DNV GL has surveyed and, together with the Danish Maritime Authority, confirmed that the AHTS Magne Viking, owned by Viking Supply Ships, is in compliance with the new International Maritime Organization (IMO) Polar Code. The goal of the Polar Code, expected to enter into force on January 1, 2017, i
Cheniere Energy revealed it plans to submit a formal application for the Corpus Christi LNG Stage 3 expansion with the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Australia’s Santos, operator of the GLNG project, reported on Friday a net loss of A$2.7 billion ($1.93 billion) for 2015, after booking A$2.8 billion in impairment charges. The impairment charges are primarily a reflection of the current low oil price environment and relate to the company’s Cooper
SapuraKencana’s fourth pipelaying support vessel (PLSV) Sapura Jade has started working with Petrobras in Brazil. SapuraKencana’s first PLSV, Sapura Diamante, entered the market on June 28, 2014. SapuraKencana’s offshore operations are being executed in Brazil for Petrobras by its Brazilian joint ve
The ACCC said in a statement on Thursday it has granted a conditional interim authorisation to the Australia Pacific LNG, GLNG and QCLNG facilities to discuss their plans for maintenance at each facility in the second half of 2016.
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) on Friday announced plans to reduce the rates paid to approximately a third of its UK-based limited company contractors by an average of 9 per cent, in line with competitive market rates. According to the company, the decision was made in response to continuing cost and effici
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, a government agency whose task is to manage the oil and gas resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, informed on Friday that oil production in Norway in January 2016 was above the agency’s prognosis for the month. According to the agency, preliminary product
Romania’s natural gas company Romgaz announced on Wednesday that, together with its partners, it intends to abandon the EX29 Est Rapsodia Block in the Black Sea, offshore Romania. Romgaz’s partners are Lukoil Overseas, with 72%, and PanAtlantic Petroleum with 18% interest. The remaining 10% is held
The entire crew of 19 people was evacuated after their ship, the 2006-built general cargo vessel Lintas Belawan, caught fire on Thursday off Masalembu Islands in Indonesia, according to the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency. The fire broke out in the engine room and spread throughout the
Talisman Sinopec Energy UK has restored power on the Clyde platform, in the UK North Sea, after an outage earlier this week spurred evacuation of over a hundred offshore workers. Before the evacuation on Tuesday, the platform had 178 people on board, after which 75 workers remained on board. In an e
The dismantling project of the ill-fated Concordia wreck and the related recycling operations are quickly progressing, according to the Ship Recycling Consortium, which expects the ship’s deck 0 to re-emerge soon. About 200 technicians are now working on the wreck and cutting decks – from 5 to 3 – w
Norwegian oil giant Statoil has dropped its previous platform solution plans for the Snorre 2040 development, in the Norwegian North Sea, deciding in favor of a subsea solution as a possible development concept. According to its statement, Statoil and its partners have been working on the Snorre 204
Houston-based engineering, procurement, construction and installation company McDermott informed on Thursday that the naming ceremony for its new flagship derrick lay vessel, the DLV 2000, would be held at Keppel’s Singmarine Shipyard in Singapore, on April 14, 2016. The DLV 2000 is a class 3 dynami
Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras has concluded the drilling of the well 3-BRSA-1305A-RJS (3-RJS-739A), located in the Libra block northwest area, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin off Brazil, confirming the discovery of good quality oil in reservoirs with excellent productivity. Accordin
