A leading US firm which specialises in protecting sensitive systems such as DP is looking to break into the shipping market. Lightning Eliminators & Consultants (LEC) offers technology that can protect oil and gas assets from the threat of lightning strikes.
With the crane on “M/V Jascon 25” in position in Tubbataha Reef, the US Navy (USN) and salvage teams have begun transferring mine countermeasure equipment from the “USS Guardian (MCM 5),” a statement from the US Seventh Fleet said on Sunday.
Officials from the US Coast Guard and Shell have crafted plans to tow the grounded Kulluk rig from a rocky seafloor off Alaska and move it about 30 miles to Kiluida Bay for further inspection.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) and the U.S. Coast Guard will attach a main tow line to Shell’s grounded oil rig in preparation of removing it from where it crashed last week on an island off the southern Alaska shore, the company has said.
Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, has agreed to a settlement with the US government.
The Research Vessel (RV) Pegaso just made her debut in Monaco and gave the world a glimpse into her Global Mission for Marine Conservation. Read the rest of this entry
New Zealand environmentalists have slated the Government for considering allowing deepwater oil and gas exploration drilling in New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) without the need for consents. Read the rest of this entry
Statoil is stepping up its Arctic activities and will drill nine wells during a non-stop 2013 Norwegian Barents exploration campaign. Read the rest of this entry
The “Noble Discoverer” is imminently due to arrive in the Chukchi Sea, moving Shell one step closer to drilling for oil in Arctic waters this summer.
Chennai recently hosted a visit by “Samudra Paheredar”, the 90-metre-long indigenously-built Indian Coast Guard’s pollution control vessel, which will enhance marine pollution response capabilities of the Indian Coast Guard in Eastern fleet. Read the rest of this entry
