Having a chat with other young industry professionals at 2017 IRO New Year’s reception we came to the conclusion that we are strongly underrepresented in the industry.
A bulk carrier collided with a containership earlier this morning in the Great Belt strait in Denmark.
Nigeria-focused oil company Lekoil has applied to a court in Nigeria hoping it would expedite its 2015 acquisition of Afren’s stake in an offshore block in Nigeria.
Novatek, Russia’s largest independent natural gas producers, has shipped its first Yamal LNG cargo to India.
Russia’s Novatek, the operator of the giant Yamal LNG project in the Arctic, and China’s Cosco Shipping Corp. said they plan to expand their cooperation, especially in Arctic shipping. Leonid Mikhelson, chief executive and co-owner of Novatek met on Tuesday in Shanghai with Xu Lirong, Chairman of Co
Navingo’s Siwart Mackintosh has sent us an image of the construction support vessel Normand Vision in the Port of Rotterdam.
Commodity trading company Vitol nearly tripled its traded volumes of liquefied natural gas last year as the LNG market continued to grow. Vitol traded 7.4 million tonnes of the chilled fuel in 2017, the company said on Monday. This compares to 2.6 million tonnes of LNG Vitol traded in 2016. “In LNG,
The Papua New Guinea-focused oil and gas producer and PNG LNG stakeholder, Oil Search said that Susan Cunningham and Bakheet Al Katheeri will be named as non-executive directors of the company.
Navios Maritime Midstream Partners has agreed to acquire a second-hand VLCC from its sponsor.
Norway’s ministry of energy has approved Aker BP’s development and operation plans for the Valhall Flank West and Skogul offshore fields. Aker BP submitted the plans on December 15, 2017. The large Valhall oil field is located in the southern part of the Norwegian section of the North Sea. It has al
Malaysia’s Sapura Energy has entered into the New Zealand oil and gas market by farming into five offshore exploration permits within the Taranaki Basin. The farm-in agreements are with Austria’s OMV and Japan’s Mitsui. “We are excited about our entry into New Zealand which may open up opportunities
Japan’s exploration and production giant Inpex revised financial forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 31, due to impairment charges on its Canadian shale gas project.
Mikhail Putin has been appointed deputy chair of the management board of Russian gas giant Gazprom. Gazprom’s board elected Mikhail Putin for a period of five years, according to a Gazprom statement. Reuters reports that Mikhail Putin is a distant relative of Russian president Vladimir Putin. He is
Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum has completed an appraisal well near its Luno II discovery offshore Norway, and the results are better than expected.
