China’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are continuing to rise and they were up 38 percent in June year-on-year as the country is pursuing its plan to cut addiction to coal to reduce pollution. The world’s largest energy consumer imported 3.04 million mt of the chilled fuel last month as comp
Victims of the slump in oil prices are spread throughout the world and Singapore’s offshore oil and gas industry is no exception.
Höegh LNG Partners, the Bermuda-based limited partnership formed by Norway’s Höegh LNG named Kathleen McAllister to the company’s board following the resignation of Claibourne Harris.
The Hague-based LNG giant Shell could cut approximately 400 jobs as it continues its restructuring to cope with lower oil prices.
US energy giant and LNG player ExxonMobil said Friday second-quarter profit doubled on higher oil and gas prices. The Irving, Texas-based company earned $3.4 billion, or 78 cents a share in the second quarter, compared with $1.7 billion, or 41 cents a share, in the year-ago period. According to Reut
The first gravity-based foundation (GBF) built for the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Project has been installed onto the seabed. The second of the total of five GBFs has also arrived at the site and is ready to be installed.
Talos has completed the drilling of the Zama-1 exploration well off Mexico, in which it recently found what is believed to be a billion barrel oil discovery. According to Premier Oil, a partner in the project, the well drilling has been completed, reaching a total depth of 4,108 metres (13,478 feet)
Australia’s Origine Energy posted rising production for the June quarter as well year on year, on the back of Australia Pacific LNG production ramp up.
Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg on Monday got a tour of Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, where a drilling platform for the Johan Sverdrup offshore project is being built. Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup is one of the five largest oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, with expected resources
U.S. oil company Hess has informed that production has kicked off from its North Malay Basin development, offshore Malaysia. According to Hess, hook-up of the topsides for the central processing platform was completed in the second quarter and first production of natural gas started in mid-July with
Anadarko Petroleum signed marine concessions, two agreements with the government of Mozambique, allowing it to design, build and operate the marine facilities for its LNG project in northern Mozambique.
Offshore oil and gas service provider DeepOcean has acquired French company Searov Offshore SAS and has expanded its presence in West Africa. Searov, established in 2008, is a ROV service provider with a focus on West Africa. The company owns and operates ten Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs) from its
Offshore WIND’s most read news from 24 to 30 July 2017.
Seamen must be the first group of people who had an extensive knowledge of the weather. They recognised cloud formations and variations in wind speed that indicated the weather change. At sea, this knowledge could mean the difference between life and death. Today, a weather forecast is not made with
