A pilot Marine Spatial Plan is now in place for the Pentland Firth and Orkney waters. The plan provides planning guidance and aims to balance the needs of local communities and marine economic activities whilst protecting the environment. These economic activities include renewable energy generation
The grounded containership TS Taipei has sustained a major rupture in its hull and is now at risk of capsizing off Shimen, Taiwan, according to Taiwanese Environmental Protection Department. The 2006-built boxship, which ran into trouble on March 10 when it lost propulsion, could not be salvaged due
The 27th monopile and its corresponding transition piece were installed at Nordsee One on 7 March, according to the consultancy company Con4Mare. This means that GeoSea, which is in charge of the installation of all monopiles and transition pieces at the wind farm’s site, has finished 50% of the wor
The 27th monopile and its corresponding transition piece were installed at Nordsee One on 7 March, according to the consultancy company Con4Mare. This means that GeoSea, which is in charge of the installation of all monopiles and transition pieces at the wind farm’s site, has finished 50% of the wor
Descendants of John D. Rockefeller, an oil baron who made its fortune in the oil industry in the late 19th century, are now divesting from fossil fuels. The Rockefeller Family Fund, created in 1967, this week “proudly announced” it would divest from fossil fuels. “The process will be completed as qu
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has reportedly failed to secure two cargoes for delivery in April.
DONG Energy has awarded a contract to Heerema Marine Contractors for the transport and installation of an offshore substation for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm. The work will comprise the transport and installation of the substation’s jacket, piles and topside at the German offshore wind
Two offshore workers that were kidnapped in Nigeria last month have been set free. The workers of Russian and Nigerian nationality had been aboard the Bourbon Liberty 251 vessel, off the coast of Nigeria when they were abducted on February 23. According to Bourbon, the owner of the anchor handling v
The effects of tax cuts on the UK oil and gas industry announced in the Budget for 2016 “will vary significantly” across company portfolios, a report by GlobalData, a provider of data and analysis, has revealed. The Budget will reduce the headline rate of tax paid on UK oil and gas production from 5
Japan’s Tokyo Gas said on Friday it has completed construction of its Hitachi LNG terminal in Hitachi Port area marking the start of operations.
Saltwater Engineering has designed a new purpose-built Service Operations Vessel (SOV) for the offshore wind market, after being contracted by Offshore Marine Management (OMM) and Rederij Groen (RG), which teamed up to bring a new O&M vessel to the market. The SOV has been designed based on two main
Atlantic Petroleum, a Faroese oil and gas company with assets in the North Sea, might have secured a lifeline after entering into Heads of Terms with a UK-based investment company. Namely, the company which has been working for months to avoid going into administration, has entered into Heads of Ter
Cooper Energy, an Australian oil and gas exploration and production company, has been served with a request for arbitration by its joint venture partners in the Hammamet Permit, offshore Tunisia. The notice was served to Cooper’s wholly owned subsidiary, CE Hammamet, by joint venture partners Medco
Gazprom Marketing & Trading has reportedly been selected as the provider of four liquefied natural gas cargoes to India’s Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC).
