Braemar Engineering has been named as owner’s engineers by Texas LNG for the Brownsville LNG project.
Technip in Norway has today exercised their first option to extend the contract related to the newbuild Viking Neptun, owned by Eidesvik Offshore According to Reach Subsea and Eidesvik Offshore, the extension is from 110 to 180 days operations in 2015. As previously announced in November, the Eidesv
Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) yesterday officially praised Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Congressmen Stephen F. Lynch and Michael Capuano for the hard work they put into securing that the $310 million Boston Harbor Federal Deep Draft Navigation Improveme
APM Terminals has signed a two-year $6.23 million contract with Amsterdam-based NV Nuon Energy for the supply of environmentally-sustainable wind-generated electricity to power the new APM Terminals Maasvlakte II cranes and container handling equipment. The new deep-water terminal, scheduled to rece
The installation of the gates for the new locks of the Panama Canal has successfully began on the Atlantic side of the waterway. “This is a very important milestone for the Expansion Program,” said Panama Canal Administrator Jorge L. Quijano. “We see how the new locks are rapidly taking shape as we
Braveheart Shipping, in cooperation with Amasus Shipping, has established a crew tender service in Eemshaven. The crew tender service can be reached 24/7 and there is also a 24/7 a ship available. Eemshaven is chosen because of its ideal location, specifically the proximity of many wind farms and th
In order to stop future flooding of the Jamapa and Cotaxtla rivers in Veracruz, Mexico, the National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA) recently decided to execute an emergency project for the purpose of cleaning, de-silting and preventing further flooding in those rivers. The project required a t
Repsol has agreed to acquire all outstanding common shares of Talisman Energy with a total transaction valued at approximately US$13 billion.
ABB and Hitachi have agreed to form a joint venture for high voltage direct current (HVDC) system solutions in Japan. The new entity, to be based in Tokyo, will be responsible for the design, engineering, supply and after-sales services related to the DC system of HVDC projects bringing ABB’s latest
The Queensland Government will consider building two new dams and raising Wivenhoe Dam to better protect Brisbane and Ipswich families from major flood events. Water Supply Minister Mark McArdle today released the results of a wide-ranging prefeasibility study looking at potential options to improve
Dayang Enterprise Holdings has been awarded a contract by Petronas Carigali for the Provision of Brownfield Major Modification Work for Bardegg-2 and Baronia EOR Development Project, off Sarawak. According to Dayang’s Bursa Malaysia filing, the contract comprises major modification work for Bardegg-
Technip has completed the previously announced sale of its Diving Assets in the US Gulf of Mexico to Ranger Offshore. Earlier this month, Ranger also reported the closure of the previously announced agreement. Technip believes that this sale reinforces its strategy to focus on its core North America
Golar LNG agreed to sell ownership interest in Golar Eskimo FSRU to Golar LNG Partners.
Australian oil and gas company Woodside, as operator of the Browse FLNG Development, has advised that a revised schedule into front-end engineering and design (FEED) entry has been agreed by the Browse Joint Venture. To remind, Woodside is progressing floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) as the pre
