Wood Group has secured a new, five-year contract to provide subsea engineering services for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project, offshore Western Australia. The operations of all subsea assets and the gas export pipeline will be supported under the contract which includes two, one-year extension
Fourchon LNG has applied to the US Department of Energy (DOE) for a license to export liquefied natural gas from its proposed $800 million facility in Louisiana. Fourchon LNG, a part of Energy World Group, is seeking an authorization to export domestically produced LNG up to the equivalent of 260 bi
Jan De Nul Group has completed the installation and burial of the export cables for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom.
Jan De Nul Group has completed the installation and burial of the export cables for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom.
“Shaping Tomorrow. Performing Today”, comments Michel Kurstjens, CCO of Sif Group and speaker during Offshore WIND Conference. Kurstjens will be discussing the road ahead for offshore wind and how the industry can prepare for the long-term. Which necessary steps need to be taken to ensure future dem
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has brought its Galveston 209 offshore platform and Hadrian South subsea production system in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico back online after shutting down due to hurricane Harvey. Offshore production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico are beginning to return to normal operations, E
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s unit, MAN Cryo has signed a contract with Swedish infrastructure company, Swedegas, to deliver an LNG bunkering facility within the Port of Gothenburg. The new facility will enable vessels to bunker LNG from trucks or containers while simultaneously loading or unloading cargo at
The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a request by Dominion Energy to perform certain commissioning activities at its Cove Point LNG export facility near Lusby, Maryland. Dominion Energy has been granted by FERC to introduce feed gas and perform related commissioning activi
UK-based subsea engineering, construction and services company, Subsea 7, has signed a letter of intent with Royal IHC in the Netherlands for the construction of a new reel-lay vessel and associated pipe lay equipment. The cost, excluding capitalized interest, is expected to be below $300 million wi
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen has announced the winners of the North Sea Regional and SPE Aberdeen awards for achievements in the section. The awards ceremony took place during Offshore Europe week, September 5, at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre. SPE International
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has inaugurated today the Hamad Port in Umm Al Houl. The port, located 40km south of Doha, is the largest of its kind in the Middle East and has the capacity to handle all types of vessels, including large containerships. The USD 7.4 billion port will hav
UK government remains fully committed in its support of the UK’s oil and gas industry, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury said on Tuesday at the industry’s conference in Aberdeen. Andrew Jones, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, spoke on Tuesday at the oil and gas industry’s conference – Offs
Maltese-flagged bulk carrier M/V Vitahorizon has been involved in a fuel oil spill during bunkering operations while anchored at New Orleans area, Louisiana. Namely, on September 4, the Plaquemines Parish 911 Center received a report of a discharge of high sulfur fuel oil into the Mississippi River
Five crew members of the ice breaker Polar Star have arrived home after being abandoned in the Canary Islands, according to ITF Seafarers. The Russian and Lithuanian seafarers were part of a crew which joined the ship during May and June in Las Palmas, Spain. They had been employed to start repair w
