on Friday, February 6th, started the second phase of work to help reduce the risk of flooding to properties in Leighton Buzzard’s Carina Drive. Paul Burrows, Flood and Coastal Risk Manager for the Environment Agency, sa
The East Bank levee project for Plaquemines Parish is well underway. Contract A which deals with the six mile stretch of East Bank back levee from Braithwaite to Scarsdale is under construction. This stretch is about 45% complete at the elevation of 12.5 feet, which is the design grade of this levee
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (February 02 – February 08). Shell’s announcement on awarding the Brent field decommissioning contract to the Allseas’ Pieter Schelte attracted comments and reactions from maritime workers union. Accor
The First Minister of Wales, Rt. Hon Carwyn Jones, has visited the Northern Gateway Flood Defense Strengthening Scheme, in Deeside, as part of his commitment to kick-start the development of the largest strategic employment site in North Wales. On visiting the site, the First Minister was given a to
The Takoradi Port dredging program, that will pave the way for other development projects to follow, is in full swing and on track for completion by late March or early April 2015. Jan De Nul’s Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) Nicolo Machiavelli is working on the project and has so far removed over 100,
Flemish minister Ben Weyts (Mobility and Public Works) and Dutch minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and Environmental Affairs) yesterday signed a treaty for the construction of the New Lock Terneuzen. The New Lock Terneuzen will improve the access to the ports of Ghent and Terneuzen
The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) has awarded Saipem a $1.8 billion contract for the construction of two 95 kilometer pipelines for the Kashagan field project, located in the Kazakh waters of the Caspian Sea. ERSAI Caspian Contractor LLC, a subsidiary of Saipem, will perform the contract. T
Saipem, through its subsidiary ERSAI Caspian Contractor LLC, has been awarded new Engineering & Construction contract for the Kashagan field project, located in the Kazakh waters of the Caspian Sea, valued at approximately $1.8 billion. The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) has awarded Saipem a
Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum informed that Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company signed an LNG supply deal with Swiss commodity trading house Trafigura.
Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum informed that Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company signed an LNG supply deal with Swiss commodity trading house Trafigura.
The Murray Mouth will be closed to boating traffic for up to three weeks as dredging to remove excess sand resumes. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources’ Manager Water Resource Operations, Jarrod Eaton said the closure would be effective from today. “Dredging was interrupted late l
Canacol Energy said that its Colombian unit CNE Oil & Gas, as operator of the VIM 5 Exploration and Production contract in Colombia, executed a new 15 year take or pay contract for the sale of 35 million standard cubic feet per day of gas to Altenesol LNG Colombia commencing in the fourth quarter of
Canacol Energy said that its Colombian unit CNE Oil & Gas, as operator of the VIM 5 Exploration and Production contract in Colombia, executed a new 15 year take or pay contract for the sale of 35 million standard cubic feet per day of gas to Altenesol LNG Colombia commencing in the fourth quarter of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District awarded a contract modification in the amount of $808,139 to Orion Marine Inc., to conduct maintenance dredging at the channel to Port Mansfield between the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the entrance to the port, a distance of approximately one m
