The offshore energy industry is constantly moving forward. Despite challenging times in the industry, there are impressive achievements that require celebration. During the first Offshore Energy Opening Gala Dinner to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Monday, October 24th, Navingo brings the
The offshore energy industry is constantly moving forward. Despite challenging times in the industry, there are impressive achievements that require celebration. During the first Offshore Energy Opening Gala Dinner to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Monday, October 24th, Navingo brings the
Greenville Energy based in Northern Ireland started a project at the end of June to set up the country’s first bio-LNG plant.
International oil and gas company Dana Petroleum has raised objections over the ownership of the Eagle exploration well in the Central North Sea which was confirmed as a discovery last week by EnQuest. On July 1, 2016, EnQuest announced the completion of drilling of the Eagle exploration well in the
Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of the Lithuanian sole LNG terminal said that Chart Ferox recently began hydraulic testing of the storage tanks for Lithuania’s first LNG distribution station in Klaipėda.
[Updated article] The 5MW wind turbine mounted on a floating platform, dubbed Fukushima Hamakaze, was installed at the site off Fukushima Prefecture on 20 July. The turbine left Sumoto port on Awaji Island on 2 July, according to a marine notice issued by the Fukushima Forward consortium. It arrived
Three oil workers employed by Italian oil company Eni in Nigeria were reportedly killed last week when a vessel carrying the workers was attacked. According to Bloomberg, which cited a statement by Eni, the vessel was attacked last Wednesday while on its way to a well location for routine operations
After a period of very limited tanker fleet growth across all but the MR sector, the tanker fleet has surged over the past twelve months by another 203 units amounting to 21.9 million dwt, according to Gibson Shipbrokers. The strength of the tanker market during the low oil price regime meant that o
Laden by corruption scandals and falling oil prices, Petrobras is struggling to repay $130 billion (bn) worth of debt – nearly $24bn will mature by 2017, Douglas-Westwood said in its DW Monday report. Efforts to sell non-core assets (pipelines, powerplants, bonds etc.) have been slow going and any a
The topside of the substation for Dong Energy’s 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm was installed on 25 June, Smulders reported. The substation topside and jacket left Engie Fabricom’s Hoboken yard in Belgium on 15 June. A consortium of ENGIE Fabricom and Iemants has been contracted by DON
The Mission to Seafarers and families of the British guards of the anti-piracy vessel the MV Seaman Guard Ohio, who have been detained and imprisoned in India, have called for a parliamentary lobby and supporter rally to hand in a petition at Downing Street on the July 7. This marks the day when the
Australia’s largest LNG operator Woodside expects greater use of liquefied natural gas as fuel in the maritime industries in Australia as the company awaits the delivery of its first LNG-powered vessel. Perth-based Woodside signed a five-year charter in April for an LNG-powered marine support vessel
London Array today marks three years of operation, after it was inaugurated on 4 July 2013 in Margate, Kent. In April 2013, the London Array broke the Guinness world record by becoming the largest wind farm worldwide. During the first full winter of generation, the offshore wind farm produced 1.5TWh
The submarine cable connecting the first American offshore wind farm to Block Island has been installed. National Grid has completed the landing of a subsea cable between the Rhode Island mainland and Block Island, with inter-array cabling scheduled to be done this month. National Grid’s sea2shore c
