ExxonMobil and Corvette Racing extend partnership
Posted: 19.03.2010
Continuing a motorsports alliance showcasing the performance benefits of world-class synthetic motor oil technology, ExxonMobil and Corvette Racing have extended their partnership in which ExxonMobil provides its Mobil 1 lubricant technology and engineering support to the Corvette Racing team.
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Bonus at Ulstein
Posted: 19.03.2010
Last week, Ulstein Group presented very good preliminary profit results for 2009. This means that Ulstein Group employees in total will receive a bonus of more than NOK 40 million. All 800 employees will receive a group bonus for 2009.
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VIKING prospers despite tough conditions
Posted: 19.03.2010
Tough market conditions weren’t enough to stop VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S, the global manufacturer of safety equipment for the maritime, offshore and fire industries, from achieving all-time-high sales of DKK 1,136.4 million, up just over 6 percent on 2008.
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DNV to open Global Cruise Center in Miami
Posted: 19.03.2010
Long active in the cruise industry in North America, DNV is pleased to announce plans to open of a new facility in Miami, Florida. The Global Cruise Centre will enable DNV to respond more quickly to local customer demand and serve as a hub for a network of DNV cruise ship service centres around the world.
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Strongest operating profits ever for Kleven Maritime
Posted: 19.03.2010
"These results can be derived from increased control in all our activities, as well as the fact that our efforts in improving our processes have yielded clear results. This has been made possible through
unprecedented contributions from all our employees” states CEO Ståle Rasmussen.
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Norway CEOs, Analysts, Inmates Compete in ‘Dead Hard’ Ski Race
Posted: 19.03.2010
The Birkebeiner, Norway’s annual cross-country ski race, is attracting a record turnout, with chief executive officers and prison inmates lining up among saturday’s 16,150 participants.
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DNVs Prunerov assessment shows deviations
Posted: 18.03.2010
DNV’s assessment of Prunéøov II power plant revamp in the Czech Republic shows deviations from Best Available Technology (BAT), with insufficiently explored technical grounds.
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Marlink further extends its WaveCall service
Posted: 18.03.2010
Marlink, the global provider of satellite communications to the maritime industry has announced an extension to its WaveCall(TM) VSAT service which will now cover West Africa and the South West and South East Pacific.
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K-Master receives award for design excellence
Posted: 18.03.2010
K-Master, Kongsberg Maritime's integrated aft bridge workstation has received a prestigious Award for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council (NDC). The award was presented to Kongsberg Maritime on Wednesday 17th March 2010 during the NDC's annual Design Day event.
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Shippingarvinger gir 800 mill. til norsk forskning
Posted: 18.03.2010
De etterlatte etter skipsreder Kristian Gerhard Jebsen gir bort 800 millioner kroner til forskning. Det er trolig den største enkeltgaven til norsk forskning noensinne.
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Miljøseier i Høyesterett
Posted: 18.03.2010
Høyesterett konkluderer i en fersk dom at Hempel A/S skal foreta miljøtekniske undersøkelser av grunn og sjøbunn på Askøy utenfor Bergen. Dette er en prinsipielt viktig dom om hvem som skal pålegges ansvar for tidligere tiders forurensning.
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Etablerer nytt energiselskap
Posted: 18.03.2010
Industrimontage Svenska AB (EIAB) etablerer et nytt selskap, Goodtech EIAB AS og kjøper 80 % av Bergensselskapet Troll Power AS, som er et ledende kompetansesenter innen elektriske prosesser og kraftsystemer.
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Bergen Group to build two new cruise ferries for Fjord Line
Posted: 18.03.2010
Fjord Line has signed a contract with Bergen Group to build two new cruise ferries. The ships will be delivered in the spring and autumn 2012, and the contract has a total value of EURO 206 million.
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Petrobras intensifies the exploratory campaign
Posted: 18.03.2010
The president and CEO of Petrobras, José Sergio Gabrielli, Exploration and Production director, Guilherme Estrella, and Gas & Energy director, Graça Foster, announce a major exploratory drilling campaign in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin in 2010
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Petrobras holds first natural gas auction in 2010 successfully
Posted: 17.03.2010
Petrobras held the 10th electronic natural gas auction Tuesday (03/16), offering 22 million cubic meters per day for a period of six months and with deliveries scheduled to begin on April 1.
