COMPANY NEWS

March 2005

:: Recso’s first training course scheduled for 27 th April

:: Secretary-General Mitropoulos and EC Commissioner Dimas focus on marine pollution issues

:: GE tests container security solution

:: Top marine expert calls for tighter Mid- East maritime eco-control

:: Aqua- Guard Off-Loading System

:: A New Navigation Positioning System run by Saudi Ports Authority

:: Mitsubishi launches Hatsu Shine, the first of ten 7024 TEU vessels for the Evergreen Group

:: Tidalmarine syndicate hands over Mini Finger Fujairah Pier project to Vopak

:: Dubai to Shore up International Maritime Interest with Ship & Port Arabia 2005

:: Shipping Costs Hamper Gulf ’s Soaring Petrochemical Growth

:: DPI wins concession at Fujairah Port

April 2005

:: Four Categories Added To Dubai International Maritime Awards

:: Revised phase-out schedule for single-hull tankers enters into force

:: Technip and Subsea 7 awarded contract for the deepwater Roncador field development in Brazil

:: Outlook for offshore rig market positive

:: CCC Takes Delivery of Newly Built DP-2

:: Oman , USD200m tanker terminal

:: Transworld awards USD100m contract

:: Transworld group of companies signs contracts to build four new feeder container vessels for 100 million dollars

:: Turkey 'violating EU terms with ship ban'

:: Late UAE President won the ‘Champions of the Earth Award’

:: SPC selected ExxonMobil for the UpperZakum offshore oil field

:: Maersk Sealand sets direction for its Port Said operations

:: New Navigation Positioning System run by Saudi Ports Authority

:: Fujairah tops Rotterdam as second bunker port

:: Dubai port signs US security deal

:: Gulf Maritime 2005 from April 18-20

:: Technip And Kerr-Mcgee Win The 2005 Otc Distinguished Achievement Award

:: Gulf Maritime forums to tackle industry issues

:: Expro International Group Acquires Dhv International

:: Demand for barges set to surge; $4.5 billion market foreseen

:: Kuwait to establish the Biggest Port

:: Shell Better Environment Awards to be announced

:: Philips records success in sustainability

:: Saudi and China to establish sand-mining industry

:: GE Shipping contracts to sell a VLCC

:: $150,000 Water Prize awarded

:: Go-ahead for Santos ’ first Indonesian development

:: Idemitsu and Mitsubishi Begin Feasibility Study on Integration of LPG Businesses

:: Qeshm-Jebel Ali Shipping Line Planned

:: Increase by 3 % in the Suez Canal Fees

:: Yemen Receives Bids to Run Container Port in Eden

:: Commitment to carbon storage

:: Offshore Arabia Magazine appoints new managing Editor

:: Shell announces winners of Better Environment Awards in Dubai

:: Joint venture to offer maritime, land satellite solutions

:: The pipelay of the longest subsea pipeline in the world has started

:: Denmark Asks India to Return Illegal Toxic Ship

:: BP to Invest $130 Million on Clean Fuels Production

:: “Emarat” Launches New Promotional Campaign Under the Slogan “Makin’ the Waves”

:: Clean breaking of Maltese flagged oil tankers

:: Transport company of Gasunie and Vopak study possibility of developing an LNG terminal

:: Manitowoc

:: Subsea 7 Announces $70 Million Epic Brazil Contract Award

:: NOAA notifies Fugro Pelagos of successful selection

May 2005

:: Yemen completed environmental plan

:: GloBallast ballast water management project enters new phase

:: New pollution equipment for Bahrain

:: The hazards of superheroes and their friends

:: Roxar Wins Multi-Million Dollar Contract Extension to Supply Permanent Downhole Monitoring Equipment to Hydro

:: Halliburton And Nsi Technologies Sign Software Development And License Agreement

:: Metito wins water desalination and treatment services for Sudan oil field

:: Scan Tech UK Signs Deal With Perry Slingsby Systems To Provide Rov Tooling For North Sea

:: Three More Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Discoveries Added in '04

:: Floating Production Sector Entering a Period of Strong Orders

:: Mid East Waterfront Development To Hit Us$ 20b Over Five Years, Says Marina Association Chief

:: HSTPL Breaks Ground On Banyan Jurong Island Terminal

:: Hyundai, Daewoo to Share $1 Billion Iran Tanker Order

:: First total environmental engineering solutions company in the Middle East joins Dubai Techno Park

:: Technip Awarded US $1b Contract For The Fpso Of The Deepwater Akpo Field In Nigeria

