During the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference 2015, Offshore WIND met with Yarco Hoddenbach, Business Analyst at Seaway Heavy Lifting. As the offshore wind market is maturing in Europe, we looked into how government is supporting the further expansion of the industry. Also, we bring you a gli
Ensco, a UK-based drilling contractor, has secured a contract for one of its semi-submersible drilling rigs. According to the company’s fleet status report for September, the semi-submersible rig ENSCO 8505 was recently contracted for a multi-year term in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The rig has been hi
A Scotland-based offshore wind service provider, Delta Marine, recently awarded Damen a construction contract for a new vessel specially designed for the offshore wind industry, looking towards a launch in early 2017. A cooperation between the two companies has produced a new vessel design, called a
Japan’s imports of liquefied natural gas dropped 5 percent in September as compared to the same month a year ago. The world’s largest buyer of the chilled gas imported 6.91 million tonnes of LNG last month, preliminary data from the Ministry of Finance reveals. Japan paid 416,191 million yen for imp
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese organisations based in Qingdao to support the development of a marine energy test site in the area. Scottish-based EMEC and the University of Edinburgh signed the MoU alongside the Ocean University of Chin
The ConocoPhillips-operated Australia Pacific LNG project said it will defend court action taken against the A$25 billion joint venture by Texas-based Tri-Star. Tri-Star has served APLNG on Tuesday with a claim in relation to a 2002 purchase deal, insisting that interests in more than 60 CSG license
BigLift Shipping’s heavy-lift vessel Happy Star reached her destination and docked at the Port of Rotterdam on October 20th, carrying almost two dozen Damen vessels. The heavy-lift vessel began her journey by the end of September, laden with a total of 22 vessels, presenting Damen’s largest transpor
BigLift Shipping’s heavy-lift vessel Happy Star reached her destination and docked at the Port of Rotterdam on October 20th, carrying almost two dozen Damen vessels. The heavy-lift vessel began her journey by the end of September, laden with a total of 22 vessels, presenting Damen’s largest transpor
Russian giant Gazprom informed that over the first six months of 2015 it sold 22 LNG cargoes with the total volume exceeding 1.5 million tons.
Spanish LNG terminal operator Enagás posted a net profit of 313 million euros in the first nine months of this year, up 1.5 percent compared to the same period in 2014. “An important factor in this increase was the contribution of the company’s international assets, most notably the consolidation of
Following 21 years at Origin Energy, the last seven of which as Executive Director, Finance & Strategy, Karen Moses decided to retire from her roles with the company.
Universal LNG Holdings said it has acquired HEYCO LNG’s 64-acre facility in Yoakum, Texas to build the first liquefied natural gas facility dedicated to the energy sector in the Southern Gulf Coast.
Gazprom’s head Alexey Miller held meetings with representatives of Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsui discussing the Sakhalin II LNG project’s expansion.
Severn Offshore Services’ crew transfer vessel (CTV) Severn Provider is scheduled to complete work at the Meerwind offshore wind farm this month, but the owner already reported that the vessel had shown an exceptional performance at its first job. Severn Provider has been working in the German part
