Picture of the day: first LNG tanker passing through expanded Panama Canal The 161,870-cbm Maran Gas Apollonia, chartered by the Hague-based LNG giant Shell, is the first LNG tanker to transit the newly expanded Panama Canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. France: incident at Dunkirk LNG
Popular news, July 25 – 31, 2016
The Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control will launch a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC,2006). The aim of the CIC is to verify that the minimum standards for working and living conditions have been implemented on board. This
U.S.-based energy giant and LNG player Chevron posted on Friday a loss of $1.5 billion for second quarter this year, compared with earnings of $571 million in the same period a year before. The second-quarter results included impairments and other non-cash charges totaling $2.8 billion. Chevron said
Prysmian Group informed that its new cable lay vessel, named Ulisse, is ready for offshore cable installation operations, following an investment of over EUR 20 million. Following the purchase from the ship owner EOS, the flat top barge has been converted into ca. 120 meters by 33 meters cable layer
Hundreds of offshore workers employed by Wood Group on seven Shell-operated platforms in the UK North Sea will go on a second strike next week. Offshore trade unions, Unite and RMT, have issued a fresh call to Wood Group to drop its cuts to pay and allowances and hold further talks to resolve the di
Prysmian Group has welcomed a third cable lay vessel, named Ulisse, to its fleet following a EUR 20 million investment. Following the purchase from the ship owner EOS, the flat top barge has been converted into a 120 m by 33 m cable layer at the PaxOcean shipyard in Singapore. Renamed Ulisse, she no
With every month that passes, the interest in North Sea decommissioning grows. Understandably, the topic has been thrust into the spotlight, as the oil price continues to challenge the North Sea industry. The industry body I lead, Decom North Sea, is about setting decommissioning within that context
Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) have now erected the first of 72 Siemens SWT- 4.0 130 wind turbines at the 288 MW Sandbank offshore wind farm being built 90 kilometers west of the island of Sylt in the German part of the North Sea. The erection of the towers on the foundations and the instal
The wreck of the general cargo vessel MV Manolis L, that ran aground and sank in Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador in January 1985, is to be technically assessed this summer as the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) prepares to remove the ship and recover its cargo comprised of some 462 tons of fuel
Norwegian provider of subsea services to the oil and gas industry, DOF Subsea, has been awarded a contract by Shell to provide full-time underwater services and multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) to the Prelude FLNG facility.
Dynagas LNG Partners, a partnership formed by Dynagas, on Friday posted an adjusted net income of US$18.8 million and $37.7 million, for the second quarter and first six months of 2016, respectively.
Origin Energy, the owner of a 37.5 percent stake in the Australia Pacific LNG project, said the ConocoPhillips-operated LNG project has boosted its production and revenue. APLNG started exporting the chilled fuel in January and has since then shipped 32 LNG cargoes, with the majority sold under long
Karoon Gas Australia has once again served default notices to Pacific Exploration and Production, its joint venture partner in the Santos Basin blocks offshore Brazil, related to overdue payment. Karoon Gas Australia has 65% operated interest in five Santos Basin Brazil blocks, S‐M‐1037, 1101, 1102,
