This is an open letter to the offshore oil and gas industry operating on the U.S. outer continental shelf.
Dear Customer:
We...
May 8 2008 11:00AM
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Two significant new financial management tools were recently unveiled by the Federal government in one highly visible piece of legislation, and each can...
May 8 2008 10:43AM
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There is an old account of a Chief Engineer, frustrated with his captain’s gold braid and superior attitude, exclaimed, “Look, with out me...
May 8 2008 10:41AM
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A rolling strike on blocked 14 oil tankers from entering France's biggest oil port of Fos-Lavera, part of the state-run French port of Marseille, according to a Reuters report....
May 8 2008 10:38AM
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The Engineering Business (EB), a specialist design, engineering and construction company based in the U.K., has thrived with the recent expansion in offshore oil & gas projects globally,...
May 8 2008 10:34AM
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The international subsea technology community often laments the need for qualified workers and interested youth to fuel the industry’s bright future prospects....
May 8 2008 10:30AM
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Keppel Corp. said Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd. has won two shipbuilding contracts worth $155.6m, Thompson Financial reported.
Keppel Singmarine will...
May 8 2008 10:13AM
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There is an old account of a Chief Engineer, frustrated with his captain’s gold braid and superior attitude, exclaimed, “Look, with out me and my engine this ship won’t go from port to port. I keep the engine running and the propeller turning, all you have to do is make sure that it all stays dry!”
In fact that man had a point and in times past it was not uncommon for an engineer to stay with a ship as it went through various owners. If the Permex Canning company of Zamboanga, Philippines ever decided to sell their 167-ft....
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Mobilarm of Australia launched a new commercial marine product -- Mobilarm V100 VPIRB (VHF Position Indicating Radio Beacon, at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The VPIRB is designed to provide commercial mariners with a faster, more efficient man overboard (MOB) rescue system than traditional personal EPIRB devices.
The Mobilarm V100 is a fully automated, position indicating radio beacon that transmits a MOB distress call via VHF DSC and VHF voice to all VHF radio equipped vessels and land based receivers within range,...
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Wärtsilä and Emerson Process Management announce expansion of their global offshore alliance. Under this expansion, the companies can deliver integrated energy and automation systems for Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels and semi submersible oil and gas drilling rigs.
The companies' expanded relationship combines the process automation knowledge and state-of-the-art measurements and digital automation technology of Emerson, with the high efficiency power-generation, power-distribution and vessel-automation systems and products of Wärtsilä....
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Upham, pictured left and Petty Officer 3rd Class Todd Robinson patrol the waters near U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba April 13. Upham and Robinson are both members of Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313, based in Tacoma, Wash. PSU 313 is responsible for anti-terrorism force protection at the base and has been deployed since December, 2007. Official photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeff Pollinger....
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It has been about fours months since the deal was sealed for PT Berlian Laju Tanker to acquire Chembulk Tankers—the 21st Century Chemical Tanker Company, and the vision of the acquisition is being realized. The addition of 19 new chemical tankers, coupled with the strong Chembulk management team, results in an organization that boasts the third largest stainless steel chemical tanker company in the world. The fleet of 19 includes the Chembulk Kings Point, delivered last month in Japan, and the Chembulk Jakarta, scheduled to be delivered in January 2009....
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GE Marine announces that it will supply IML Power, Lomagna, Italy, with eight V228 medium-speed diesel engines. The 16-cylinder engines will power four new, UT755L-type offshore platform supply vessels.
IML Power is an authorized distributor of GE diesel engines and services in Italy. The vessels will be constructed by Rosetti Marino S.p.A. at its shipyard in Ravenna, Italy, for owner Fratelli D’Amato Via dei Fiorentini, Napoli, Italy.
Each of the four new ships will be powered by two 16V228 engines, each rated at 2790 kilowatts (kW) at 955 rpm....
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