Two crewmembers of an offshore supply vessel have been kidnapped offshore Nigeria this week. According to the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre , the pirates attacked and boarded the offshore supply vessel underway. Alarm was raised and crew was mustered. IMB PRC says the non-e
This year’s Offshore WIND Conference will focus on business opportunities in the offshore wind energy industry and how, together, we can reach potential. On 24 and 25 October 2016 the seventh edition of the Offshore WIND Conference will be held at the Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands as part of the Of
All operations at Portugal’s port of Lisbon have been completely frozen since Wednesday as the port’s dockworkers launched a strike which could last until May 5, according to the Portuguese Dockers Union (SETC). The strike is affecting cargo operations at all terminals in the port, SETC said. All po
Indonesia has issued a warning to all vessels to stay clear of transiting areas around the southern Philippines as the number of hijackings along the shipping route between the Philippines and Indonesia increases, according to Reuters. The warning follows a recent surge in pirate attacks on the rout
Flinterstar III BV, the owner of the Dutch freighter MV Flinterstar, has entered into a contract with a consortium of Belgian marine contractors to remove the wreck of the vessel which sank in the North Sea off the coast of Zeebrugge following a collision last October. The consortium will be headed
Australian competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), is looking to put an end to a marketing joint venture between ExxonMobil and BHP Billiton in order to boost competition in the Australian gas market. The Federal Government has released the report of the Aust
A promising future awaits the offshore wind industry as long as we can tap potential opportunities amongst the challenges that lie ahead. The agreements made during COP21 in 2015 provide support and encouragement to reach the hard targets ahead of these future projects. OWC will focus on business op
U.S. oilfield equipment provider, National Oilwell Varco (NOV), will reduce its workforce in Norway by another 520 employees. According to Reuters, that quoted the company’s statement, the company has decided to make this move over fewer orders received due to low oil prices. The company is thus red
Kanter Marine of St. Thomas, Ontario, has secured a contract to build seven new survey vessels for the Canadian Hydrographic Service. The contract was awarded through a procurement process, and the winning bid was announced by Hunter Tootoo, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov has already installed 10 foundations at the Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK, according to IHC IQIP, a company that outfitted the vessel with piling and handling equipment for the project. SHL is in charge of the installation of 67 foundations a
Eni’s Goliat field located in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway, has been hit by a gas leak. After several media reports said there has been a gas leak on Eni’s Barents Sea field, Offshore Energy Today has reached out to the Norwegian offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority, as well as
Cheniere Energy recently informed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that its Corpus Christi liquefaction project has reached 32.5 percent completion.
Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum will expense pre-tax exploration costs of approximately $71 million and recognise a net foreign exchange gain of approximately $159 million for the first quarter of 2016. The company said on Friday that the profitability for the first quarter of 2016 would be imp
World’s largest oilfield services provider Schlumberger saw its profit nearly halved in the first quarter of 2016. The company’s CEO Paal Kibsgaard said on Thursday that the quarter had been one of the worst since the downturn started. “During the first quarter of 2016, the decline in global activit
