Chatham Rock Phosphate’s proposal for seabed mining on the Chatham Rise involves very limited environmental risks in a small area, counsel James Winchester told the Environmental Protection Authority today. In his closing submission he said this is a good project that has demonstrated it is worthy o
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is proposing maintenance and repair of the Nantucket Harbor east and west jetties in Nantucket, Mass. The proposed work involves urgently needed repair and maintenance of the east and west jetties of the Nantucket Harbor Federal Navigation Proj
The International Seabed Authority and the L’Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (Ifremer) have signed a 15-year contract for exploration for polymetallic sulphides. The contract was signed in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 18 November 2014 by the Secretary-General of the Au
Cairn and its Joint Venture (JV) partners have completed operations on the SNE-1 well in Senegal and plans are now underway to appraise the discovery next year. Having discovered oil in the upper clastic target, no hydrocarbons were subsequently encountered in the deeper target of karstified and fra
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will continue its provision of engineering, procurement and construction services to the Hibernia platform, offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, under a new multi-million dollar, five-year contract extension from Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC). Since fi
Wison Offshore & Marine has selected Aveva Marine software for its FSRU projects.
ShawCor Ltd. today announced that its pipe coating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a second contract with a value of approximately US$200 million from BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Limited for pipeline coating for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project. ShawCor says the contract is scheduled
UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has issued a contract notice for a project of up to GBP 10 million in an effort to form an energy technical specialist framework. DECC plans to appoint suppliers for technical support for determination, evaluation and delivering the UK energy and cli
UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has issued a contract notice for a project of up to GBP 10 million in an effort to form an energy technical specialist framework. DECC plans to appoint suppliers for technical support for determination, evaluation and delivering the UK energy and cli
U.S. Senator David Vitter, Louisiana, yesterday highlighted importance of domestic energy production, following the first oil at Tubular Bells, a deepwater oil and gas field off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Tubular Bells utilizes the first classic spar built in the United States. Th
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced that GX Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ION Geophysical Corporation, will start the first phase of seismic data acquisition on November 19, 2014 for the LibyaSPAN™ multi-client 2D regional survey in the Libyan territorial waters of the Me
A major £36 million coast protection project between Clacton and Holland-on-Sea was under the spotlight during a visit from the regional flood and coast committee. Members of the committee attended the latest section of the construction site as well as the education center at Holland Haven as part o
SeaBird, a provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, has received a letter of intent (LOI) for a 2D seismic survey in the South East Asia region. SeaBird specializes in high quality operations within the high end of the source vessel and 2D market, as well as in the shallow/deep
DSC Dredge LLC, a Louisiana based company highly specialized in production of portable dredges, has over the years developed to become one of the leaders in dredge manufacturing industry. This success was built on a platform of extreme commitment to its customers, meeting their specific application