:: Tanker detained under Maritime Safety Act

:: Keppel to build two rigs for Diamond

:: GE Energy To Provide Gis Consulting And Services To Cedar Rapids , Iowa Water Utility

:: Records success: 20 PER CENT SPACE ALREADY BOOKED FOR 2006 EDITION

:: Dubai holds Ship Port Arabia 2005

:: Daewoo announces the blueprint of the product mix in 2008

:: New Iraqi Ports to Include 50 Berths, a Railway and international airport

:: Patent Detects Mooring Link Wear

:: Daewoo shipbuilding Receives New Orders for 8 Ships

:: Greenpeace shuts down Range Rover assembly line Production of climate-wrecking SUVs stopped

:: Subsea 7 Awarded US $7M contract by Malaysia

:: Egypt ’s East Port Said Port inaugurated

:: Two UMC Divers Receive Prestigious Award From Mod For Act Of Outstanding Bravery

:: Alternative Maritime Power Pr oject Underway at POLA

:: Fisherman and farm workers targeted as offshore labour market tightens

:: Horizon Gives HSBC Mandate For Financing Its Facility At Jurong Island

:: Night time collision results in major oil spill

:: 2005 Winners of Volvo/UNEP Adventure Awards Announced

:: Bahrain calls environmental experts Country’s Pollution is hundreds of times higher than internationally accepted levels

:: Feasibility Study investigates transfer of water between two seas

:: Winners of the 8th ADNOC HSE Awards announced

:: In five years, $13 billion to be spent on Offshore Renewable Energy Projects

:: 200 Community Events to celebrate World Environment Day

:: Experts meet at Corporate Social Responsibility Dubai summit

:: GE Shipping’s second Ice Class Suezmax Delivered

:: DNV and Teledata Informatics sign cooperation agreement

:: Baku investment pays off for PSL Energy Services with £2 million precommissioning contract

June 2005

:: “Emarat” Wins major Environmental award

:: Keppel Singmarine to acquire Nantong facility for specialised shipbuilding

:: Guilty Verdict Upsets Yukos Employees

:: Technip - JP Kenny JV Selected For The Greater Gorgon Project

:: Win-win for Norwegian gas

:: Contract for Subsea 7 in Malaysia

:: Antech Introduces New Wireless Data Acquisition System DAQ>W 2.0

:: Stolt Offshore S.A. Receives Second Request from US Department of Justice Regarding Sale of Certain Assets to Cal Dive

:: Environmental group says Gulf needs better management

:: Operations temporarily suspended on Plataforma Deltana

:: Over 5,000 Mangroves planted on Tarut bay

:: Bahrain launches first Middle East ‘ Green City ’

:: Petrofac Extends Contract with Oil Major

:: Ras Laffan Dry-dock to receive 5,000 ships per year

:: Saudi Ports increases 7.4 % with 31 Million Tonnes handled during First Quarter of 2005

:: Environmental conference discusses Barents Sea

:: Keppel to undertake US$174 million FPU Conversion and Fabrication of World’s Largest Turret

:: Activists defend deep sea life in New Zealand

:: Safety Award for FUGRO GEOS

:: Study uncovers dirty little secret: Soil emissions are much-bigger-than-expected component of air pollution

:: Welldynamics Wins Champion West Intelligent Well Contract Offshore Brunei

:: Snøhvit pipeline laid

:: Worthy projects sought

:: New deep sea rules needed say researchers

:: $13 billion blowing in the wind

:: Guidance on sustainability reporting

:: Deep sea weapon against superbug

:: 50 million barrels later…

:: Oceaneering fleet grows

:: Deepwater Expedition bound for Egypt

:: More comfort modules

:: Offshore wind farm could power one in four London homes

:: RECSO welcomes latest member

:: Port Authorities backs global maritime event in Dubai

:: Keppel’s US$300m contract for Diamond Offshore is now effective

:: Securing Offshore Oil & Gas Production in the 2005 Hurricane Season

:: ExxonMobil Seeks to Overturn Unwarranted Grefer Award

:: Transocean wins Contracts for Two High-Specification Drillships

:: Tropical Storm Arlene Evacuation and Production Shut-in Statistics

:: New Terminal Escort Tug Built

:: Victory for whales, but danger still lurks

:: Algerian Takes Over the Helm of Top Biological Treaty

:: UAE discusses new measures to combat pollution

:: Authorities deny reported ‘Oil Spill’ in Fujairah

:: Bahrain acts to protect coastal areas

:: Environment friendly oil designed oil by Shell and Mercedes ensures longer engine life

