Rex W. Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil will retire at year-end after more than 41 years of service with the oil giant. As reported earlier this week, Tillerson has been selected by U.S. President-Elect to take over the Secretary of State position. As for the Exxon Mobi
Slovenia’s Port of Koper welcomed recently MSC Paloma, which is said to be the largest container vessel that has entered the Adriatic Sea. The 14,028 TEU boxship was built by South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) in 2010. Until now, the record at the Port of Kope
Healthcare and medical solutions company Iqarus has launched a new training center for offshore medics, emergency response teams, and people who work in remote and challenging environments. Iqarus said on Thursday that over £1 million ($1.25 million) was invested in the design and construction of th
The Oman Ministry of Oil & Gas has put four blocks up for grabs in the 2016 licensing round. The Ministry said on Wednesday that the blocks offered as part of the Oman Bid Round 2016 are Block 30, Block 31, Block 49, and Block 52. Bid submission deadline for Block 30 has already closed […]
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help expand offshore renewable energy development. Under the agreement, California and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) will coordinate the environ
US oil major Chevron has canceled floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel order for the Rosebank oil and gas project. Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), who in April 2013 secured the contract for the design verification, detailed design and full engineering, procurement and constructi
Ports from around the Mediterranean coast have agreed to form a specific organisation to promote the region’s role in global maritime trade and to co-operate on issues including security, the environment and supply chain innovation. The decision follows the inaugural Medports Forum held in Marseille
U.S. president elect Donald Trump has selected former Texas governor Rick Perry as Secretary of the Department of Energy. In the announcement on Wednesday, Trump’s transition team described Perry as the “chief executive of one of the country’s largest states and one of the largest economies in the w
DONG Energy is teaming up with Eversource Energy, a transmission builder from New England who has acquired a 50% ownership interest in Bay State Wind, to jointly develop the project planned off Massachusetts, the United States. The proposed offshore wind farm would be located approximately 15-25 mil
DONG Energy is teaming up with Eversource Energy, a transmission builder from New England who has acquired a 50% ownership interest in Bay State Wind, to jointly develop the project planned off Massachusetts, the United States. The proposed offshore wind farm would be located approximately 15-25 mil
Talks between shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk and DONG Energy to merge their oil and gas business have stalled after the two Danish firms could not agree on a price, industry and banking sources said on Wednesday.
Skangas and the chemicals company Kemira have entered into an agreement on the supply of LNG for the Kemira plant producing water treatment chemicals in Kaanaa industrial park, Pori, Finland.
The Hague-based LNG giant Shell and its partners in the LNG Canada consortium are looking for a new lead contractor for the delayed multi-billion export project in Kitimat, British Columbia. “LNG Canada is in the midst of undertaking a new competitive process with a prequalified group of companies t
EDS HV Management has been appointed to provide HV consulting services, including safety rules consultancy, design reviews and SCADA system review, for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) project. Located off Aberdeen Bay, the EOWDC offshore wind test and demonstration faci
