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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Alu Design & Services named sole supplier for Sletten
Posted: 18.11.2009
Alu Design & Services announced today that it has been named the sole supplier for the maritime electronics company Sletten Electronics’ ConceptBridge™. The resulting first award for four pilot chairs and four deck rails has been delivered to Havyard Tomrefjord for the vessel Havila Borg.
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DNV launches the Port State Control Toolkit
Posted: 18.11.2009
Following a slight rise in the detention rate of DNV-classed vessels in 2008, DNV has moved quickly to develop and launch its Port State Control Toolkit.
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Study contract awarded to Sevan
Posted: 18.11.2009
Det Norske Oljeselskap has awarded Sevan Marine a contract to conduct a study for the potential application of a Sevan FPSO for the Frøy field development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
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Leveraging DNV´s in-house competence
Posted: 17.11.2009
With a multi-disciplinary team involving engineers, psychologists and organizational sociologists, the Safety Excellence project team now working with BWGas to improve safety performance is bringing new insight into a very human issue: Safety Culture.
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New oil discovery in Angola
Posted: 17.11.2009
Sonangol and Petrobras announced the discovery of oil of excellent quality in well Manganês-01, in Block 18/06, in deep waters 200 km away from Luanda.
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Forms joint venture
Posted: 17.11.2009
Petrobras and BG Group form a joint venture to design and build an onboard natural gas liquefaction unit for the Santos Basin’s Pre-Salt Pole.
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New Finland office for Wilhelmsen Ships Service
Posted: 17.11.2009
For the first time in the company’s twenty year history in Finland, Wilhelmsen Ships Service now has an office and a warehouse under the same roof, making operations much more flexible. The new warehouse and office are located in Espoo, with good highway connections to Helsinki.
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Expectations for Copenhagen
Posted: 17.11.2009
”We have expectations that our world leaders take an important step along the way from ambition to action, at the climate summit in Copenhagen,” said chief executive Helge Lund at Statoil’s autumn conference in Oslo today.
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Energy is key for climate solutions
Posted: 17.11.2009
Held by Terje Riis-Johansen, minister of Petroleum and Energy, at det World Energy Outlook 2009 presentation in Oslo November 17th.
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‘Green’ ships a growing trend in the maritime industry
Posted: 17.11.2009
Imtech Marine Group (global technical services provider) has been commissioned to supply the entire ‘green’ technical infrastructure on board Greenpeace’s new flagship ‘Rainbow Warrior III’.
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Faulty geology scuppers pioneering project
Posted: 17.11.2009
Stratigraphic studies by the NPD in the wake of an oil leak on Tordis in 2008 have shown that the Utsira formation is not present where an injection well was drilled for this North Sea field.
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