Brunei has become the first country in the world to commission International Minimum Industry Standard Training (IMIST) in an attempt to ensure the safety of its 20,000-strong oil and gas industry workforce, OPITO has informed. Oil and gas skills organization OPITO said on Wednesday that this follow
With only 3 weeks left, the program of the Opening Gala Dinner is complete and ready to be announced! After the welcoming reception, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2016 will officially be opened with words of welcome by Pieter van Oord, Chairman IRO and Coert van Zijll Langhout, Managing Di
Another two acres will be developed as part of Great Yarmouth Energy Park, after the Great Yarmouth Development Company, a joint venture between Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Norfolk County Council, and the owners of the Millora Works site signed acquisition contracts. The 50-acre energy park i
Cathie Associates has teamed up with independent marine structural engineering company, Ceteal, and multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy, Ghenova to provide support for DONG Energy’s offshore wind farm projects under a five-year contract. Together, the consortium will deliver on a framework ag
New Zealand’s government has welcomed the arrival of the Aotea Maersk in Tauranga, the biggest container ship to have ever visited this country. The 9,500 TEU vessel can carry almost twice as much cargo as any other container ship that has previously docked in New Zealand, according to the country’s
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has reportedly started talks with a number of suppliers of liquefied natural gas as it readies plans to develop an FSRU-based import terminal.
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has received 26 applications for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites, the governmental body reported after the tender closed on 29 September. A team comprising national and international experts is now evaluating all applications and RVO.nl said it plan
Malaysian energy giant Petronas said that it has produced the commissioning cargo at its newly completed Train 9 at the Petronas LNG complex in Bintulu, Sarawak.
Seaway Heavy Lifting has contracted Dutch subsea technology company Seatools as the provider of a piling template instrumentation and control system for the Beatrice offshore wind project. Seatools is in charge of the complete mechanical, electric, hydraulic, and software design of the piling templa
Malaysian offshore services provider Perisai Petroleum is working on alternatives after noteholders rejected its debt restructuring plan. Persai had hoped to receive waivers for the non-payment of principal interest for S$125 million notes due on October 3 and was hoping it would be able to defer th
On October 3, 2016, a new cruise pier, Pier Saint Nikolaos, was inaugurated in the Greek port of Piraeus. The project was built with caissons and provides additional 284 meters of berthing space for vessels with a draught of up to 11 meters. The land area occupies 8,415 square meters. The upgrade al
PTT of Thailand is reportedly set to sign a liquefied natural gas supply contract with Shell Eastern Trading and BP Singapore before the end of the year.
The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Monday said it will prepare the environmental impact statement for the proposed Driftwood LNG project.
Keppel, Singapore’s builder of offshore drilling rigs, has acknowledged it might have been involved in a bribery case in Brazil, and that its former agent in the country might have acted “suspiciously”. To remind, Zwi Skornicki, an employee of Eagle do Brasil which was the agent of Keppel FELS in Br
