The U.S. will offer 23.8 million acres offshore Texas for oil and gas exploration and development in a milestone lease sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. “The Gulf of Mexico continues to be one of the most productive basins in the world a
Maritime security incidents on a global level declined by 24 percent in the first six months of 2016, compared with the same period in 2015, according to Control Risks, a global risk consultancy. This decrease has been driven by a 61 percent decline in cases in South-East Asia, where incidents of pi
The first six 80-metre long blades for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project that yesterday arrived at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland, will be the first locally built blades to be installed at a UK offshore wind farm. The blades for the V164-8.0 MW turbines were desi
The first six 80-metre long blades for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project that yesterday arrived at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland, will be the first locally built blades to be installed at a UK offshore wind farm. The blades for the V164-8.0 MW turbines were desi
Spectrum, a multi-client seismic data specialist, has announced the start of a 15,000 km Multi-Client 2D survey offshore Brazil in the Santos and Campos Basins. Spectrum said on Friday that the survey is acquired in partnership with BGP and is supported with industry funding. According to the compan
Three STS cranes, which arrived at Poland’s Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk in May, are now erected and positioned on the crane rails. A total of five STS cranes are intended for the new deepwater berth at the terminal. The components of the remaining two cranes will be delivered in August, acco
On Tuesday, the installation of foundations at the Rampion offshore wind farm kept awake some of the people living in the area, resulting in several complaints received by E.ON, the project developer. According to BBC, loud thumping noise coming from the offshore construction site had awoken some of
The regions of Scandinavia, the Mediterranean and France-Belgium were the best negotiators in terms of vessel buying activity between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016, according to the first Country Overview Report issued by VesselsValue (VV). A ‘good negotiation’ could be assessed by comparing the diff
Following the recent announcement on Boskalis being chosen by Vattenfall as the preferred Offshore Balance of Plant contractor for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), the contract has now been formally awarded. Worth in excess of EUR 100 million, the contract includes all offshore
Australia’s Santos informed on Friday its first quarter sales volumes rose 25 percent to 19.6 mmboe from 15.7 mmboe in the corresponding quarter 2015.
Curacao’s Refineria di Kòrsou (RdK) recently issued a request for proposals to build an LNG import and transshipment terminal to displace heavy resid fuel oil at the Caribbean island’s refinery and power plants.
FortisBC said it is looking to find new customers for its Tilbury LNG facility following the termination of its supply contract with Hawaiian Electric Companies (HECO).
France’s Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), maker of LNG containment systems, posted a revenue of €116.8 million for the first half of 2016, 11.4 percent up on the same period a year before.
Gazprom and CNPC approved the roadmaps for implementing the memorandum of understanding on underground gas storage and gas-fired power generation in China.