:: China remains top 3 in shipbuilding

:: World’s Longest Well Drilled Completed

:: Russia 's first offshore concrete gravity platform begins journey to Sakhalin

:: Bahrain needs cleaner fuel

:: Dubai hub for Middle East Maritime

:: Offshore Europe 2005 discusses global challenge

:: Korea 's Hanjin Shipping to open new route

:: Transocean Inc. High-Specification Drillship Deepwater Discovery Awarded Two-Year Contract

:: Studying LNG expansion

:: Building world’s first nuclear reactor: a boon or a bane?

July 2005

:: Dubai leads global maritime hub

:: Keppel AmFELS secures US$174 million contracts for two jackups

:: Finding answers in environmental technologies

:: Cargo village plans for Karachi port

:: HH Sheikh Ahmed Lends Patronage To Oil Barons’ Ball 2005

:: Keppel to divest interest in accommodation platform

:: 50 Million Horsepower Achievement of 2-Stroke Engines

:: Contract Award for Subsea 7 Norway

:: Working Together For a Cleaner Future: Ford Division to Recommend BP on all 2006 Products

:: Environmental Leaders Urge G8 Leaders to Ignore Bush Not Climate

:: Four Seasons Hotel Doha appointed ‘official hotel’ for Excellence in Energy Awards

:: Saudi and China Partners

:: Thunder Horse Platform – status update

:: UAE environment agency restructured

:: OMV Expands Exploration Activities in Yemen

:: Daewoo Shipbuilding wins RM959.5m order from Belgium

:: Technip awarded contract for the Kikeh field subsea development in Malaysia

:: Keppel lays foundation for Singapore’s largest NEWater Factory at Ulu Pandan

:: Hurricane Dennis Evacuation and Production Shut-in Statistics as of Tuesday, July 12, 2005

:: Process plant arrived in Hammerfest

:: New Pollution Response Center Established in the Gulf Region

:: UAE urged to switch to gas vehicles

:: Global Awareness Of Dubai As Maritime Hub Mounting, Says ICS Chairman

:: King Abdull Aziz Port Handled 428.7 Thousand Containers During 6 Months

:: Early start for Kizomba B

:: MMS Amends Federal Rule on Offshore Platforms and Structures

:: Total signs production sharing contract in Nigeria’s Deep Offshore

:: Tischuk Expands Into Chinese Market With Major Deal

:: ExxonMobil’s Angola Oil Production to Exceed 550,000 Barrels a Day

:: Intel Posts Record Second-Quarter Revenue Of $9.2 Billion Earnings Per Share 33 Cents

:: Ensuring prudent use of natural resources in the Gulf

:: Shipping Still Transport King Says Imo Chief Dima To Promote Safety, Security And Efficiency On Clean Seas

:: Offshore Arabia and Pipeline ink partnership with Middle East Money and Ships 2005

:: Saudi approves changes in environmental law

:: Preparations Underway for Third Annual MTC-Vodafone Treasure Hunt!

:: UMC carry out an underwater transducer retrofit to keep hoegh fleet services vessel ‘hual trotter’ on schedule.

:: HHI wins Industrial Research 52 Jang Yong-Shil Award

:: ScottishPower sells gas project for £96 million ($166.5 million)

:: Federal Bureau of Intimidation?

:: Investigating lifeboat maintenance on Veslefrikk

August 2005

:: King Fahd Brought Vision of Progress

:: Keppel FELS to build repeat jackup worth US$134 million for Awilco

:: Statoil accepted fire penalty

:: Labtech Celebrates Double Order For Caspian

:: Coal Bed Methane and Coal Mine Methane Could Fuel 10% of Global Natural Gas Demand….

