The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) Environmental Studies Program (ESP) has published new findings from a Pacific Region study. ESP released the final report on “Determining the Infrastructure Needs to Support Offshore Floating Wind and Marine Hydrokinetic Facilities on the Pacific Wes
By Anthony Deutsch and Ben Blanchard AMSTERDAM/BEIJING (Reuters) – An arbitration court ruled on Tuesday that China has no historic title over the waters of the South China Sea and has breached the Philippines’ sovereign rights with its actions, infuriating Beijing which dismissed the case as a farc
The first three offshore wind projects off the French coast, to be developed by EDF and Enbridge off Saint-Nazaire, Fécamp and Courseulles-sur-mer, have received prefectural orders “authorizing the installation and operation” of wind farms. However, the 450MW project off Courseulles-sur-mer could fa
The first three offshore wind projects off the French coast, to be developed by EDF and Enbridge off Saint-Nazaire, Fécamp and Courseulles-sur-mer, have received prefectural orders “authorizing the installation and operation” of wind farms. However, the 450MW project off Courseulles-sur-mer could fa
Liquefied natural gas production at Chevron’s US$54 billion Gorgon project remains suspended following a “minor gas leak” earlier this month.
Last month, a joint rescue exercise was carried out on Teesside Offshore Wind Farm, with MPI Dulcinea as the centre vessel. The large-scale exercise was overseen by EDF Renewable’s HSE, Siemens HSE and the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA). The Master of MPI Ducinea, Adam Reith, was required to maint
Piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia saw a decrease of 64 percent in the first half of this year, according to Asian piracy watchdog ReCAAP ISC. Namely, during the period, a total of 41 incidents occurred, two of which were piracy incidents and 39 were armed robberies. Compared to 114 inci
Petrobras has announced that its total oil and natural gas production in June was 2.90 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), a new monthly record for the company, beating its previous record of 2.88 million boed, set in August 2015. June’s output was up 2% from the amount produced in May
The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources (FMPR) has agreed to grant the Ororo field partners a three-year extension to the Ororo field license (OML 95), offshore Nigeria, with effect from May 1, 2016. The partners in the license are Sirius Petroleum, Guarantee Petroleum Company, and Owen
The first of 29 Navantia’s jacket foundations for Wikinger offshore wind farm has set sail from Spain and is heading to the Baltic Sea, ScottishPower informed via social media. The foundations for Iberdrola’s 350MW offshore wind farm in Germany are being constructed at the Navantia facilities in Fen
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern has arrived in St. Nazaire in western France, with the process of loading the GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade 150-6MW nacelles for the Block Island Wind Farm to begin shortly. “This is an exciting project to be working on and we look for
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern has arrived in St. Nazaire in western France, with the process of loading the GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade 150-6MW nacelles for the Block Island Wind Farm to begin shortly. “This is an exciting project to be working on and we look for
Royal IHC has received an honor award from Sapura Navegação Marítima for the delivery of five pipelaying vessels. On June 21, 2016, Royal IHC concluded the project with the delivery of the pipelaying vessel, Sapura Rubi. Arjan Klijnsoon, director shipbuilding, said: “IHC is very thankful for this re
Ineffective team work between the crew members on the bridge and the pilot were identified as the immediate cause of an allision between the bulk carrier Capri and the tanker Brightoil Legend, which occurred in the port of Singapore in July 2015, according to a report from Transport Malta. At the ti
