The U.S. rig offshore rig count rose this past week, according to Baker Hughes’ Weekly Rig Count report. Oil rigs rose as well, but gas rigs count fell. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -4 to 767 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 4 rigs from last week to 767, with oil rigs up 2 to […]
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from November 9 – 15, 2015. Tidal turbine powers up French island Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine has produced first kilowatt hours of power for the Ushant island’s electricity grid. The turbine started delivering power to
Update: Worker dies at Sabine Pass LNG terminal A worker has died in an accident at Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG export plant in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. WoodMac: LNG construction industry facing fall The LNG construction industry’s order books of new LNG projects will push it to peak capacity in 20
New Fortress Energy, a Fortress Investment Group’s company will reportedly invest $200 million into the construction of an LNG terminal in Jamaica.
A fire broke out on board a Cambodian-flagged cargo ship Hong Yan while berthed in Kawasaki City, Japan. The fire started at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday in the cargo area of the 2,300 DWT ship, carrying a cargo of 1,500 tons of China-bound scrap metal, Kyodo News reports. According to report, the ship’
The missing bridge deck from the sunken cargo ship El Faro has been located, according to the latest update provided by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). “The #ElFaro bridge deck located. Search is ongoing for the vessel data recorder,” NTSB said in a tweet. As informed, the search
The carbon content of electricity generation in Ireland fell to a record low last year, half the level it was in 1990, according to figures published by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Renewable electricity helped Ireland avoid 2.6 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2014, and is
Floating, production, storage, and offloading units, better known as FPSOs, are built to do just that, float on water, produce oil from below the seabed, store it, and eventually, offload it to a shuttle tanker. The 29 years old Petrojarl I is one such unit. After having spent most of its life acros
Billionaire investor and a major Cheniere Energy shareholder, Carl Icahn, acquired further 321,736 company shares.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has revealed preliminary production figures for October 2015. The figures show an average daily production of about 1 946 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is 85 000 barrels per day (about 4.5 percent) more than September 2015. Total gas sales were abou
The world is awash with oil after having built record stockpiles in recent months and slowing demand growth combined with resilient non-OPEC supply could worsen the glut well into next year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday.
Following the launching ceremony, Normand Maximus, an offshore subsea construction vessel, started its journey from Romania to Norway. Solstad Offshore informed through its social media that the NB 830 started the journey to Norway for final outfitting at Vard Brattvaag. Normand Maximus, which was b
Novatek-operated Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic is reportedly expected to receive funding by the end of 2015.
InterOil Corporation informed that the Papua LNG project attracted a lot of interest from liquefied natural gas buyers and investors. InterOil Chief Executive Michael Hession said, “Following prime ministerial meetings between Japan and Papua New Guinea, Japan is considering placing Papua New Guinea
