Popular news Sep. 28 – Oct. 4, 2015
Australia: First tanker docks at GLNG plant The Santos-operated US$18.5 billion GLNG project is expected to ship its first cargo soon with the arrival of first tanker at the liquefaction plant on Curtis Island off Gladstone. Japan’s MES buys TGE Marine Japan’s Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding sai
Tidal Energy Today Staff has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from September 28 – October 4, 2015. Shetland tidal array moves forward Nova Innovation, a UK-based tidal energy developer, has moved to the preparation and deployment of the offshore components for the Shetland T
A chemical store that is part of Vestas’ facility for the development of large wind turbine blades on Isle of Wight caught fire today afternoon. After receiving a call around 3 pm, three firefighting crews have been working on containing the blaze using a breathing apparatus and a hose, the local me
Geopolitical tensions seriously affect the oil & gas and offshore industry. Russia, Iran and Sudan are just a few recent examples. Yet, developments in E&P in challenging jurisdictions continue. As part of the upcoming Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference in Amsterdam, the Technical Session: Ri
Canadian National Energy Board has approved Steelhead LNG’s applications for five licences to export in the aggregate up to 30 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year for 25 years from its two proposed LNG projects on Vancouver Island.
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – When the Leviathan gas field was discovered off the coast of Israel in 2010, it was pitched as a game-changer — a vast energy reserve that would transform the economy and bolster public finances for years to come. Five years on, poor policymaking, political inf
UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) revealed that Fluor Ltd and Siemens Winpower A/S were sentenced today after a worker was killed and another seriously injured while loading wind turbine blades onto a barge for delivery to Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm on 21 May 2010. The accident happened w
Jan De Nul Takes Over Hochtief’s WTIV On Tuesday 15 September, Jan De Nul Group signed the taking-over of the offshore jack-up crane vessel Vidar, formerly operating for the German company Hochtief. Navitus Bay Unlikely to Go Ahead UK Secretary of State is to issue a decision about up to 121-turbine
A chemical tanker was boarded by pirates on Thursday, October 1st while en route some 1.5 nautical miles north-northeast off Sandakan, Malaysia, the International Maritime Bureau’s ICC informed. “Two robbers boarded a tanker via the anchor chain. Alert crew spotted the robbers and raised the alarm,
A chemical tanker was boarded by pirates on Thursday, October 1st while en route some 1.5 nautical miles north-northeast off Sandakan, Malaysia, the International Maritime Bureau’s ICC informed. “Two robbers boarded a tanker via the anchor chain. Alert crew spotted the robbers and raised the alarm,
Norway’s Statoil has bought a stake in the UK North Sea part of the Alfa Sentral field, which expands across both the UK Continental Shelf and Norwegian Continental Shelf. According to the Norwegian firm’s statement on Friday, Statoil paid $15 million for First Oil’s 24% equity share in the UK licen
British oil company BP has informed that the Glen Lyon FPSO has been named in South Korea, at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan. The company revealed the information in a video on its Youtube channel, without providing the exact date of the naming ceremony. The video itself is dated Sep
An ocean going vessel identified as MT Askja and a barge have been seized by Nigeria’s Join Task Force on the grounds of a suspicion of being involved in loading of stolen crude oil, Platts informed. The troops arrested the vessel together with the eight suspected oil thieves while the vessel was mo
