Sea Shepherd’s patrol vessel the Ocean Warrior intercepted one of the harpoon ships of the Japanese whale-poaching fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary on December 22, the marine conservation organization informed. The harpoon ship was located approximately 165 miles northeast of Australia’s
LNG Limited of Australia on Friday informed that the validity period of its EPC contract with the KBR-SKE&C joint venture for the Magnolia liquefied natural gas project has been extended.
International law firm Ince & Co has provided legal advice to GasLog, an international owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers, on a sale and purchase agreement to acquire a 20 percent shareholding in Gastrade.
The Dutch logistics company Cornelissen Groep has expanded its fleet of liquefied natural gas powered trucks.
Anadarko Petroleum has agreed to sell its assets in the Marcellus Shale of north-central Pennsylvania to Alta Marcellus Development a unit of Alta Resources Development, for approximately US$1.24 billion.
Global law firm Baker Botts advised Origin Energy on its LNG sale and purchase agreement with ENN for the delivery of liquefied natural gas to China.
Two offshore vessels Maersk Searcher and Maersk Shipper sank on Thursday off the coast of France. The incident happened as the vessels were being towed to Turkey by Maersk Battler, as they’ve recently been sold for scrap. In a message to Offshore Energy Today, Danish offshore vessel owner Maersk Sup
Italian oil giant Eni has informed that an investigation over its controversial acquisition of a Nigerian offshore license has been concluded. The investigation was looking into the acquisition of the OPL 245 block which Eni and Shell bought in 2011 for over $1 billion. To remind, Global Witness, an
Denmark’s Bladt Industries has welded together the first pieces of what are to be jacket foundations which will support 30 wind turbines at the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm off Scotland. The first x-braces and upper A-frames for the four-legged jacket foundations have been welded at Bladt’s Lin
Norwegian offshore workers’ unions have called for the ban on all Super Puma helicopter flights on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to stay upheld. While the flights are currently banned on all Airbus EC225 and AS332L2 helicopters in Norway after the crash of the CHC-owned helicopter in Turøy in Apri
The European Commission (EC) adopted the first version of the European List of ship recycling facilities on December 19, 2016. Demolition yards included in the European List of ship recycling facilities are located in Belgium, Denmark, France, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sp
Jahan, a 45,700 dwt bulk carrier, was detained in Singapore waters, according to Supreme Court of Singapore’s records. The 26,049 gross ton bulker, owned by Mariners Associates CTG from Bangladesh, was arrested in the morning hours of December 19, 2016. The reason of the ship’s detention was not rev
Members of Scotland’s biggest offshore trade union Unite have gone into an official dispute with employers, in a move that could lead to a vote on industrial action. Unite, along with the GMB union, was seeking a wage increase for offshore members, along with improved sick pay and paid travel time.
Combination of higher wind speeds, compared to last year, and increased onshore wind capacity led to a rise in wind energy-generated power in the UK in Q3 2016, where offshore wind generation rose from 3.4TWh in 2015 Q3 to 3.5TWh and onshore wind generated 4.6TWh in 2016 Q3, up from 3.8TWh for the s
