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Urucu-Coari-Manaus gas pipeline goes on stream

Posted: 26.11.2009

Natural gas will substitute for diesel fuel and fuel oil, particularly in power generation, reducing greenhouse effect gas emissions.

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China unveils emissions targets

Posted: 26.11.2009

China has unveiled its first firm target for limiting greenhouse gas emissions, two weeks before a global summit on climate change in Copenhagen.

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Shares hit by Dubai debt problems

Posted: 26.11.2009

European shares have been hit by concerns over Dubai's financial health, after a government-owned company asked for an extension on repaying its debts.

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Noreco pre-qualified as exploration operator in Greenland

Posted: 26.11.2009

Noreco announce it has been pre-qualified as an exploration operator for the Greenland 2010 Baffin Bay Licensing Round.

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Shell opens blending plant in China

Posted: 26.11.2009

With a production capacity of 200 million litres a year, and the potential for a phased development to 400 million litres a year, the complex could become one of Shell’s top three lubricants blending plants worldwide in volume terms.

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SES is appointed by Seaview

Posted: 26.11.2009

Ships Electronics Services (SES), one of the UK's leading suppliers and service agents for the commercial and leisure marine industry, has been appointed by SeaView Europe as the exclusive UK distributor of its Radar and Communications mounting brackets.

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10 år etter Sleipner-ulykken

Posted: 26.11.2009

I dag markeres det at det er 10 år siden ulykken med hurtigbåten MS Sleipner.

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Anti-piracy operation depends on full cooperation from ships

Posted: 26.11.2009

Captain Richard Farrington, Chief of Staff of the EU Naval Force, and co-chairman of the Shared Awareness and De-confliction (SHADE) mechanism, updated a recent meeting of Working Group 1 of the UN/IMO's Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) on the latest operational achievements, development and planning.

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Imtech awarded orders to upgrade naval vessels

Posted: 26.11.2009

Imtech (technical services provider in Europe and in the global maritime market) has commissioned substantial orders to upgrade and expand technical solutions on board existing naval vessels of countries including the Netherlands, South Korea, Australia and Thailand.

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Less gas, more money

Posted: 26.11.2009

Russian energy giant Gazprom is unlikely to reach its pre-crisis gas production before after 2012. Still, the company expects to boost revenues already in 2010 and subsequently expand its investment program.

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Siem Offshore change tax residency

Posted: 26.11.2009

The Board of Directors has resolved to relocate the residency of Siem Offshore Inc. from the Cayman Islands to Norway with effect from 1st January 2010.

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US pledges carbon emissions cuts

Posted: 25.11.2009

President Obama will vow to cut US carbon emissions by 17% by 2020, when he attends the climate summit in Copenhagen.

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Tar rensing av ballastvann på alvor

Posted: 25.11.2009

Alfa Lavals IMO-godkjente PureBallast var ikke bare først, men fortsetter å forsvare sin plass som den ledende kommersielle løsningen for behandling av ballastvann. Robert Bjerkås leder en optimistisk avdeling på Billingstad som er stolt av sitt kjemikaliefrie miljøprodukt som bidrar til å løse et stort miljøproblem på verdenshavene.

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Aker Solutions opens new subsea facility at Egersund yard

Posted: 25.11.2009

Aker Solutions is today officially opening a new subsea facility at its yard in Egersund, west Norway. The new subsea hall will add another capacity to the yard and help further develop Aker Solutions' leading position within subsea processing technologies.

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Aker Solutions signs with ConocoPhillips

Posted: 25.11.2009

Aker Solutions has signed a frame agreement with ConocoPhillips Norway for future modification contracts on their installations in the Greater Ekofisk Area of the North Sea.

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Mexilhão platform jacket launched to the sea

Posted: 24.11.2009

The first stage of the Mexilhão Platform (PMXL-1) installation was carried out this weekend. Late November 22nd, the jacket - the steel structure that serves as the base for the platform and is attached to the bottom of the sea - was launched to sea in the Santos Basin.

