The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland submitted its consultation response to the Dounreay Trì Floating Wind Demonstration project on 30 November. Charles Nathan, Marine Conservation Planner at RSPB Scotland said: “RSPB Scotland has written to Marine Scotland in support of the
Three more foreign flagged vessels were detained in UK ports during November 2016 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection, the country’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said. Apart from the newly detained vessels, four ships including Malaviya Seven, Sea Trident, Southern Star and Cie
8.2 Consulting has carried out BSH collision friendliness analyses of the support structures at three Iemants projects, including the offshore wind farms Veja Mate and EnBW Hohe See. 8.2AG outlined the necessary verifications and performed a hull-retaining verification assessment. This includes the
OPEC’s recent announcement it would cut crude oil production has boosted Asian spot LNG prices to their highest this year so far.
Italian oil company Eni has informed that on Thursday, December 1, 2016, a fire occurred on the Foukanda platform, located offshore the Republic of Congo, causing a death of one person. According to Eni, the platform was immediately evacuated and the fire was extinguished by the emergency teams, bri
EWE Erneuerbare Energien is looking to award a contract for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) that will be deployed at the Riffgat offshore wind farm in Germany. The company is seeking a vessel that can transport at least 24 persons, but the vessel provider could alternatively place two CTVs which can tr
SSE has awarded ENGIE Fabricom the first phase of a project to remediate grout connection subsidence between the pile and transition pieces on the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm. Initial development work will take place in the last quarter of 2016 at ENGIE Fabricom’s Middlesbrough facilities to
Norwegian oil & gas major Statoil and French energy player Engie have reached an agreement on the renegotiation of their long-term gas supply contracts. According to Engie’s statement on Friday, December 2 the agreement, made on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, aims to modernize historical contracts in
French LNG-engineer Technip and Houston-based FMC Technologies said they have received approval from Brazilian antitrust regulators to continue with their proposed merger. The pending combination revealed earlier this year has received clearance by the General Superintendent of the Administrative Co
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass liquefaction plant in Louisiana exported ten LNG cargoes in November, setting a new record for U.S. monthly exports, the Energy information Agency confirmed in its weekly natural gas report issued on Thursday. The Sabine Pass facility started exporting LNG produced from shale
Norwegian offshore safety agency the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has sent a notification of order to Statoil following an audit of Heimdal main platform and riser pipe platform, offshore Norway, seeking improvements of the company’s operations. The PSA carried put an audit of operations, mainte
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Friday on concerns whether major producers would implement an OPEC-Russia deal to cut production and as investors took profits after Brent touched a 16-month high a day earlier on news of the deal. “It looks achievable on the face of it, p
London-based independent E&P company Panoro Energy is currently in disagreement with its joint venture partners in OML 113 license off Nigeria, which contains the Aje field. The company intends to initiate arbitration and legal proceedings ‘to protect its interests.’ The company, through its fully o
The pending combination between French oilfield services giant Technip and U.S. subsea equipment specialist FMC Technologies has received a clearance decision issued by the General Superintendent of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), the Brazilian antitrust authority. The duo sa
