Scotland’s biggest union Unite has called for governments at Westminster and Holyrood to invest in new infrastructure to help take advantage of untapped offshore oil and gas. UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) on Wednesday published a research on the potential of small pools of oil and gas in UK water
JDR, a supplier of subsea power cables and umbilicals to the offshore energy industry, has unveiled its plan to open a new European service support center in Newcastle. JDR said on Tuesday that the center would consist of a 4000 square meter facility including a workshop, warehouse, and offices. The
A joint development project between ABS, a provider of classification and technical services to the offshore industry, and South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has resulted in a new tension leg platform (TLP) design. ABS said on Wednesday that the new TLP hull concept named the ‘Samsung Enha
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New UK-flagged vessels are failing the shipping industry by not employing domestic seafarers, according to the country’s National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT). “All of Atlantic Container Line’s (ACL) UK-flagged fleet of new ro-ro container ships – the Atlantic Star, Atlantic S
HIGAS, a joint venture between Gas and Heat and CPL Concordia, received the final governmental approval for the construction and operation of the small-scale LNG storage facility in Santa Giusta (Oristano), Italy.
In a move to increase foreign investment amid the nation’s worsening economic position, Brazil’s Congress has approved legislation that will remove state-controlled Petrobras’ obligation as sole operator on the country’s pre-salt developments, Douglas-Westwood, an energy intelligence group, said in
Perisai Petroleum, an oilfield services provider from Malaysia, has received a notice from its noteholders, demanding an immediate payment of the redemption amount of the S$125 million notes together with interest. To remind, Perisai had hoped it would be able to delay the payment date of S$125 mill
Australian energy company Cooper Energy has decided to divest interest in a project onshore Indonesia, aiming to put all of its efforts on its offshore assets in Australia. Cooper Energy is selling a 55 percent stake in the Tangai Sukananti project in the South Sumatra, Indonesia, to its compatriot
Gazprom and Mitsubishi Corporation said that the development of the FEED documents for Sakhalin II LNG plant’s third liquefaction train are close to completion.
Imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by South Korea, the world’s second-largest buyer of the chilled fuel, dropped 13.8 percent year-on-year in September, according to the customs data. South Korea imported 2.24 million mt of LNG in September, as compared to 2.59 million mt in the corresponding mo
U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil is reportedly set to begin drilling operations in its license offshore Liberia. According to Reuters, which cited the company’s spokesperson, the drilling operation in Exxon Mobil’s Liberia-13 deepwater block, is expected to start in November 2016. Exxon Mobil acquired an
Russian gas conglomerate Gazprom sees no threat from U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies coming to the European market. Gazprom, that generates more than a half of its revenue in Europe, said in a statement on Tuesday that in the European market “U.S. LNG was losing” against the company’s pipe
Air Liquide opened its third LNG-CNG fueling station for road transport in Duttlenheim, France on Tuesday.
