Production at Chevron’s Gorgon LNG project still suspended Liquefied natural gas production at Chevron’s US$54 billion Gorgon project in Australia remains suspended following a “minor gas leak” earlier this month. LNG Canada FID delayed, again Hague-based LNG giant Shell and its partners in LNG Cana
A fire broke out at Brazilian Port of Santos’ Rumo sugar terminal on July 14, causing temporary stoppage of operations at the facility, a representative of Santos Port Authority told World Maritime News. The fire, which started at 4:00 a.m. in a conveyor of the plant, was extinguished some two hours
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court will on July 28 start the trial of airport staff charged in the death of Christophe Margerie, the head of French oil major Total who was killed when his jet collided with a snow plough in a Moscow airport, Russian media reported on Friday. Lawyers for the five airp
The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) is expected to formally approve New York’s first ever offshore wind farm, Deepwater Wind’s 90MW Deepwater ONE – South Fork project, at its board meeting on 20 July. The State Governor Andrew Cuomo stated: “The LIPA Board of Trustees Wednesday will consider adva
South Korea’s Kogas, the world’s largest corporate buyer of LNG, reported a drop of 2.7 percent in its sales volume in June.
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has notified companies holding oil and gas leases in US waters that it is updating financial assurance and risk management requirements for decommissioning and removing of offshore production facilities. BOEM’s said on Thursday that its Notice to Les
Two new 35-meter offshore security patrol vessels for surveillance, intervention, and protection of offshore assets in the Gulf of Guinea have been delivered, to protect offshore oil and gas assets in Nigeria. Incat Crowther said on Friday that the two vessels named M/V Hezekiah and M/V Lady Dora we
Solstad Offshore’s NB 830 offshore subsea construction vessel, Normand Maximus, was christened on Friday at Vard Brattvåg, Norway. According to Solstad’s social media update, the Godmother of the vessel is Maria Solstad, daughter of Lars Peder Solstad, the company’s chief executive officer. The vess
Oil Search said on Friday that Gaffney Cline & Associates and Netherland, Sewell & Associates, have concluded their independent certification of the Elk-Antelope fields, located in PRL 15, in Papua New Guinea.
Kenz Figee, a Dutch lifting and hoisting systems provider for the international offshore oil and gas industry, has a new owner. The company on Friday said it was being taken over by MeeMaken BV, a firm with the worldwide network and portfolio comprising service companies to the offshore energy busin
The Intermediate Court of Mauritius has reversed its earlier decision and convicted twelve persons accused of attempting to carry out an act of piracy against a merchant ship, MSC Jasmine, on 5 January 2013, the court papers show. The conviction follows an earlier court ruling, made in November 2014
The Government of Canada has admitted that it illegally issued work permits to 11 foreign crew members of the New England, a Marshall Islands flag of convenience oil tanker, that engaged in shipping in Canada in July 2015, Seafarers’ International Union of Canada (SIU) said. As a result, the Governm
San Diego-based Sempra Energy and Australia’s Woodside plan to file their application for the Port Arthur LNG project in September 2016.
Californian port of Los Angeles has handled 5.9 percent more of overall cargo volumes in the first six months of 2016 compared to the same period last year. Despite a decrease in June volumes, year-to-date volumes registered at 4,13 million TEUs, compared to 3,9 million TEUs in the same period a yea
