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U.S. DOT Provides $7 Million for Maritime Education
Funding will help prepare next generation of maritime professionals The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration announced that America’s six state maritime academies – California...
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Weeks Marine Leading $70 Million Land Building Project In Port Fourchon
Dredging and construction company Weeks Marine is in the process of restoring a portion of Louisiana’s eroding coastline in a $70 million land-building project. The company is moving 3.3 million...
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Alaska: Top 3 in Nation for Maritime Jobs Per Capita
Maritime Industry Worth More than $1 Billion Annually to Alaska’s Economy The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, joined with the Transportation Institute,...
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Want to transition into the oil & gas industry? Here’s how
Every week, several readers ask me the question: “How can I transition into the oil & gas industry?” Each reader asks that question slightly differently though, because contrary to what you...
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Maritime Disputes Muddy Asian Waters
BANGKOK — Tensions continue to rise in Asia due to maritime territorial disputes. South Korea has gone ahead with military drills near an islet it controls despite protests from Japan, which also...
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Technip wins North Sea FPSO contract
Technip has been awarded a brownfield subsea contract by Dana Petroleum for work in the North Sea. The agreement is for work on the Triton floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel...
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Drones are Becoming the Oil Industry’s Guardian Angels
As petroleum has become harder to find, it’s become increasingly costly and dangerous to extract. Could aerial data-collection bots create a new boom in fossil fuels? Oil and gas exploration has...
View ArticleConstruction Soon to Begin on Louisiana’s Offshore Megaport
The Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transportation Terminal (LIGTT) will soon start construction on its offshore port concept. The structure is projected to span 2,250 acres over open water and...
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BOEM moves forward in review of Hilcorp’s Liberty prospect
Hilcorp Alaska LLC has officially submitted its development and production plan (DPP) for the Liberty prospect to the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The proposed facility would be built...
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Anadarko drilling again offshore Colombia
(Map courtesy Anadarko) THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Anadarko says its current Calasu-1 well, near Colombia’s Pacific coast, is targeting a large four-way structure with multiple potential targets. Earlier...
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Apache, Anadarko Golden Parachutes Offer Less Incentive to Sell
Cheniere Energy’s Souki has a $147.8 million golden parachute Industry giants such as Exxon on the hunt for smaller firms Apache Corp. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp., two exploration businesses that...
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Shell finds success in deepwater Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON – In drilling its longest-ever well, Shell has confirmed 100 MMboe of pay in the Kaikias well, close to its existing infrastructure in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico’s Mars-Ursa basin. Located...
View ArticleShell-BG merger remains unsettled amid fears of further oil slump
Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell is on the brink of pulling off its biggest acquisition. Yet the widening discount of target BG Group to the offer price shows that a further steep drop in oil prices could...
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More oilfield service mergers in prospect, survey finds
Offshore staff ABERDEEN, UK – Law firm Pinsent Masons expects a surge in merger and acquisition (M&A) this year activity in theoilfield services sector. The company interviewed 200 senior...
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Deep Gulf Energy taps Technip for more ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico projects
PARIS – Deep Gulf Energy III LLC has awarded Technip a lump-sum contract for the development of the South Santa Cruz and Barataria fields in the ultra-deepwater Gulf of Mexico. These fields are located...
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Shell selects Williams for Appomattox contract
Operators adapting to market, revising their strategies Amidst the stark realities of today’s market, operators are revising their exploration plans and field development strategies. And while layoffs...
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Operators adapting to market, revising their strategies Amidst the stark realities of today’s market, operators are revising their exploration plans and field development strategies. And while layoffs...
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Proposed rule seeks stricter well control regulations
On April 17, 2015, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced its new proposed BOP and well control requirements rule for the outer continental shelf federal waters, 30...
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Research project seeks to deliver ultra-deepwater riser concepts
A recent research project has been working to select and bring to maturity at least one safe riser system concept that could meet the performance demand of high-motion vessels in ultra-deepwater areas...
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Synergen collaborating with ABC at PMIES Expo
On April 21st, 2016, Synergen was proud to make presence at the Plant Maintenance, Inspection and Engineering Society’s Expo & Conference (PMIES) in Pasadena, TX, by collaborating with our...
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