Norwegian geophysical company Magseis has entered into a letter of intent with an unnamed provider of offshore vessels regarding a potential vessel charter. Magseis said in a statement on Tuesday that such agreement includes an option for the lease of certain seismic equipment. However, the company
Following a recent start-up of Total’s Moho Nord field offshore Gabon, Boskalis has shared a video of the transportation of the Moho Nord field’s FPU Likouf. Boskalis claims the transport of the 80,500 ton Floating Production Unit (FPU) Likouf onboard the Dockwise Vanguard semi-submersible vessel, f
Chevron said Tuesday it has shipped fifty cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its troubled Gorgon project in Western Australia since the start-up in March last year. The U.S -based energy giant also cautioned that an expansion of its Gorgon and Wheatstone projects, combined worth about $88 b
Van Oord reported a decline in its 2016 revenue and net profit amid challenging dredging and offshore oil & gas markets. However, same as other similar companies, Van Oord said it sees opportunities for growth in the offshore wind sector.
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot posted a 41.7 percent drop in net profit for the year 2016 that was market by market volatility.
Robbers boarded a product tanker owned by Danish Maersk Tankers and stole equipment while the vessel was at anchor off Indonesia, ReCAAP ISC informed. The incident aboard the 2013-built Maersk Aegean took place while the ship was anchored off Labuk Gaung, Inner Anchorage in Dumai in the morning hour
Norway’s offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found seven non-conformities and four improvement points during a safety audit of Statoil’s Grane platform, offshore Norway. Grane is an oilfield in the North Sea operated by Statoil, some 185 kilometers west of Haugesund. Th
The Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has issued an order to Statoil following a poisonous H2S gas leak at the Sture terminal on October 12, 2016. The Sture terminal in Øygarden municipality in Hordaland is a port for crude oil shipments. It receives crude oil
Norway’s oil production in February 2017 was slightly lower when compared to the same period in 2016 but still above the prognosis for the month, according to a report by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Preliminary production figures for February 2017 show an average daily production of 2
Offshore mooring services provider Vryhof and its business unit Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) have launched a new engineering unit to support the company’s offshore oil & gas, renewables, and aquaculture operations. Vryhof is a supplier of anchoring and mooring solutions that consists of Deep Sea Mooring,
The International Dockworkers’ Council (IDC) has called off strikes planned for March 23, which were previously scheduled to be held in ports around the world, to enable new negotiations in the Spanish port sector. The move follows the decision from March 16 of the Spanish parliament to reject the r
Russian-flagged cargo ship Mekhanik Fomin developed a heavy portside list while underway in the Norwegian Sea west off Narvik after a reported cargo shift, Norwegian Coast Guard confirmed. The ship, loaded with timber, was en route to Inverness, the UK when it got in trouble following a cargo shift
The government of Indonesia is preparing to sue Thailand’s PTTEP oil company for the 2009 Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. The Montara project, operated by PTTEP’s Australian subsidiary PTTEP Australasia, is located 690 kilometres east of Darwin and 250 kilometres north-west of the Kimberley coas
Calgary-based TransCanada filed a variance application with the National Energy Board to proceed with construction of the North Montney Mainline project in northeast British Columbia.
