The European Union granted €10 million ($11.9 million) funding for Gas Natural Fenosa-led Eco-Gate project aiming to improve the use of LNG and CNG as fuel in Europe.
Petrobangla’s deal to buy 2.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar’s RasGas has been approved by Bangladesh’s Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase.
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MHI Vestas Turbine Catches Fire at Østerild Test Centre An MHI Vestas V164 wind turbine has caught fire at the Østerild – National Test Centre for Large Wind Turbines in Denmark. E.ON Wins Robin Rigg Dispute Against MT Højgaard The UK Supreme Court has ruled against MT Højgaard (MTH) in the Robin Ri
The offshore vessel KL Sandefjord, owned by K Line Offshore, has become the first vessel with the DNV GL Shore Power class notation. DNV GL, an international oil & gas advisory and classification society, said on Thursday that the Shore Power notation verifies the design and installation of a vessel
London-listed oil and gas company Premier Oil has extended its membership in the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) by three years. The organization said on Thursday that Premier Oil had been its member 2011. ITF supports the industry in unlocking oil and gas reserves through collaborative invest
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has allocated funds to assist in the environmental assessment of the proposed Eastern Newfoundland Offshore Exploration Drilling Project. To put things more in perspective, ExxonMobil Canada is proposing to conduct an exploration drilling project w
International classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued new rules for the classification of offshore service vessels and tugs. BV said on Thursday that the new rules include new class notations for pipelay vessels, accommodation units, offshore construction vessels, and offshore support
The Offshore WIND team will attend the HUSUM Wind 2017 trade fair in Husum, Germany, from 12 to 15 September.
As of August 28, 22 oil tankers are stranded off Texas coast as they are unable to offload their cargo due to port closures, according to the US Department of Energy. The tankers are said to be carrying approximately 15.3 million barrels of imported crude oil near Texas ports. The Port of Corpus Chr
The turbine installation phase on the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind project is nearing completion with 52 out of 54 Senvion 6.2MW turbines now installed in the German North Sea, according to Reetec, one of the companies involved in the project.
Siem Offshore Contractors’ accommodation and personnel transfer vessel Siem Moxie has begun work on Statoil’s Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm.
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has identified weaknesses in crane design as an underlying cause of a crane incident from March on Statoil’s Gullfaks B platform offshore Norway. The PSA said on Thursday it had finished its investigation of the incident on Gullfa
Bibby Marine Services’ service operation vessel (SOV), Bibby WaveMaster 1, has completed her maiden voyage from Damen shipyard in Galati, Romania, to the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
