Six robbers armed with guns boarded and fired upon the duty crew on board a container ship at Conakry anchorage, Guinea, on Wednesday, September 21, according to IMB. The vessel’s Master activated the SSAS alert, raised the alarm and locked the accommodation. The robbers, however, gained access into
The moment is nearing for the sailaway of the recently grounded Transocean drilling rig in Scotland. The rig, currently moored in the Broad Bay, offshore Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, will be taken aboard a heavy lift vessel and shipped to Turkey. According to the UK Maritime and Coast Guard agency, the
Economist Films, part of the renowned magazine The Economist, has produced a documentary investigating how new energy technologies are disrupting the fossil fuel industry. The last part of the documentary shows how the offshore wind technology has advanced and how oil and gas companies are using the
Retaining knowledge and people with experience within the complete offshore energy industry is a difficult task. During Offshore Energy 2016 the latest developments on these subjects will be discussed during the Human Capital Panel. During the panel, you can learn how to navigate the downturn in the
Imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by South Korea, the world’s second-largest buyer of the chilled fuel, dropped 7 percent year-on-year in August, according to the customs data. South Korea imported 1.97 million mt of LNG in August, as compared to 2.12 million mt in the corresponding period in 2
UK’s Petrofac Training Services has been awarded contract for training and emergency response services with Statoil to support the Norwegian oil company’s operations on the UK Continental Shelf. In the new five-year training partnership, Petrofac Training Services is appointed as Statoil’s preferred
On 22 September, Jan De Nul installed the last foundation at the Nobelwind wind farm, developed by Parkwind. All 51 foundations have been fitted with the associated transition pieces for the installation of the MHI Vestas V112-3.3MW turbines. The offshore high voltage substation (OHVS) for Belgian N
On 22 September, Jan De Nul installed the last foundation at the Nobelwind wind farm, developed by Parkwind. All 51 foundations have been fitted with the associated transition pieces for the installation of the MHI Vestas V112-3.3MW turbines. The offshore high voltage substation (OHVS) for Belgian N
Following earlier reports that the Danish conglomerate Maersk was considering splitting the company into two divisions, or into several smaller businesses as part of its strategic review, the split option has now been confirmed by the company. Maersk has confirmed it is working to split the company
By Mark Tay SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea is negotiating pricing terms with potential offtakers for production from its 2.2 million tonnes per year (tpy) Fortuna Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project, eyeing Europe as its next key market. While Asia remains a key LNG customer for E
InterOil Corporation on Thursday informed that its shareholders voted to approve the transaction with ExxonMobil Corporation, with 80 percent of the cast votes at the special meeting in favor of the US$2.5 billion transaction.
Singapore-based Pavilion Energy, a Temasek company, and U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil are collaborating to develop solutions for liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering and other downstream developments in Singapore. “Together, we hope to embark on a journey of learning and establishing LNG bunkering p
The UK-based LNG liquefaction technology licensor, Gasconsult filed a patent application for a variant of its liquefaction technology that eliminates CO2 removal unit as part of the feed gas pre-treatment train.
Eni of Italy on Thursday upgraded the field potential of Baltim South West to 1 trillion cubic feet of gas in place, following the results of the appraisal well Baltim South West 2X.