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Cargotec continues to book orders for MacGregor offshore cranes
Posted: 17.03.2010
Cargotec received an order for a MacGregor 200 tonne subsea active heave-compensated knuckle-jib crane with a 2000 m wire capacity to a vessel from Toisa Ltd, operated by one of the leading offshore vessel operators, UK-based Sealion Shiping Ltd.
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Statoil highest bidder
Posted: 17.03.2010
Statoil was the highest bidder on 21 leases today, 17 March, in the central area lease sale in the US Gulf of Mexico. "The lease sales are important events for us to high-grade our portfolio and to acquire new promising acreage", explains Helen Butcher, Statoil exploration manager for the US Gulf of Mexico.
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New rig contracts signed
Posted: 17.03.2010
Statoil has awarded a contract to Dolphin AS and a letter of intent to Seadrill for two rigs which will operate on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).
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Aker Solutions signs sub-surface frame agreement with Statoil
Posted: 17.03.2010
Aker Solutions' geo business has signed a three-year frame agreement with Statoil to supply sub-surface consultancy services within the areas of production geology, exploration geology and reservoir technology. Contract value is undisclosed.
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More for less – well delivery industrialisation
Posted: 17.03.2010
"Systematic efforts on drilling and well activities have given Statoil more than 30 extra wells on the Norwegian continental shelf in recent years, and our efforts are continuing," says Geir Slora, senior vice president for drilling and wells.
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Ekofisk jacket contract to Aker Solutions
Posted: 17.03.2010
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, Norway has awarded Aker Solutions an EPC contract for platform jacket and a bridge support jacket for the new Ekofisk accommodation platform - Ekofisk 2/4L.
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Griper inn i fergesaken på Vestlandet
Posted: 17.03.2010
Rederiet Fjord1 kan øke kapasiteten igjen til 600 passasjerer på sine gassferjer. Nærings- og handelsminister Trond Giske har i ettermiddag grepet inn i saken og midlertidig stanset Sjøfartsdirektoratets vedtak.
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Discovery of light oil in Piranema
Posted: 16.03.2010
Petrobras announces a new discovery of light oil in sandstone reservoirs located in the Sergipe Basin, in the post-salt layer of the Piranema area. The economically recoverable volume of oil is estimated at 15 million barrels.
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Sales up at Norway International Boat Show
Posted: 16.03.2010
Exhibitors at Sjøen For Alle report better business than last year, even with visitor numbers slightly down over the first weekend.
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Statoil builds on what they know
Posted: 16.03.2010
”We are committed to offshore wind power because we want to use our expertise and background to create value where we have a competitive edge,” said Margareth Øvrum during Statoil’s energy seminar in Bergen.
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Korean Register breaks ground in Busan
Posted: 16.03.2010
At a ceremony in Busan, Korea on Thursday (12 March), the chairman and CEO of the Korean Register – an IACS member classification society – together with over 300 VIP guests, formally broke the ground to start construction of KR’s new head office.
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Wilhelmsen Ships Service at Cruise Shipping Miami
Posted: 16.03.2010
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has a strong presence at the Cruise Shipping Miami exhibition. The company is participating as part of the Wilhelmsen Maritime Services group.
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Explore Black Sea with Transocean drillship
Posted: 16.03.2010
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Turkey B.V., an ExxonMobil affiliate, will use the Deepwater Champion, a specially designed, newly built drillship from a subsidiary of Transocean Ltd. to explore the deepwater Black Sea offshore Turkey.
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Statoil pushes four fields on fast track
Posted: 16.03.2010
”Our ambition on certain fields on the Norwegian continental shelf is to halve the time from discovery to production,” says Ståle Tungesvik, head of reserves and business development in Statoil.
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Petrobras announces a discovery in an onshore block in Colombia
Posted: 16.03.2010
Petrobras announces an oil discovery in the Balay onshore exploration block, in Colombia, of which its subsidiary Petrobras Colombia Limited is the operator, holding 45% of its equity stakes.
