The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has committed $425,000 to the city of Aventura for a restoration project to reduce pollutants reaching the northern portion of Biscayne Bay. The project will connect two storm sewer networks to reduce flooding in the area and will also install exfil
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received bids for the long awaited beach replenishment project that includes the southern end of Ocean City and all of Ludlam Island, encompassing the entire shorefront of Strathmere and Sea Isle City. The apparent low bidder was Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Compa
Riverstone Holdings and Proserv, based in Aberdeen, Scotland, have signed a definitive agreement pursuant to which Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund V, L.P., in partnership with Proserv management, has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of Proserv. David Lamont, chief executive officer (CEO)
BW Offshore has chosen DNV GL to provide classification, verification and certification services for the Catcher FPSO being deployed in the UK North Sea. DNV GL is already providing similar services to 70% of the FPSOs on the UK shelf and has delivered all the newbuild FPSOs to the sector since 2000
HKND Group has announced the successful competition of the “Census of Persons, Families and Assets Attached to Land, Directly Benefited by the Construction of the Nicaragua Canal Project”. The Census recognition ceremony was held October 16th in the auditorium of the Secretariat of the Presidency (S
Igor Sechin, CEO of Russian oil giant Rosneft, has said that the company will continue its Arctic drilling operation with or without ExxonMobil. According to Reuters, Sechin today said: “We will continue drilling in any case, on our own, always and everywhere. If partners can take part – that’s good
Statoil continues to expand in Australia, with the award of 100% equity share in a large exploration permit located in the prolific Northern Carnarvon Basin on the Northwest shelf of Australia. This is Statoil’s third asset in Australia, adding to the onshore operatorship in the Northern Territory’s
Ezra Holdings Limited’s Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, has won multiple new contracts from various energy companies valued at over US$70 million. The scope of work includes subsea installation of umbilicals, flowlines and jumpers, as well as provision of services to support rigs. Work has comme
LLOG Bluewater (LLOG) has installed its Delta House floating production system (FPS) in Mississippi Canyon 254, in the Gulf of Mexico. LLOG Bluewater is a joint venture between LLOG Exploration L.L.C. and Blackstone Energy Partners and its affiliates. Delta House FPS reached its location in mid-Sept
The Westmoreland Park ecosystem restoration project is completed and all that is left to do now is to attend the park grand reopening ceremony on October 25th 2014. The park was closed to the public in June 2013 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partnered with the Portland Bureau of Environmenta
Deep Sea Supply, a Cyprus-based owner of offshore support vessels, has on Thursday October 23 taken delivery of the newbuilding Platform Supply Vessel ‘Sea Swift’. The vessel ‘Sea Swift’ is a Ulstein PX 105 design built at Sinopacific Shipyard. Main characteristics of the vessel are: 4.700 dwt, 1000
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District has awarded a $498,973.45 contract for aquatic and riverbank ecosystem restoration throughout Strawberry, Boom, Blueberry, and Little Blueberry islands within the Menominee River area of concern (AOC) located between Marinette, WI and Menomi
Fluor Corporation, in a joint venture with Technip, was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract for the Petronas RAPID project located in Pengerang, Malaysia. Under the contract, the Fluor and Technip joint venture will be responsible for the utilities, interconnecti
Atkins has been appointed by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to assess the opportunity of incorporating a marina into the proposed 2.5sqkm mixed use Colombo Port City development in Sri Lanka. The study is multifaceted and will establish the overall demand for marina facilities, the size of
