U.S. offshore oil and gas operators have, as of Monday, evacuated 98 production platforms and five drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, in response to the hurricane Harvey. This means that some operators have actually returned some personnel offshore, as the previous number, as of Sunday, showed 105
Over the past four months owners have been busy ordering new tankers, keeping the crude oil tanker fleet expansion on course for a six-year-high, measured in DWT, BIMCO said. However, the fleet growth percentage is down from last years’ 5.9%, to 4.7% for the full year of 2017. The order book include
A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Challenger has loaded the final set of wind turbine components for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm project at the Port of Hull.
A2SEA’s wind turbine installation vessel Sea Challenger has loaded the final set of wind turbine components for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm project at the Port of Hull.
Production restart from the Chevron-operated Erskine gas condensate field in the UK sector of the North Sea has been delayed by two weeks, following a suspension for facilities maintenance. The field includes a normally unattended installation and is remotely controlled from the Chrysaor-operated Lo
In today’s spotted, we bring you an image of Coast Guard cutter Maple, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender which has concluded its historic voyage through the Northwest Passage and arrived at Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore. The image shows the USCGC Maple following the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Ter
Poland’s state-owned gas company PGNiG has booked additional regas capacity at the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Świnoujście. PGNiG said it signed a deal on Monday with Gaz-System’s unit Polskie LNG, the operator of the Lech Kaczyński LNG import facility, under which it res
The final preparations are happening for Marine Energy Event to be held on October 11, 2017, in partnership with EWA (Dutch Energy from Water Association) and DMEC (Dutch Marine Energy Center). We are proud to announce our full list of speakers. Olivier Benyessaad, Offshore Business Development Mana
Adriatic LNG terminal off the Italian Veneto coastline recorded a 12 percent increase in regasified LNG volumes by the end of July.
French geophysical company CGG has started work on Espirito Santo IV, a large BroadSeis 3D multi-client survey in the deep and ultra-deep waters of the Espirito Santo Basin offshore Brazil. CGG said on Tuesday that the Oceanic Champion was acquiring the survey, which is expected to take seven months
Norwegian energy company and LNG operator Statoil and its partners have made a small, non-commercial gas find in the Korpfjell well in the Barents Sea.
Damen’s 3307 patrol vessel has been delivered to Homeland Integrated Offshore Services, increasing the company’s fleet of vessels protecting o&g offshore activities in Nigeria to three. The vessel Guardian 3, along with its sister ships Guardian 1 and 2, now provides security and support services to
Port operations in Hong Kong have resumed but congestion and delays can be expected at the terminals following the passing of typhoons Hato and Pakhar, GAC told World Maritime News. Last week, port operations in the region were suspended as a result of the strong winds and heavy rains caused by the
The marine energy industry has a role to play in the EU electricity supply by 2050. This requires advancement in the certification and verification of technologies in order to access commercial funding. The Marine Energy Event, organized in cooperation with the Dutch Energy from Water Association (E
