Baker Hughes, a GE company, has posted Weekly Rig Count reports according to which the offshore rig count it the U.S. is unchanged. Baker Hughes Rig Count: U.S. -15 to 913 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 15 rigs from last week to 913, with oil rigs down 7 to 736, gas rigs down […]
Most read news on Offshore WIND from 16 to 22 October 2017.
Most read news on Offshore WIND from 16 to 22 October 2017.
New Frontiers is a yacht support vessel splashed at Damen Shipyard Gorinchem on July 10. The owners will use this 55-metre long vessel to support the mother yacht. New Frontiers will take its owner into a new territory with a combination of adventure and superyacht support functions, Rose Damen, Com
LNG Canada contracts BAM to build new Rio Tinto wharf BAM International, together with Canada’s JJM Construction and a U.S. company Manson Construction has been awarded the contract to build the new Rio Tinto Aluminium BC Works wharf on behalf of LNG Canada. Venture Global LNG brings in cash for liq
Oil and gas services company TechnipFMC has decided to reduce staffing within its subsea services business unit by up to 80 positions. According to a Thursday report by Petro.no, a Norwegian oil industry news website, the company decided to decrease its headcount due to reduced activity in Norway. T
Shell is selling its stake in the Polarled offshore pipeline in Norway, as well as a part of its stake in the Nyhamna gas plant to CapeOmega. According to a statement by Shell, CapeOmega AS will buy Shell’s 9.02% stake in the Polarled gas pipeline and 3% of the 15.03% stake in the gas plant Nyhamna.
GasLog Partners has completed the purchase of the 155,000-cbm Solaris LNG carrier from its parent company GasLog Ltd. The $185.9 million deal was announced in September. The New York-listed spinoff said previously it expects to finance the acquisition with cash on hand and the assumption of $117 mil
U.S. senators Bill Cassidy and Marco Rubio pushed a legislation to expedite the approval of small-scale LNG exports.
The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has been assisting the Jefferson Parrish authorities with the investigation of the recent Lake Pontchartrain oil and gas platform explosion and fire. The BSEE said on Thursday that the organization had received a request on Sunday for as
MODEC has signed a contract for the supply, charter, and operations of a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel with Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras). The firm charter period of the contract is 21 years. The FPSO will be deployed at the Sépia field operated by Petrobras, located in
A critically injured crewman died on board the bulk carrier MV Grand Amanda off South Africa on October 19, the country’s National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) informed. Geoff McGregor, NSRI East London station commander, said that NSRI was alerted by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) of
Following reports on Monday that up to 7,950 to 9,350 barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from a damaged pipeline operated by LLOG, the oil spill size estimates have now almost doubled. According to the Coast Guard, LLOG reported Wednesday that the estimated amount of discharged oil may n
Norwegian shipowner Boa IMR is starting enforcement procedure to get its money back after the cancellation of a shipbuilding contract with the compatriot shipbuilder Noryards Fosen in 2015. Earlier this month, Boa was successful in its arbitration at the Oslo tribunal related to the refund guarantee