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Petrobras to inaugurate the Urucu-Coari-Manaus gas pipeline

Posted: 24.11.2009

Part of the Growth Acceleration Program (GAP), the gas pipeline is 661 km long on its trunk line, which connects Urucu to Manaus, and has seven branches that will be used to supply the cities of Coari, Codajás, Anori, Anamã, Caapiranga, Manacapuru, and Iranduba.

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World’s first offshore gravity-based LNG terminal

Posted: 24.11.2009

In a pioneering application for the global liquid natural gas (LNG) industry, GE Oil & Gas technology is powering the world’s first gravity-based offshore LNG terminal located 17 kilometers offshore from the town of Rovigo, near Venice, on Italy’s north east coast.

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Ny forskrift for passasjerfartøy med inntil 12 passasjerer

Posted: 24.11.2009

Sjøfartsdirektoratet har i dag fastsatt forskriften som regulerer bruken av passasjerfartøy med 12 passasjerer eller færre. Forskriften er et resultat av et grundig arbeid i direktoratet.

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Invests over £500,000 in Norway

Posted: 24.11.2009

Leading international environmental services specialist Total Waste Management Alliance (TWMA) has announced significant growth in its environmentally sound ‘slops’ treatment processing service in Norway with an investment of more than £500,000.

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Ulstein celebrates twin naming ceremony

Posted: 24.11.2009

The naming ceremony of Polarcus Nadia and Polarcus Naila for shipowner Polarcus took place at Drydocks World Dubai November 24.

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Innovasjonstoget settes på skinner

Posted: 24.11.2009

Innovasjonstoget skal snart suse gjennom The Subsea Valley, der det settes fokus på mulighetene og utfordringene i offshore subsea og i anleggsmarkedet. Et museumstog med snart 100 år gamle vogner i flere kategorier er rammen rundt det hele.

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Gründer med eget tog

Posted: 24.11.2009

Gründere er ikke like. Noen satser på luksusboliger, landsteder utenlands, egne fly og fallskjermhopping. En av TESS-gründerne, Erik Jølberg, satser på eget tog.

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Automatisk kjørebok sparer miljø, tid og skatt

Posted: 24.11.2009

Nå kan du få automatisk kjørebok som tilleggstjeneste til mobilabonnementet hos Telenor. Erfaringer så langt viser store miljøgevinster samt besparelser i både personbeskatning og arbeidsgiveravgift.

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Schat-Harding sikrer viktige ordrer i fallende marked

Posted: 24.11.2009

I et utfordrende og fallende marked, har Umoe Schat-Harding Gruppen (USH) i løpet av de siste 3 månedene lykkes med å sikre ordrer verdt 60 millioner kroner.

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NOK 1,200 billion from 30 years on stream

Posted: 24.11.2009

Thirty years after the Statfjord field started production, one of the largest oil fields in the North Sea has now become a gas field.

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Nytt ansikt utad for Hernis

Posted: 24.11.2009

Inventas Kristiansand har bidratt i design og konstruksjon av nytt operatørpanel for Hernis, leverandør av kameraovervåknings-systemer til ekstremt krevende forhold over hele verden.

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CPC selects state of the art cargo pump room system from Hamworthy

Posted: 24.11.2009

China Petrochemical Corp, of Taiwan, has for the first time specified all-electric cargo pump room systems for two new 40,000 dwt product carriers. The complete pump room systems will be delivered by Hamworthy Pte Ltd, Singapore.

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Shtokman production delayed two years

Posted: 23.11.2009

Jean-Jacques Mosconi, head of strategy in the French Shtokman partner Total SA, said the first gas from Shtokman would begin flowing into export pipelines in 2015, with liquefied natural gas production starting up a year later.