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Petrobras is the best managed company in Latin America
Posted: 16.03.2010
Petrobras was the winner, for the second year in a row, of the Best-Managed Companies in Latin America ranking, published by London-based Euromoney magazine.
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Mobil 1 with new oil to Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Posted: 16.03.2010
Following the FIA’s regulation change banning in-race refueling, Mobil 1 engineers were tasked by the Team to place even greater focus on delivering fuel efficiency through reduced friction.
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MCP appoints new boss for Americas
Posted: 16.03.2010
Maritime Communications Partner, the leading end-to-end wireless communications provider to the cruise industry, has appointed Fred Sorensen as its new Managing Director for the Americas. He succeeds Mr. Steinar Stromsvag who has been in charge of MCP’s Miami office since 2005.
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Restructuring of the FPSO Sevan Voyageur bank facility
Posted: 16.03.2010
Sevan Marine has reached a mutual agreement with GIEK/Eksportfinans, GE and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch which provides Sevan with the required flexibility to find a new contract for FPSO Sevan Voyageur, after the expiry of the existing charter contract.
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Thor Jørgen Guttormsen ny president i Rederiforbundet
Posted: 15.03.2010
- Verdiskapingen i den maritime næringen er helt sentral for utviklingen av Norge. Teknologisk er vi i verdenseliten, og vi skal også i fremtiden spille en viktig rolle innenfor miljøteknologi. Vi skal lede an i den globale utviklingen, sier nyvalgt president i Rederiforbundet, Thor Jørgen Guttormsen.
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Offshore Solutions celebrates 1000 safe connections
Posted: 15.03.2010
Offshore Solutions B.V. (OSBV), market leader in the invention, development, manufacture and safe operation of the industry’s most advanced marine access systems, is celebrating another significant achievement in the operation of the Offshore Access System (OAS*).
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AGR moves forward with Chevron
Posted: 15.03.2010
AGR Drilling Services has been working for more than 18 months in conjunction with Chevron, on the design and development of a fully integrated, Dual Gradient Drilling System (DGD).
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Arranges 2000 tonnes cable shipment for Belwind wind farm
Posted: 15.03.2010
Wilhelmsen Ships Service’s Project Logistics team at Lysaker, Norway has just completed two shipments of heavy duty electrical cable to Belgium, for use in the Belwind offshore energy project in the North Sea off Belgium.
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BW Offshore signs LoI for BW Carmen
Posted: 15.03.2010
BW Offshore has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the use of the FPSO BW Carmen with Ithaca Energy and partners. The FPSO will be employed on the Athena oil field on the UK sector and is expected to commence production mid-2011.
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Ezra orders two large MacGregor subsea knuckle-jib cranes from Cargotec
Posted: 15.03.2010
Cargotec will deliver two large offshore cranes to Singapore-based Ezra Marine Service Pte Ltd in 2010 and beginning of 2011 respectively. The cranes will be fitted to a deepwater anchor-handling towing/supply vessel (AHTS) and to a self-propelled accommodation barge.
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Norge nominerer 80 forskere til FNs klimapanel
Posted: 15.03.2010
– Vi har nominert 80 gode kandidater fra ulike fagområder og forskermiljøer i Norge. Dette er forskere og eksperter av begge kjønn som har bidratt i arbeidet til FNs klimapanel tidligere, men også nye forskere som ikke har vært nominert før, sier Ellen Hambro, direktør for Klima- og forurensningsdirektoratet.
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NSRI appoints academic research director
Posted: 15.03.2010
NSRI has been established by the University of Aberdeen, the Robert Gordon University, the University of Dundee, Newcastle University and Subsea UK. The National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) has appointed Dr. Richard Neilson as academic research director.
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Port Equipment Manufacturers Association wraps up successful AGM
Posted: 15.03.2010
The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has concluded a productive AGM and Member’s Meeting with the establishment of two working groups to lead the Association’s safety and environmental initiatives.
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Marlink Renews Contract with MSC Cruises
Posted: 15.03.2010
Marlink has recently renewed its contract with Italian Cruise Company MSC Cruises for a further three years. As part of the contract, Marlink will install its Sealink VSAT services onboard more vessels, as well as expand its services to include several Value Added Services to benefit crew and passengers.
