The Norwegian government on Tuesday, January 17 informed that offers for 56 new production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf will be sent to 29 companies. The offers are made following the authorities’ assessment of applications from 33 companies in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 201
Navantia-Windar today assembled the first foundation for the Hywind Scotland floating wind farm, with the construction of the remaining four well underway, the Spanish joint venture company informed.
Navantia-Windar today assembled the first foundation for the Hywind Scotland floating wind farm, with the construction of the remaining four well underway, the Spanish joint venture company informed.
The Port of Antwerp closed 2016 with a record freight volume of 214,057,529 tonnes in 2016, up 2.7% on the previous year, mainly driven by containerized and liquid cargo volumes. The container segment experienced strong growth both in tonnes and in the number of containers, the port authority said.
Following the low activity in the UK upstream industry in 2016, the energy intelligence group Wood Mackenzie expects modest growth in 2017 but also a record for mergers and acquisitions. Activity was low on the UKCS in 2016 as companies were in full survival mode during the oil price downturn and ad
Van Oord and Seajacks have been awarded contracts to install the jacket foundations at the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm, with the main installation vessel being the Seajacks Scylla.
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports into Taiwan, the world’s fifth largest importer, dropped 7.7 percent in November year-on-year. Taiwan, that uses LNG to fuel its gas-powered power plants, imported 1.22 million mt of LNG in November, as compared to 1.32 million in the same month last year, accordi
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) plans to temporarily reduce the number of booking slots for supers in the third period to 5, for a total of 15 slots, due to “an unusual delay” in transits for non-booked vessels. The reduction will become effective on January 20, 2017, and will be maintained until f
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Australia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports are expected to reach almost 60 million tonnes in 2017, up by 63% year-on-year, according to a monthly report by energy analyst, EnergyQuest. LNG exports will rise as the Australia Pacific LNG project and Gorgon LNG project continue to ramp up and new
The underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 offshore Australia has been suspended, the three countries involved in the search informed. The last vessel, Fugro Equator, left the search area on Tuesday after surveying the remaining parts of the 120,000 square-kilometer search
A recent spike in Asia to Mediterranean spot rates shouldn’t be mistaken as a sign of permanent recovery of big markets in the Mediterranean as weakness in the East Med region and the spectre of big ships entering the trade will temper carriers’ prospects in 2017, according to analysts at Drewry. Th
TechnipFMC said on Tuesday it has started operating as a unified, combined company following completion of the merger of French LNG-engineer Technip and Houston-based FMC Technologies. The merger creates a “global leader in oil and gas projects, technologies, systems, and services that will enhance
A fire broke out onboard a vehicle carrier Alliance St. Louis around 150 miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, on January 16, 2017, the US Coast Guard (USCG) informed. An electrical fire occurred in the engine room of the 2005-built ship, according to the USCG. The USCG said it launched an HC-14
