Russia’s shipping company Sovcomflot (SCF) named its newbuild ice-breaking supply vessel, built for the Sakhalin-2 project, on January 30, 2017. SCF said on Tuesday that the vessel, named after a famous explorer Gennadiy Nevelskoy, was under a long-term agreement with Sakhalin Energy. Sovcomflot and
TGS, a provider of multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas companies, has started the Otos multibeam and seep study project in the U.S Gulf of Mexico. Then company said on Thursday the acquisition of the multibeam survey is underway and is the first stage of a seep and geochemistry program cover
The United States Senate on Wednesday confirmed the former head of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson as Donald Trump’s secretary of State.
InterOil Corporation said that the Antelope-7 sidetrack appraisal well reached 1,989 meters at the end of January and is drilling ahead in the Orubadi formation.
Golar LNG Partners on Wednesday said it had completed the issuance of a US$250 million senior unsecured bond in the Nordic bond market.
SkyDeck Europe Last week during a gathering of various (offshore) industry professionals, SkyDeck Europe presented their system called QuikDeck, a modular suspended work access platform with a load capacity up to 360 kilograms per square meter. Initially designed for bridge renovations the QuikDeck
Video Courtesy: Texas Parks and Wildlife The US Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Artificial Reef Program sank a 371-foot cargo vessel, named the Kraken, on January 20, 2017. The ship was sunk 67 miles off the coast of Galveston to create a new artificial reef. Over time, this sunken ship will b
GasLog, and GasLog Partners, named Alastair Maxwell as CFO, following Simon Crowe’s decision to step down from the position earlier in January.
Subsea 7, a provider of seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services, has taken delivery of two newbuild vessels, Seven Arctic and Seven Kestrel. With this delivery, Subsea 7 has completed its fleet investment programme that has added six newbuild vessels to the company’s fleet since 201
Subsea 7 has taken delivery of Seven Arctic and Seven Kestrel offshore vessels, completing its fleet investment program that has added six new-build vessels to the Subsea 7 fleet since 2014. Seven Arctic is a heavy construction flex-lay vessel designed to meet the demands of deep water and harsh env
UK is looking to protect harbour porpoises by setting up five marine conservation areas in its surrounding waters. According to a statement on Tuesday by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), an adviser to the UK government on nature conservation, five harbour porpoise Special Areas of Con
India, the world’s fourth-largest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has announced plans to halve its basic customs duty on imports of the chilled fuel. In presenting to Parliament the budget for fiscal year that starts April 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said he proposes to reduc
An agreement on environmental monitoring of the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG project, a first of its kind, has been signed between the government of Canada, the government of British Columbia, the Lax Kw’alaams Band and the Metlakatla First Nation.
Anadarko has reported a net loss $452 million, an improvement when compared to the $1.52 billion net loss in the same quarter of 2015. Revenues for the quarter rose to $2.4 billion, an increase from 4Q 2015 when it reported revenues of around $2 billion. Fourth-quarter 2016 sales volumes of oil, nat
