Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given consent to ExxonMobil to use the Island Frontier and Island Wellserver vessels for light well intervention at Sigyn field, offshore Norway. The Sigyn field is in production license 072 in the North Sea where ExxonMob
The Australian government launched the 2016 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release making 28 new areas available for bidding. The 2016 acreage release comprises areas located across five basins in Commonwealth waters offshore of the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands and Western Austra
France’s Dunkirk LNG import terminal has restarted send-out tests following an incident late July that led to the plant being put into safe mode. Europe’s newest LNG terminal in the English Channel near Belgium, that is currently in commissioning phase, was put into safe mode on July 25, just weeks
Dutch-based SBM Offshore informed on Wednesday that it has nominated Douglas Wood as new chief financial officer. Earlier this year, SBM Offshore announced the intention of the current CFO, P.M. van Rossum, to retire after the annual general meeting in 2017. “The Supervisory Board assigned the Appoi
South Korea’s Kogas, the world’s second-largest buyer of LNG, reported a rise of 15.2 percent in its sales volume in July. Kogas sold 2.19 million tonnes of LNG in July this year, compared with 1.90 million tonnes a year ago, the company said in a filing to the stock exchange. Gas sales into the pow
Dana Gas, the Middle East’s largest private natural gas company on Thursday posted a flat second-quarter profit. The UAE-based firm reported a net profit of $7 million in the second quarter, the same as compared to the corresponding period year ago. Revenue was down to $96 million, as compared to $1
Sixteen energy industry experts have been appointed as an executive committee for the offshore E&P conference and exhibition SPE Offshore Europe 2017. SPE Offshore Europe has been held biennially in Aberdeen since 1973. It is organized by The Offshore Europe Partnership, a joint venture between Reed
The representative body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, Oil & Gas UK, has launched a new publication that is, according to the organization, promoting improvements in major accident hazard management operational efficiency on offshore oil and gas installations. Oil & Gas UK said that the p
James Fisher Subsea has secured work off the coast of Germany to help clear unexploded ordnance (UXOs) from the site of the proposed Nordergrunde wind farm. The contract, with German wind farm developer, wpd, required the JF Subsea team to locate, excavate, and identify targets so any unexploded dev
A thousand hoisting operations from helicopters to wind turbines have been carried out so far at DONG Energy’s offshore wind farms, the offshore wind developer said via social media. “The distances to our offshore wind farms are increasing, and flying to work is becoming reality for many of our tech
Japan Oil, Gas & Metals National Corporation (Jogmec) said it has signed a loan agreement with three Japanese companies to help them in financing the costs of the third Tangguh LNG train in Indonesia. Jogmec will back Nippon Oil Exploration, KG Berau Petroleum and KG Wiriagar Petroleum with a liabil
Vattenfall has acquired Global Tech II offshore wind project located in the German North Sea some 85 kilometres north of the island of Borkum. The project is currently under development with up to 79 wind turbines in an area of 47 square kilometres. The realization of the project depends on obtainin
Vattenfall has acquired Global Tech II offshore wind project located in the German North Sea some 85 kilometres north of the island of Borkum. The project is currently under development with up to 79 wind turbines in an area of 47 square kilometres. The realization of the project depends on obtainin
The Indian government has given more time to a committee looking into a dispute between the countries largest oil companies ONGC and Reliance Industries over their respective offshore blocks in the Bay of Bengal. Shri Ajit Prakash Shan , former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court was in December 2015