:: Keppel FELS secures second jackup from Gulf Drilling worth US$130m

:: CEO Gives Condolences on Passing of King Fahd

:: Investigation on Employee Remuneration

:: Licence interest sold

:: Oil Spill off Canada may be cancerous

:: Dubai to host Arabiancoast 2005

:: Two ships launched

:: LNG vessels in demand

:: New built PSV delivered

:: PDO signs MoU for three major community projects

:: Consortium Set for Rabigh Utilities

:: Selective prosecution of Greenpeace in the US foiled again

:: Congressional Energy Plan Takes The Nation Backward

:: Veslefrikk back on stream

:: Trapping tanker emissions: a pioneering system

:: Saudi Aramco and NPCC to work on Safaniya Offshore

:: Keeping Jeddah clean

:: Repair show switch wins major backing

:: OMV discovers oil in Yemen

:: Santos to supply gas to another new Australian power station

:: Halliburton technology helps complete record well test in gulf of Mexico

:: Final Results of Unocal-Chevron Merger Announced

:: Transocean Inc. Provides Update on Fleet Contract Status

:: Rising global oil demand – increasing risks to the marine environment

:: Husky Energy - SeaRose FPSO Arrives at White Rose Oil Field

:: Jacobs and Total Ink Deal

:: Northrop plans to cut 900 jobs

:: SERPENT forms New Alliance

:: Recso calls for more vigilant maritime eco-control

:: Saudi’s two offshore projects move

:: Leading the anti-pollution drive

:: Bids invited for offshore drilling in Indus block

:: Unocal to start seismic survey in Bangladesh

:: Maritime Security Vital To Iraq’s Reconstruction

:: UAE implements new environmental strategy

:: Coastal experts to meet in Dubai

:: For environment sake: State allowed to be sued

:: Sky Petroleum Completes Funding for the Mubarek Field

:: Transocean Awarded $700 million Contracts for High-Specification Rigs

:: Toyota and TERI launch 3D air quality model to check pollution level

:: Chevron Commits $5 Million to Support Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

:: ExxonMobil Commits $2 Million for Disaster Relief Efforts in Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

:: North West Shelf LNG4 Shutdown

:: Statoil awards maintenance contract to Norway’s Reinertsen

September 2005

:: Nuclear sub in Gulf collision

:: Qatar to have world’s largest LNG fleet in five years

:: Another find in Egypt

:: Egypt LNG Production start up

:: Gasco awards expansion contract

:: Kuwait pledges $500million aid package to US

:: Japan Fills Up on Saudi LPG

:: Air Products to Provide New Liquefaction Process Technology to RasGas II LNG Facility in Qatar

:: Two Years Accident Free for J. Ray McDermott

:: Metito joins hands with EEG in CSR program

:: Two Kuwaiti studies recommend rationalisation of energy use

:: UAE and Germany ink environmental pact

:: UNDP Launches Yemen Movie

:: Environment undersecretaries to meet

:: $500 billion needed for Saudi desalination projects

:: Haradh Project : 5 million work-hours safety incident

:: PDO signs MoU for the provision of school sunshades

:: Environment show draws good response

:: Waterfront developments to boost regional growth in yachting and marina industry

:: Technip And Subsea 7 To Form A Permanent Joint Venture In Asia Pacific

:: New Safety Record for NDC & ADCO

:: Vela Achieves Safety Milestone

:: Clean-up Arabia collects beach rubbish

:: Dubai to have International environmental construction designers of the future

:: Keppel delivers jackup rig to NDC

:: New Contracts for Oudna Development

:: SolarChill - saving lives using solar power

:: GE Shipping approves demerger plan

:: New African Gas Pipeline Worries Civil Society

:: Dubai Drydocks chief signals safety remedies

:: Who will win the Oil Oscars this year?

:: Focus of petrochem industry shifts east

:: From keel to launch in seven months

:: Oil rise worries at IMF: need for greater stability

:: Technip, Chiyoda win $4 billion LNG contract

:: RasGas wellhead comes on stream

:: Dolphin pre-commission contract

:: Two years incident free for J. Ray McDermott

:: Foreign investors eye Saudi, Gulf

:: $245,000 day rate

:: Trainees more international

:: Gravity and magnetics specialist

:: Vela achieves safety milestone

:: New contracts for Oudna development

:: Corals hit by warm, storm-fuelling seas

:: Firms see global warming affecting business

:: Restoration project wins international prize

October 2005

:: Bi-national team studies coral formations along Qatar coast

:: 35% of Gulf coral reefs damaged by construction

:: Lufthansa takes off with the “Oil Barons’ Ball”

:: No offshore fatalities during the hurricanes

:: Arctic sea-ice will melt by 2100 – research

:: Positioning data accurately

:: Delivering ‘one-stop’ network software

:: Largest purpose-built water plant in the region underway

:: PDO signs MoU to build Technology Centre for visually-impaired people

:: First major bank to reduce CO2 emissions to zero

:: Daewoo Shipbuilding Wins $480 Million Order from Frigstad Offshore

:: Electric drives favoured for FPSO deepwell pumps

:: Better Environment Award 2006 launched

:: Oily Water Separators for cost-conscious buyers

:: Gas Technology Institute and NExT Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Energy Training

