Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) has completed marine coordination work for Siemens on the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm. SMC’s services included coordination of Siemens personnel movements, planning of daily transfers, conducting site inductions, and safety briefings. SMC also covered the even
Final deliveries of rubber-tire gantry cranes (RTGs) and ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes, capable of handling ultra-large containerships (ULCS) of up to 16,000 TEU capacity, arrived at the new 1.3 million TEU deep-water APM Terminals Izmir facility in December, 2015. The video above gives an exiti
The oil price collapse has been bad news for nearly every company involved in the industry, but one group that could actually benefit from it are specialist decommissioning companies, Douglas-Westwood, an energy intelligence group, has said in its DW Monday report. According to Douglas-Westwood, for
Oil and gas giant Chevron confirmed Friday it has delayed first LNG cargo from its US$29 billion Wheatstone project in Australia. Chevron said in November last year that the LNG project located 12 kilometers west of Onslow in Western Australia’s Pilbara region could be delayed because of the late de
Australian energy company Woodside has informed that the first LNG deliveries from the Wheatsone project, developing offshore gas fields in W. Australia, would be delayed by six months. First deliveries from the project had been planned for year-end 2016. Woodside said it had been informed by Chevro
Marine seismic acquisition company Polarcus is pressing forward with cost cutting moves, which involves headcount reductions – fifteen employees – and changes to the executive management team. According to the company’s statement on Monday, the expanded cost reductions are part of a longer term plan
Magnolia LNG, a project company owned by Australia’s LNG Limited, said it has agreed to extend the financial close date for a tolling deal signed with Meridian LNG. The deal has been extended from June 30 to December 31, 2016, Magnolia LNG informed in a statement on Monday. Magnolia LNG signed in Ju
The developers of the Leviathan gas field offshore Israel signed on Sunday a deal to sell around $1.3 billion worth of gas to Edeltech. Edeltech will buy the natural gas for the purpose of operating power plants which it is due to build, together with its Turkish partner Zorlu, in Ashdod and Mishor
Russia’s Rosneft and US-based General Electric (GE) signed a long-term cooperation program, inlcluding LNG production. The document involves construction plan of joint ventures for production of marine, oil and gas, and electrical equipment to ensure timely construction and commissioning of producti
Popular news, January 25 – 31, 2016
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from January 25 – 31, 2016. Atlantis to decommission SeaGen Following the acquisition of Marine Current Turbines, together with its seabed rights, existing projects, and intellectual property, which includes the SeaGen
BREAKING: Shell-BG merger approved BG Group’s shareholders on Thursday approved the multi-billion merger with Hague-based energy giant Shell, creating the world’s largest LNG company. ExxonMobil: natural gas demand to rise 50 pct Texas-based energy giant ExxonMobil said in a report on Monday that na
Delivery of Grand Canyon III, an offshore construction vessel built for Norway’s Volstad, will be delayed. Under the original agreement, the vessel was to be delivered on Monday, February 1, 2016, however, this has now been postponed for May 1, 2016. The news of the delay was revealed by the vessel’
The World Bank is lowering its 2016 forecast for crude oil prices to $37 per barrel in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook report from $51 per barrel in its October projections. The lower forecast reflects a number of supply and demand factors. These include sooner-than-anticipated resumption of ex
