UK-based LNG engineer Laing O’Rourke has pulled 800 of its workers from the Ichthys LNG storage tank project after not receiving payments for its work for several months.
More than 800 workers have been made redundant from the approx. $34 billion worth Inpex-led Ichthys gas project in Darwin, Australia. The Ichthys LNG project consists of three constituent parts. It incorporates facilities offshore the Western Australian coast, onshore processing facilities in the No
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras said its oil and gas production in February totaled 2.82 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed).
Ineos Shale, part of the Ineos Group, has completed the acquisition of the entire UK onshore petroleum exploration and development license interests of Engie E&P UK.
Norway-based owner of offshore support and construction vessels Eidesvik Offshore has delivered the Viking Poseidon offshore construction vessels (OCV) to its new owner. To remind, Eidesvik in late February signed a memorandum of understanding for the sale of the Viking Poseidon OCV to an unnamed bu
Norway’s offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found two improvement points during its audit of Wintershall’s pipeline fabrication management for the Maria field, off Norway. Wintershall Norge is the operator of the Maria field, located approximately 20 kilometers east of t
By the end of this day we will know who has won the Dutch elections. According to the polls yesterday current prime minister Mark Rutte of the liberal VVD is perceived to ‘beat’ nationalist and anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders of the PVV. However, recent history has shown that strange things can
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) reopened the Port of Virginia in the morning hours of March 14 (local time), after it was closed due to forecasted winds of up to 50 knots. “The Port of Virginia is now open without restrictions,” Capt. Rick Wester, captain of the port, said. “However, as long as
The Blue Baltics project, aiming to develop and establish an LNG bunkering network in the Baltic Sea and corresponding European region, kicked off on Tuesday, March 14, according to the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA).
Australia is in urgent need of new and diverse sources of gas supply into the domestic market, the country’s Competition & Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims, said urging the LNG producers to support the domestic market.
Finnish Port of Helsinki opened West Terminal 2, a new terminal designed for fast scheduled ferries, on February 27. The West Terminal 2 project, which included the construction of the new terminal building and its quays, passenger bridges and corridors, field areas and roads, as well as the improve
Ahead of the turbine installation at the Race Bank offshore wind farm, due to start at the end of April, A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has been fitted with four massive adapter rings for wind turbine tower sea fastening.
The Somali pirates have hijacked a Comoros-flagged bunkering tanker while it was sailing near the Horn of Africa, marking the pirates’ first commercial vessel hijack since 2012. The vessel in question is the 1990-built tanker Aris 13 which sent a distress call, turned off its tracking system and cha
Malaysian energy giant Petronas reported a rise in its full year and fourth quarter profits despite the low oil prices and a challenging market environment.