:: Coastal management expo next month

:: BP Marine to upgrade Oman’s bunker operation

:: Bahrain's environmental laws lack teeth

:: Qatar unveils Energy City masterplan

:: Third oil baron poll pulls record votes

:: Ferguson offshore labs in demand

:: Four tanker orders for Gulf Energy Maritime

:: Global market for liquid pumps to increase

:: LNG industry is stretched

:: The Peak Group secures first contract with KNOC

:: Georgian section of BTC pipeline inaugurated

:: UAE’s water consumption, highest in the world

:: Maritime awards to aid mission

:: Subsea 7 gets $50M Contract from Venture

:: Coalition ships watch over gulf oil terminals

:: Keeping up with digital video technology

:: Third oil baron poll pulls record votes

:: Saudi Aramco approves project budgets

:: ‘Blue Light’ To Support Viscount Oliver’s Four Tops at Oil Barons’ Ball

:: Saving time and money in marine inspection

:: Metito to join UN environmental initiative

November 2005

:: G-8 to discuss green issues with the developing 5

:: Aramco Garners HR Award

:: First sales of Gorgon gas into world’s largest LNG market

:: Hydro starts drilling the soon to be largest deep water wells

:: Fluor wins Habshan gas project in Abu Dhabi

:: Oman’s Salalah Port profit drops

:: Petromin to be merged with Saudi Aramco

:: Doha's Excellence in Energy honours to have stunning climax

:: Emarat launches new arabic website

:: PS Middle East 2005 Shaping Up in Bahrain

:: Abu Dhabi coastal clean-up eyes Mussafah Industrial area shoreline

:: Gulf Energy Maritime takes delivery of final tanker

:: Big 5 2005 features latest developments in environmental building

:: UAE Minister urges dialogue between oil producers and consumers

:: ABB wins $27 million power contract in Bahrain

:: Local fishermen problems addressed

:: DP World enters Turkey with $105m investment

:: Dolphin confirms bidders for Eastern Gas project

:: Sky’s new major shareholder is Qatar’s foreign secretary

:: BJ Services to Provide Cementing Services on Ormen Lange Field

:: Saudi set to be the highest water and power consumer

:: UAE, Australia discuss agricultural co-operation

:: Gas-based industries to boost Oman economy

:: Ras Laffan 3 launched

:: A step further to saving lives

:: Dubai Customs backs Arabian Coast

:: HHI names 10 ships in one month

:: UAE donates $478,000 to UN

:: ADIAS, EAD win Gulf-wide Environmental award

:: Keppel Singmarine to build six Anchor vessels for $230 million

:: Singapore's first waste-to-energy plant

:: Climate Change decreases fish population

:: Society of Petroleum Engineers takes part in cleaning the beach

:: Integrating technology and people to meet energy demands

:: Weather affects Abu Dhabi and Iraq’s operations

:: Misuse of Automatic Identification System

:: UAE, South Korea reviews bilateral investment in oil and gas

:: Recycling urged in Arab countries

:: Shell's Sakhalin II fails environmental and social standards - WWF

:: Tsunami warning system urged for Gulf

:: Aramco signs 13 pipeline deals

:: Iran supertanker eyes world top spot

:: Oman Minister points to Port of Sohar as driving economic diversification

:: Shell Better Environment Awards short-lists 106 plus schools

:: BP reveals ‘Field Of The Future’

:: Chevron Announces Further Foundation Sales of Gorgon LNG to Japan

:: Integrating technology and people to meet energy demands

:: Barents opportunities highlighted

:: Asia’s largest bio-fuels conference

:: Maritime awards short list candidates

:: Singapore Petroleum gears up with cleaner diesel

:: At the forefront in carbon storage

:: BP, Sinopec expands joint venture

:: Optical technology validated

:: Halliburton to manage Indonesia’s drill waste

:: IRI expands in Asia

:: BG Energy Challenge features over 100 participants

:: ExxonMobil Shipping receives state award

:: Maritime achievers awarded

:: Water crisis in the MENA region warned

:: Zero emission in fuel cells

:: Hydrogen fuelled car unveiled

:: Maritime activity in Asia at a record high

:: Alliance to recover carbon dioxide formed

:: Submarine cable links UAE, Pakistan and Oman

:: Separating immovable objects offshore

:: Formalised structure for industry and researchers

:: ExxonMobil earns Construction Industry Safety Award