One injured in FortisBC’s Tilbury LNG plant incident The proceedings at the FortisBC’s Tilbury LNG plant in Delta, British Columbia, currently undergoing commissioning, were interrupted by an incident on Saturday, leaving one worker injured. French-Belgian JV to build Shell’s LNG barge A joint ventu
Hurricane Harvey, seen as one of the strongest hurricanes in the U.S. in the last twelve years, has forced offshore oil companies to evacuate workers from 86 offshore platforms. According to info by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) on, as of 11:30 Friday, oil and gas compani
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in early August published its final programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS), evaluating the environmental impacts of geological & geophysical surveys on marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico region. According to the bureau, the EIS establish
Jamaica’s utility JPS has set the groundwork for the construction of a third LNG-fueled power plant in the country following the power purchase agreement it signed with New Fortress Sout Power Holdings.
Robbers have boarded a tanker and stole some oil from the ship while it was anchored at Lagos General Purpose Anchorage, Nigeria. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of August 19, according to a report by ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB). As informed, alert duty watch keepers onb
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer Novatek has expanded its resource base for implementing its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects.
Maersk Supply Service’s new anchor handler, the Maersk Mariner, has arrived to Australia for its first job with the energy company Woodside. Maersk Supply Service took delivery of the Maersk Mariner, the second of six Starfish anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels being built in Norway, in early
The three Nominees for the Offshore Energy Public Outreach Award have been announced.
Heavy lift vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed the first six of 86 jacket foundations on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland, Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), the owner and developer of the wind farm, said.
Ports in Texas are bracing for Hurricane Harvey which is forecast to move toward the middle Texas coast late Friday night (August 25). Harvey is predicted to be a Category 3 hurricane with max winds of 125 mph at landfall in Texas. As informed, impacts are expected to be felt well away from the cent
Induced by the deteriorating headwinds in the shipping industry, South Korea is about to establish a corporation that would support the country’s shipping industry. Named the Korea Maritime Promotion Corporation, the organization is slated for launch in June next year, once the legal framework for i
The three Nominees for the Offshore Energy Public Outreach Award have been announced. The jury consisting of Saskia Tates (General Counsel, ENGIE E&P), Sander Vergroesen (Managing Director, IRO), Jo Peters (Secretary General, NOGEPA), Frederik Rijkens (Senior Project Management Consultant, Ocean Flo
Malaysian energy giant Petronas reported a significant jump in profit for the first six months of 2017 boosted by higher average realized prices.
Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has acquired selected rig repair assets adjacent to its existing yard, VT Halter Marine in Pascagoula, Mississippi, in the US. ST Engineering, an integrated defense and engineering group specializing in the aerospace, electronics, land systems and
