The Marine Energy Event, organized in cooperation with the Dutch Energy from Water Association (EWA), will bring you up to speed with the latest developments in the international marine energy projects, while presenting the evolving trends and export market opportunities of this emerging sector.
Maersk Supply Service on Monday announced further job cuts at the company as a response to the continued market decline in the offshore industry and the recently announced vessel divestment plans. Back in August, Maersk Supply Service announced that it was divesting up to 20 vessels from its legacy
The article has been amended to include statements by BP and WWF Scotland. British oil firm BP has shut down production from its Clair offshore platform located West of Shetland. In a statement sent to Offshore Energy Today, BP confirmed that “a quantity of oil in water was released to the sea from
China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding has delivered two anchor handlers to its compatriot China Oilfield Services Ltd (COSL). According to Wärtsilä, a Finnish company which designed the vessels, the two Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels were delivered in September. The AHTS vessels are based on Wärts
In cooperation with Netherlands Maritime Technology (NMT ), Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference this year offers a Technical Session on gas fueled offshore vessels. Whether prompted by environmental regulations, by financial incentives or both, shipowners and shipbuilders are increasingly cons
Gassco, a Norwegian state-owned company and the operator for the integrated system for transporting gas from Norway, has informed that an extensive program for maintaining facilities on the Norwegian continental shelf has just been completed. “The 2016 program on the NCS has been the biggest-ever in
The last time a battle ship was transferred to the water at the old navy yard near the central station of Amsterdam, was more than a hundred years ago. Today, as with many industrial heritage sites, the area is a creative hub for start-ups. Micanti is one of these new companies and yet they are doin
Lamprell, a company building offshore drilling rigs has informed that Christopher McDonald has now taken up his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Group and as an executive director on the Board. James Moffat, who has been in the role of CEO since March 2013, has stepped down but will con
OPEC’s surprise announcement last Wednesday of a preliminary output reduction agreement seemed to be the development the oil & gas sector had been waiting for, Douglas-Westwood, an energy intelligence group, has said in its latest DW Monday report. By the middle of Thursday afternoon GMT, stock pric
Norwegian seismic player, Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has seen a vessel-activity drop in the third quarter of 2016, the company informed on Monday. In the Q3 the vessel utilization on the contracted basis was 33 percent compared to 35 percent in the corresponding period in 2015. On the multi-client
U.S.-based energy giant ExxonMobil on Friday said its vice president and general counsel, Jack Balagia informed the company of his intention to retire on November 1, following over 18 years of service.
Norway’s gas infrastructure operator Gassco on Wednesday said that an extensive program for maintaining facilities on the Norwegian continental shelf has been completed. “This year’s maintenance operations involved a number of demanding activities,” said Kristin Kinn Kaste, senior vice president for
Norway’s Statoil on Monday said that Jakob Stausholm will resign from the position as a member of the company’s board.
Bowleven, the Africa focused oil and gas exploration group, has received the $15 million cash proceeds payable under the Etinde farm-out transaction with Lukoil and NewAge. The Etinde Permit lies in a shallow water offshore Cameroon, adjacent to the coast. Bowleven said on Monday that, as at Septemb
