Remøy Management AS applied to fill several positions on ABB’s new cable-laying vessel, to be delivered next year, and advertised job vacancies. Deemed the world’s most modern cable-layer, the vessel is under construction at Kleven shipyard in Norway, with delivery expected in the first half of 2017
Petronas-led Pacific NorthWest LNG project on Friday appointed Anuar Taib, EVP and CEO Petronas Upstream as chairman of the board while Adnan Zainal Abidin has been named the president and CEO of PNW LNG.
Damen Schelde, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has officially won a contract to design and build Australia’s new, AUD 529 million (USD 403 million) icebreaker. Australian company DMS Maritime Pty is to project manage the overall ship design and building process, and after that operate and maintain th
More than eleven thousand people have signed a petition calling for the EC 225 Airbus Super Puma helicopter to be retired, following the fatal crash on Friday in Norway. The CHC-owned helicopter was on its way back from the Statoil-operated Gullfaks B platform, when its rotor loosened and detached m
Floating Power Plant A/S (FPP), the developer of a device that combines floating wind and wave energy, has entered into an design, engineering, and technology development agreement with Ocean Power & Energy Services AS (OPES), an affiliate of Cefront Technology AS. FPP said that the partnership prov
Floating Power Plant A/S (FPP), the developer of a device that combines floating wind and wave energy, has entered into an design, engineering, and technology development agreement with Ocean Power & Energy Services AS (OPES), an affiliate of Cefront Technology AS. FPP said that the partnership prov
National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding with the South Korean LNG import giant Kogas for cooperation in the gas industry.
SeaBird Exploration, a provider of seismic data acquisition, has signed an agreement to supply one source vessel for an upcoming survey in North West Europe. The survey will be conducted during 2016 summer season in North Sea. The project is due to start during second quarter 2016 and will run for a
Keeping offshore wind workers safe is of paramount importance. What needs to be done to aim for the ‘holy grail’ of zero incidents? Are there lessons that can be learned from the offshore oil and gas industry? Is there guidance, and also safety procedures, already in existence that means there is no
Oil prices fell on Monday as rising production in the Middle East outweighed a decline in U.S. output and a recent slide in the dollar, which has been supporting crude.
Gazprom’s Chairman Alexey Miller discussed the ongoing FEED process for the Sakhalin 2 project’s third liquefaction train with Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden, at a meeting in St. Petersburg.
French utility and LNG player Engie posted a drop in its profits in the first quarter of this year due to lower gas and power prices. Engie said in a statement on Friday its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) dropped 1.7 percent to 3.5 billion euros ($4 billion), w
Following a series of regulatory hurdles, the world’s second and third biggest oilfield services providers, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, have terminated the merger agreement they entered into in November 2014, effective April 30, 2016. In connection with the termination of the merger agreement, Hal
By Mike Stone (Reuters) – Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co and smaller rival Baker Hughes Inc announced the termination of their $28 billion (19 billion pounds) merger deal on Sunday after opposition from U.S. and European antitrust regulators. The tie-up would have brought together the wor