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Brazil to host Class 1 powerboat race

Posted: 23.11.2009

Rio de Janeiro is the latest city to be added to a growing list of venues that have signed up to host a round of the 2010 Class 1 World Powerboat Championship.

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Completion of sea trials for Sevan Driller

Posted: 23.11.2009

The Sevan Driller completed the sea trials off the coast of China on November 23, 2009, and has started its voyage to Brasil for commencement of a six-year contract with Petrobras S.A.

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Hatteland Display get extension with Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine

Posted: 23.11.2009

Hatteland Display announce that it has signed a three-year extension of its cooperation agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Sperry Marine business unit.

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Sener in development of floating wind turbine supports

Posted: 23.11.2009

The Spanish company Iberdrola Renovables and SENER, Ingenieria y Sistemas, have signed an agreement for the active participation of SENER in the R&D concerning floating wind turbine supports, moored over deep waters -more than 50m depth.

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Ferguson Modular wins energy contracts

Posted: 23.11.2009

Offshore accommodation module and engineering service cabin specialist Ferguson Modular, part of the Ferguson Group, is continuing to strengthen its global presence, having secured several international contracts worth over £550,000 in recent weeks.

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Marlink provides more power to Viking

Posted: 23.11.2009

Viking Line has entered into a new 5 year contract with Marlink continuing its existing agreement for the supply and operation of its satellite communications and the enhancement of its Sealink(TM) systems onboard the company's fleet of ferries.

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GE Oil & Gas supports European growth

Posted: 23.11.2009

GE Oil & Gas has enhanced its European drilling and production equipment repair, maintenance and refurbishment capabilities with the official opening of a new global services facility in Montrose, Scotland.

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Surface testing and subsea landing contract

Posted: 23.11.2009

Expro, a leading international oilfield service company, announce that it has been awarded a surface testing and subsea landing string service contract from EnCana Corporation for work offshore Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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De største utfordringene ligger foran oss

Posted: 23.11.2009

- Det er fortsatt slik at 40 pst. av ordrene ikke er endelig finansiert. Myndighetenes tiltak med økte garantirammer i GIEK, avtalen med Eksportfinans og økte rammer til Innovasjon Norge har vært og vil fortsatt være svært viktig fremover, sier Jørn Prangerød, daglig leder i Maritimt Forum.

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Wilhelmsen Ships Service joins ILAMA

Posted: 23.11.2009

Wilhelmsen Ships Service joins other leading companies within the marine safety industry which form ILAMA to use their membership to voice opinion and provide input in the international standards arena.

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Aker Solutions to supply subsea boosting systems to Petrobras

Posted: 23.11.2009

Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Petrobras to supply eight subsea boosting systems (Mobo) and one ESDV (emergency valve) for the Jubarte field, located in the north of Campos Basin offshore Brazil. Contract value is approximately USD 37 million.

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Melkøya start-up postponed

Posted: 23.11.2009

Technical challenges have delayed the start-up of the Hammerfest LNG plant in northern Norway. The current estimate is that production can resume in 14 days at the earliest.

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Statkraft behind osmotic powerplant

Posted: 22.11.2009

The prototype that will be opened at Tofte on 24 November has been in development for more than a year. The plant will have a limited production capacity and is intended primarily for testing and development purposes.

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Petrobras acquires 50% stake in a Biodiesel Plant

Posted: 22.11.2009

BSBIOS Marialva is located in the municipality of Marialva, in the state of Paraná, and has installed capacity to produce 120,000 cubic meters of Biodiesel per year.

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DNV and Intertek discuss merger

Posted: 20.11.2009

DNV and Intertek today announced that they are in discussions regarding a potential to unite their business assurance activities, and thereby consolidating its position as a world leader in certification, inspection and testing.

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Wärtsilä to design a research vessel

Posted: 20.11.2009

Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading ship power system integrator and solution provider, has signed a contract to design and supervise the construction of a modern oceanographic research vessel for the marine wing of the Geological Survey of India (GSI).

