Over 300 oil service workers in Norway went on strike on Wednesday morning after mediation between the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association and the Norwegian Union of Industri Energi failed. To remind, mediation over the collective oil service agreement between the employers’ organization in Norway and
Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen has been awarded funding from the UK Government to establish a sustainable training framework for the energy sector in India with a focus on accelerating skills development in deep-water subsea operations. The University welcomed the Indian Minister for Pet
UK subsea companies will be heading to Mexico City next week on a showcase trade mission to increase business and trade opportunities in Latin America’s most promising energy hubs. The event has been organized by the Department for International Trade (DIT) in association with Subsea UK, along with
ECA Group has delivered several underwater mine counter measure (MCM) systems to two navies, Kazakhstan being one of them. The system is entirely based on specialized robots, and mines are detected using sonar fitted either on autonomous underwater vehicles or on surface drones, while avoiding the m
Planned maintenance has begun at Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG export plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast, a Cheniere spokesperson confirmed to LNG World News on Tuesday. Cheniere had said earlier this month that the four-week outage would include repair works to improve the performance of the flare systems a
The Alaska Railroad said it is preparing for the first transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail in the U.S. state of Alaska. The chilled fuel will be transported in intermodal LNG ISO containers from southcentral to interior Alaska during a month-long operational performance project that wil
Panama, the world’s largest flag state, has acceded to the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC). The convention covers the design, construction, operation and preparation of ships so as to facilitate safe and environmentally sound recycli
Indian Oil Corporation and the state-owned gas utility GAIL are about to sign an agreement to secure a 49 percent stake in Adani Group’s Dhamra LNG project in Odisha.
Texas-based LNG engineer CB&I on Tuesday said that Patrick K. Mullen has been promoted to chief operating officer. In this new role, Mullen will have responsibility for CB&I’s project operations, commercial and support functions around the world, in addition to working with the executive team in dev
Nissum Bredning Vindmøllelaug and Jysk Energi, which placed the winning bid for Nissum Bredning Vind project earlier this year, following a call for tender from Danish Energy Agency’s (DEA), have made the final investment decision for the 28MW pilot project in northern Denmark. The commercial aspect
The Association of Bulk Terminal Operators has warned that cargo liquefaction, an issue commonly associated with the seaborne transportation of unprocessed mineral ores and concentrates, is also an issue which bulk terminals need to pay attention to. Speaking at the ICHCA ISP76 panel meeting in Lond
Yamal LNG’s output is less sensitive to oil price movements due to the project’s cash cost, according to Novatek’s chief financial officer Mark Gyetvay.
Turkish general cargo vessel Murat Hacibekiroglu II sank in the Mediterranean Sea, northwest of Cyprus, on Monday, September 19, according to local media. The 2,061 dwt cargo ship, laden with cement, sank one hour after the vessel’s master issued a distress call, stating that the engine room was tak
Following the oil giant Shell’s acquisition of the UK’s BG Group earlier this year, it was announced that the merger would lead to thousands of job cuts across the global operations to avoid overlapping. Well, the time has come for Norway to feel the cuts. Namely, Shell Norway announced in May this
