The Environment Agency is currently working on a £15.3 million flood alleviation scheme that will reduce the risk of flooding from Salmons Brook in north London. This multi-site scheme will protect 1,393 properties (2,587 homes, as some of the properties are flats). Of these, 727 homes will see thei
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
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
Lundin Petroleum’s subsidiary, Lundin Norway, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 26/10-1, off Norway. The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Zulu prospect in PL674BS, which is located 100 km west of Stavanger on the Norwegian west coast and approximately 30 km northeast of th
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) has been allowed to increase production from the Huntington field, located in the UK North Sea. Huntington production in January has been stable but restricted to approximately 1 500 bopd net to Noreco. While the CATS riser platform will remain closed at least until
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has provided an update on proposed changes to dredging and disposal activities on behalf of HMNB Devonport. The MMO recently held negotiations with representatives of the ‘Stop Dumping in Whitsand Bay’ campaign group which brought a claim for judicial review
TGE Marine informed that in mid-January it has delivered the skid-mounted LNG fuel gas package units destined for the conversion of the first Qatari Q-max carrier to run on LNG or HFO.
TGE Marine informed that in mid-January it has delivered the skid-mounted LNG fuel gas package units destined for the conversion of the first Qatari Q-max carrier to run on LNG or HFO.
The second phase of the Hulhumalé Dredging & Reclamation project in the Maldives is in full swing. DEME’s Dredging International started recently the land reclamation works on the Phase II of the project. This project will add another 240 ha of new land to the island. The required volume, around 6 m
ABB said it has won a contract worth more than $50 million to supply the electrical system for one of the world’s first commercial FLNG facilities, and the second to be owned by Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas.
ABB said it has won a contract worth more than $50 million to supply the electrical system for one of the world’s first commercial FLNG facilities, and the second to be owned by Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas.
