Search Results for "mexico wind"

Found 13489 results

Maritime Executive

GOM Offshore Industries Prepared?

Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than 113 platforms and 457 pipelines when the storm devastated the U.S. Gulf of Mexico almost a decade ago. With Katrina’s ten year anniversary approaching, many wonde...

Maritime Executive

Colombia Offshore Hydrocarbon Discovery

Anadarko Petroleum and Ecopetrol have discovered hydrocarbon in the ultra-deepwater surrounding Colombia in the South Caribbean Sea. The discovery took place in a previously unexplored area and proves...

Maritime Executive

U.S. Navy Names Submarine Idaho

The U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, hosted a ship-naming ceremony on Saturday to announce that SSN 799, a Virginia-class attack submarine, will bear the name USS Idaho. The submarine will be...

Maritime Executive

Conversion Turns OSV into Specialist Wind Vessel

Poland’s Remontowa Shiprepair Yard has converted an OSV into an offshore wind farm work vessel. The AHTS Normand Draupne was working in the Norwegian North Sea for Solstad Offshore prior to arrivin...

Maritime Executive

First Offshore Pipeline Crosses Arctic Circle

On August 21, the Polarled gas pipeline crossed 66 degrees and 33 minutes north of the equator becoming the first pipeline to cross the Arctic Circle.  The 482-kilometre long and 36-inch wide pipel...

Maritime Executive

Indonesia Focuses on Renewables

The Indonesian government has promised tax cuts to investors involved in developing the country’s untapped renewable energy potential. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Energy and Mineral R...

Maritime Executive

U.S. Navy Models Piracy

Maritime piracy has experienced a resurgence recently, and the U.S. Navy has developed a method of identifying pirate ships before they strike. The Navy Research Laboratory’s (NRL) new model combines...

Maritime Executive

U.S. Tops Windstorm Damage Claims

The U.S. is the top location in the world for windstorm related insurance claims, says insurer Alliance Global Corporate & Specialty, and there are lessons to be learnt for shipowners from the largest...

Maritime Executive

Hurricane Damage Predicted to Get Worse

Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Katrina was the 11th named storm and fifth hurricane of the 2005 season – the longest and most severe hurricane season in history. Thre...

Maritime Executive

GoM Rigs Drawing Little Interest

A U.S. government sale of oil and gas drilling leases in the western Gulf of Mexico attracted the lowest number of bids on record on Wednesday as slumping oil prices kept producers from plowing money...