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Grenland Group to expand in Bergen
Posted: 15.03.2010
Simultaneously with the company opening offices in the Millennium building near Bergen Airport Flesland, Grenland Group has also signed a letter of intent for the take-over of the established Bergen company, CIC Engineering AS.
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Cecon to launch assessment at Davie Yards
Posted: 15.03.2010
Davie Yards Inc. recently sought protection under the Canadian Companies' Credit Arrangement Act from creditors. Cecon ASA, Davie's largest customer, has initiated a rapid and detailed assessment of the performance on Cecon's three vessels under construction at the Davie yard.
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Restructuring of Wilh. Wilhelmsen
Posted: 15.03.2010
The reason for the Restructuring is to position the group for future growth. The Restructuring facilitates independent business developments of the shipping segment and the logistics segment on the one hand and the maritime services segment on the other.
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The Middle East leads the way at ADIPEC 2010
Posted: 15.03.2010
The Middle East looks set to raise the bar on research and development (R&D) at this year’s ADIPEC (Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference) with over 50 percent of abstract submissions being home grown, and the total number having tripled since 2008.
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Aker Clean Carbon in final stage of UK government CCS competition
Posted: 13.03.2010
The ScottishPower-led Carbon Capture and Storage Consortium, of which Aker Clean Carbon is a contracting partner, has been selected as one of the final bids in the UK Government’s carbon capture and storage competition.
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Excellent profit result from Ulstein
Posted: 13.03.2010
“We are very happy to present good results in an otherwise challenging period for industry. Commercialisations of design and equipment packages, shipbuilding at our own yards and elsewhere, and the electro and control systems business have generated solid earnings the last few years,” says CEO Gunvor Ulstein.
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Papua New Guinea LNG project clears final conditions
Posted: 13.03.2010
Exxon Mobil Corporation announce that sales and purchase agreements with liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyers and financing arrangements with lenders are now complete and its affiliate, Esso Highlands Limited, is proceeding with full execution of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) LNG project.
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Wilhelmsen Ships Service dispatches helicopter airframe
Posted: 12.03.2010
The Maritime Logistics department at Wilhelmsen Ships Service’s office in Shanghai has just completed the dispatch of a helicopter frame from Shanghai port to Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Increased oil production from Oseberg
Posted: 12.03.2010
The Oseberg Field Centre recently started low-pressure production, thereby increasing oil production from the Oseberg field in the North Sea.
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Agree on extended survey periods
Posted: 12.03.2010
A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S (APMM) and ABS have agreed to extend out-of-water drydocking periods from five to seven and a half years for eligible vessels. The agreement signed this week covers an initial fleet of 14 Maersk Line containerships.
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OMV awarded two new exploration licenses in Norway
Posted: 12.03.2010
OMV, the leading energy Group in Central and Southeastern Europe, strengthens its E&P
position in the core region Northwestern Europe by adding two more exploration licenses to its
portfolio.
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Friends of a pan-European supergrid launch project
Posted: 12.03.2010
Global corporations including Siemens and Areva sign on to design and install a supergrid energy network at sea by 2050.
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BP enters deepwater Brazil
Posted: 11.03.2010
BP announce a transaction that will deliver a material exploration position in the deepwater offshore Brazil and significantly enhance its position in core strategic areas.
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Aibel awarded contract for Gullfaks and Visund
Posted: 11.03.2010
Statoil has awarded Aibel the contract for “Time-limited Modification Capacity for Gullfaks and Visund”. The value of the contract will be in the order of MNOK 130.
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Natural gas to meet growing energy demand
Posted: 11.03.2010
The development of natural gas resources from around the world will play an important role in the future global economy, Tom Walters, president of ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing Company, said at a plenary session during the CERAWeek 2010 conference in Houston, Texas.
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Gas – the most obvious climate measure
Posted: 11.03.2010
A stronger commitment to gas as a source of energy is the fastest, easiest way to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. This was the clear message delivered by chief executive Helge Lund at the CERAWeek conference in Houston in the U.S.
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