Offshore supply vessel operator Maersk Supply Service (MSS) has become the first company to offer clients the high-speed Internet access with Fleet Xpress.MSS adds dedicated bandwidth charterer service agreement to fleet-wide Fleet Xpress renewal contr...
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Eni, Sonatrach Push Algeria Projects
Algeria's energy giant Sonatrach and Italian multinational oil and gas company announced the intention to accelerate the development of new oil and gas projects in North Berkine Basin in the Algeria, that will lead to a significant increase…
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Boskalis Floating Dock to Fix Carnival Vista
Florida-headquartered Carnival Cruise Line has contracted the Dutch marine engineering company Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. to lift its cruise ship Carnival Vista out of the water onto the world’s largest heavy lift ship, Boka Vanguard, and…
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Eni, Lombardy Pact on Sustainability
Italy's Lombardy Region and Italian energy company Eni signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for long-term sustainable growth at Eni’s refinery in Sannazzaro de' Burgondi.Attilio Fontana, President of the Lombardy Region, and Giuseppe Ricci…
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European Gas Prices Fall To 10-Years Low
European natural gas prices reached their lowest in at least a decade, fueled by a battle for market share between Russia, traditionally the continent's supplier, and the U.S., whose gas exports have gained momentum on the back of the shale…
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Ensco Rowan Changes its Name to Valaris
United Kingdom-based offshore drilling contractor EnscoRowan plc announced that it will change its name to Valaris plc, effective July 31, 2019.The London-headquartered firm said in a stock exchange announcement that, its ordinary shares will…
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Solar eclipse plunges Chile into darkness
Hundreds of thousands of tourists scattered across the north Chilean desert on Tuesday to experience a rare, and irresistible combination for astronomy buffs: a total eclipse of the sun viewed from beneath the world's clearest skies.
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Blind Chileans ‘listen’ for the solar eclipse
In the minutes before a solar eclipse plunged Chile into darkness, a loudspeaker projected a deep baritone to a group of blind men and women who had traveled to the Atacama desert to "hear" what hundreds of thousands of others had come to see.
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NASA tests abort system on astronaut capsule built for moon missions
An unmanned full-scale NASA crew capsule blasted off from a Florida launchpad on Tuesday in a successful test of the spacecraft's abort thrusters, an astronaut safety device that will be key as the agency works to return humans to the moon by 2024.
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Hungarian parliament passes bill tightening state grip over scientists
Hungarian lawmakers passed legislation on Tuesday to tighten state control of research bodies run by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), overriding protests against the latest step to expand the government's role in public life.
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