Angola LNG re-starts production The Chevron-led $10 billion Angola LNG project has started producing chilled gas with first cargoes to be available soon on a tender, the project’s spokeswoman told LNG World News on Tuesday. Shell to slash more jobs LNG giant Royal Dutch Shell said it will increase t
Following last week’s breakdown in collective pay talks with employees working in land bases in Norway, Norwegian Oil Industry Association has this week reached an agreement with land employees. The successful talks this week were held with land-based employees, and white-collar staff offshore in ad
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has detained the newbuild Panama-flagged bulk carrier, African Alke, in Brisbane. Namely, during a port state control inspection at Pinkenba on Thursday, May 26 the bridge watchkeeping officers were unable to demonstrate the Electronic Chart Display an
K2 Management has been awarded a contract from Korea Offshore Wind Power (KOWP) who is developing the Korea Offshore Wind Power Project, located 11 kilometres off the South Korean west coast in the Yellow Sea. The total planned project capacity is 2.5GW installed over three rounds. K2 Management Win
Saint Lucia has acceded to four IMO treaties including the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, what brings the number of states having accepted the convention to 50, representing 34.81% of the world’s merchant fleet tonnage. The convention adopted in 2004 is scheduled to enter into force 12 m
MENCK will deploy its largest hammer for the installation of 32 monopiles at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm. The MHU3500S has a 6.5m pile sleeve, powered by 3 MHP 1600 hydraulic power packs in parallel setup. The hammer will be operated from Van Oord’s offshore construction vessel Svane
Malaysia’s Petronas is reportedly looking to sign a deal with EDF Trading for the delivery of limited LNG volumes over a period of three years.
Alaska LNG project’s participants informed the final application is expected to be delayed by at least three months from the initial date set for September 2016.
Songa Offshore, an Oslo-listed offshore drilling contractor, has returned to profit in the first quarter of 2016. The company’s profit for the period was $10 million, an improvement from a net loss of 11 million in the first quarter a year ago. Revenue also rose to $137 million, up from 108 million
Oslo-Based Höegh LNG returned to profit following a US33 million net loss in the fourth quarter 2015 by reporting a $6.3 million net profit after tax for the first quarter of 2016.
The government of Panama said the construction began on the country’s first LNG-to-power project at the entrance of the Panama Canal in the Colon Province providing 350 MW of new capacity.
Malaysia’s OceanMight company has won a letter of award to work on an offshore platform for Talisman Malaysia. Ocean Might, an associate company of KKB will be responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) for the Bunga Pakma Wellhead Riser Platform. According to a statement
Fluxys Belgium and GRTgaz jointly informed a new gas transmission pipeline connecting France and Belgium has been inaugurated in Pitgam (Nord).
Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) recently informed its Bogue power plant in Montego Bay, St. James is now capable of running on natural gas following completion of conversion works.
