Norway’s Statoil and Brazil’s Petrobras have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by which they aim to strengthen their cooperation in Brazil. The intention of the MoU is to evaluate joint participation in future tenders for exploration areas and to increase upstream collaboration in producing
The US Coast Guard responded to a diesel spill that was discharged from the fishing vessel Emerald Sea in the Columbia River on August 29. The 250-gallon diesel spill left a reported 1-mile by 500-yard sheen in the water at Skipanon Marina on the Columbia River. The master of the Emerald Sea, an 86-
ExxonMobil, BP and ConocoPhilips are looking to exit the Alaska LNG project following a report by Wood Mackenzie stating the project’s competitiveness ‘ranks poorly’ under current market conditions.
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Floatel International an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the semi-submersible accommodation and construction support vessel, Floatel Endurance. PSA said on Tuesday that the Floatel Endurance semi-submersible woul
U.S. Gulf of Mexico operators Shell and BP were shutting down production from some of its offshore facilities on Monday ahead of the tropical depression Nine. BP and Shell on Monday afternoon said they were monitoring the tropical depression, and conducting preparations to ensure safety of personnel
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is repeating its demand that 20 Chinese seafarers, having been stranded aboard the coal ship for six weeks off the Port of Gladstone, Queensland, be allowed to come ashore, according to The Maritime Union of Australia. The seafarers aboard the Ho
Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein plans to launch the second wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) built for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service from the dock hall at Ulstein Verft in two months’ time. The vessel is expected to start sea trials
Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein plans to launch the second wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) built for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service from the dock hall at Ulstein Verft in two months’ time. The vessel is expected to start sea trials
The ‘world’s first’ fully-operational tidal array in Shetland has been delivered with over 80% Scottish supply chain content.
Eagle LNG Partners submitted the draft Resource Report 13 for the Jacksonville LNG project to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as part of the pre-filing process.
Authorities seized some 95 kilograms of cocaine from a cruise ship in Sydney, Australia during a search aboard the vessel on August 28, and arrested three Canadian nationals on drug importation charges. Namely, Australian Border Force (ABF) officers boarded the vessel when it berthed in Sydney Harbo
Royal Dutch Shell plc is divesting 100 percent of its record title interest in Gulf of Mexico Green Canyon Blocks 114, 158, 202 and 248, located offshore Louisiana. The blocks referred to as the Brutus/Glider assets, will be acquired by EnVen Energy Corporation, through its affiliate EnVen Energy Ve
Russian gas giant Gazprom posted on reported a 17 percent drop in second-quarter net profit reaching 244.9 billion rubles (approx. US$3.7 billion).
Rotterdam-based Van Oord on Tuesday said work continues on land reclamation in Kuwait for Kuwait National Petroleum Company’s (KNPC) LNG import facility.
