Dutch energy and dredging services provider Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has informed that the trade union CNV Vakmensen has agreed to the social plan related to the company’s previously announced fleet rationalization. To remind, Boskalis said in July this year it would take 24 vessel
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has taken delivery of the offshore construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Maximus through its partially owned affiliate, Maximus Limited. As previously reported by Offshore Energy Today, the vessel’s hull was built in Vard’s Romanian yard last year
A special church service will take place in Aberdeen for all those who have lost their lives while working in the UK offshore oil and gas industry over the years. The representative body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, Oil & Gas UK, said that its Chaplaincy’s service of remembrance, held a
HISWA Holland Marine Industry originally developed the “Commercial Cruising Vessel Project (CCV)” in 2007. This confirmed that the Netherlands had built up an excellent position in superyacht new builds due not only to its renowned quality and innovative capacity, but also a unique cooperation in th
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has received 29 applications covering 113 blocks in the latest offshore licensing round for under-explored areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The 29th offshore licensing round was launched on July 27, 2016, and closed for applications on October 26, 2016. OGA
SeaBird Exploration has reached an agreement for the sale and decommissioning of the vessel Hawk Explorer. The decommissioning of the vessel is a part of the company’s efforts to reduce cost and adjust fleet capacity to better reflect current market demand, SeaBird explained. The company will retain
ConocoPhillips has completed a transaction for the sale of its shares in ConocoPhillips Senegal BV, which holds a 35 percent interest in three exploration blocks offshore Senegal, to Australia’s Woodside Petroleum. ConocoPhillips said on Friday that the total sales price of the transaction between i
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Production at the second liquefaction train of Chevron’s Gorgon LNG project has started according to the company’s chairman and CEO John Watson.
Maersk Supply Service has sold another two platform supply vessels (PSVs), the Maersk Feeder and Maersk Fighter, as a continuation of the company’s plan to shed 20 vessels over the next year and a half. To remind, Offshore Energy Today reported back in August on Maersk Supply Service’s plan to cut i
A total of 385 kilos of cocaine were retrieved from the water after the illicit cargo was thrown overboard from a container ship, according to Italian law enforcement agency Guardia di Finanza. At the time the vessel was transiting from Brazil to Italy’s port of Gioia Tauro. The container ship invol
Italian oil and gas company Eni on Friday reported a second-quarter net loss, caused by low oil and gas prices.
New York-listed GasLog Partners, the master limited partnership formed by GasLog, reported a decrease in its quarterly profit.
