African Petroleum, an independent oil and gas company, is preparing to launch an arbitration against the government of The Gambia over the A1 and A4 offshore licences. African Petroleum’s problem with these two offshore licenses emerged in July when the government of The Gambia said it had ended tal
An unidentified cargo ship has capsized near the port of Lakbi in Omani territorial waters after it started taking on water, Royal Oman Police informed via social media. Although the name of the vessel is not known, the officials said that the ship is Tanzanian-flagged. At the time of the incident t
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessels Stanislav Yudin and Oleg Strashnov have installed 69 pile clusters and 12 jacket foundations in the Outer Moray Firth off Scotland for the 588 Beatrice offshore wind farm project.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has been awarded a contract with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) for the transport and installation of wind turbines on the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm off Suffolk, UK.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has been awarded a contract with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) for the transport and installation of wind turbines on the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm off Suffolk, UK.
Chevron-led Angola LNG, the country’s only liquefied natural gas producer, has entered into a multi-year sales deal with trading house Vitol. Under the agreement, Angola LNG cargoes will be delivered to Vitol at destinations around the world, the producer said in a statement on Friday. “This sales a
Construction activities on Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG export project are expected to resume this week following a week of flooding in Texas and Louisiana due to Hurricane Harvey. CCJV, the joint venture between CB&I and Chiyoda which is Cameron LNG’s contractor, visited the site Thursday morning an
Javelin International has named and delivered the multipurpose vessel Patriot, designed for hydrographic survey and crew tender activities, to Braveheart Marine. The Patriot is the fourth vessel from Javelin International that Braveheart Marine ads to its fleet. The vessel, with a length of 25,90m a
Australia and East Timor have reached an agreement on a maritime border, ending a dispute between the two countries that has stalled the Woodside-operated multi-billion Greater Sunrise LNG project. The two countries have reached agreement on the “central elements of a maritime boundary delimitation
By Erik van der Blom – R&D Manager at Royal IHC The global dredging industry is facing a number of challenges linked to climate change and its consequences over the coming years. While a number of opportunities for dredging companies are expected, as rising sea levels will increase the requirement
The Port of Corpus Christi has reopened for business after Hurricane Harvey, with all vessels restricted to a draft of no more than 43-feet. Following the restricted opening of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel on August 31, the Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots started sailing the first vessel convoy at
Spanish natural gas demand rose 18 percent in August year-on year, reaching the highest monthly growth figure in the summer period since 2008 and exceeding the previous record set in July, according to the LNG terminal operator, Enagás. Natural gas demand in August reached 25,100 gigawatt hours (GWh
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines has joined India’s first newbuilding floating storage and regasification (FSRU) project. MOL said on Friday it signed a deal with Swan LNG Private Limited for the long-term operation and maintenance of a FSRU and a floating and storage unit that would serve as the core recei
Private exploration company Finder Exploration has entered into a farm-out agreement which provides for Woodside to earn a 90% participating interest in exploration permit WA-520-P offshore Australia. Finder said last Friday that the operatorship of the permit would be transferred from its subsidiar