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Horton case closed

Posted: 20.11.2009

Statoil announce that the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) the company entered into as a part of the settlement of the Horton case, has expired as scheduled.

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Hegnar elected new chair of Hurtigruten

Posted: 19.11.2009

At its meeting today, the corporate assembly elected Trygve Hegnar as the new chair of Hurtigruten ASA.

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Adapting to new realities on the NCS

Posted: 19.11.2009

There will be fewer stand-alone development projects on Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in the next few years, whereas the number of satellite fields and maintenance investments will increase.

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Small oil discovery in the North Sea

Posted: 19.11.2009

Marathon Petroleum Norge AS, operator of production licence 203, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/4-10 S. The well, which encountered oil, was drilled about six kilometres south of the production ship on the Alvheim field in the central North Sea.

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Teekay signs up for CASPER vessel performance analysis

Posted: 19.11.2009

Two sea trials employing small groups of Aframax and gas carriers were sufficient to convince Vancouver-based Teekay Corporation of the merits of the vessel performance analysis and hull resistance monitoring service provided by Propulsion Dynamics Inc. of Long Beach, California.

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Ship Equip to provide SEVSAT

Posted: 19.11.2009

Ship Equip, the leading global supplier of VSAT solutions for the maritime industry, continues to broaden its presence in the Asia-Pacific region by supplying its SEVSAT services to a fleet of 30 vessels with PACC Offshore Services Holdings.

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Aker Solutions signs service contract

Posted: 19.11.2009

Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Reliance Industries Ltd to provide support services to the MA-D6 and KG-D6 field developments located in Bay of Bengal, India.

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Dockwise secures USD 24 million contract

Posted: 19.11.2009

Dockwise Ltd. announces 8 new near-term contract wins awarded to its subsidiary, Dockwise Shipping, for the transportation of modules, vessels and jack up drilling rigs.

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Sikrer strømforsyning til øysamfunn

Posted: 19.11.2009

Rødøy-Lurøy Kraftverk har tildelt Nexans Norway kontrakten på levering av 50 km sjøkabel for å sikre stabil strømforsyning til den lille øykommunen Træna på Helgeland i Nordland. Leveransen, som har en verdi på 35MNOK, skal leveres sommeren 2010.

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Setred er årets Reodor

Posted: 19.11.2009

Firmaet Setred er vinneren av årets Reodor-pris. Bedriften har utviklet en avansert teknologi for et marked med stor vekst. Uavhengige eksperter anser Setred for å være teknologisk ledende innen 3D-skjermteknologi på verdensbasis.

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Gulf of Mexico agreement with Rocksource

Posted: 18.11.2009

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data-licensing agreement with Rocksource, in which Rocksource pre-committed to license newly acquired Clearplay Test EM data over a number of prospects in the Gulf of Mexico.

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STX Finland awarded vessel contract

Posted: 18.11.2009

STX Finland Oy and the South African Department of Environmental Affairs have signed a contract for construction of a Polar Supply and Research Vessel. The ship with a value of approximately EUR 116 million will bring some 600 man-years of work.

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More green energy with oil filtration

Posted: 18.11.2009

Some of the world's largest sunlight collector installation, leading wind and bio fuel producers, as well as wave energy experiments took CJC Filters in use to prolong the lifetime of oil and the expensive equipment.

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Innovation award for PRIMAR distributor

Posted: 18.11.2009

Netherlands-based Datema and its ENCTrack service has been awarded the 2009 maritime innovation award for its innovative approach to the distribution and management of electronic navigational chart services.

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IKM Instrutek AS opens office in Bergen

Posted: 18.11.2009

IKM Instrutek AS further strengthens its marine department, and opens an office in Bergen, which will have close connection to the main office in Larvik with condition monitoring, automation, electro, electronics and lab/workshop foe pressure- and temperature calibration.

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