Congressman John Rutherford, along with Congressman Don Beyer, led a bipartisan letter from more than 100 members of Congress to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke voicing concerns with a proposal to issue seismic testing permits for the Atlantic Ocean. In April, the Trump Administration announced that i
On 29 June, five Massachusetts electric distribution companies, in coordination with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for 400MW, and up to 800MW, of offshore wind generation and associated transmission projects to enter into long-term cont
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass liquefaction terminal in Louisiana, currently the only such a facility to ship U.S. shale gas overseas, has exported three cargoes of the fuel in the week ending June 28, according to the Energy Information Administration. Three vessels with a total LNG-carrying capacity of 11
The Community Square program is taking shape, with as many as four ON AIR talk-shows. In each talk-show – which will be live-streamed on OffshoreEnergyToday.com – we look at challenges through the eyes of energy consumers and citizens, on top of the energy professional perspective.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke have opened up a comment period for a new five-year national offshore oil and gas leasing program on the Outer Continental Shelf. On Thursday, at an Energy Week event hosted by Energy Secretary Rick Perry, President Trump announced
Freeport LNG’s unit, FLNG Liquefaction 4 filed a formal application with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for authorization to build a fourth liquefaction train at its export facility located near Freeport, Texas. Freeport LNG also said that it was commencing the front-end engineering and
China’s Beijing Gas Group has completed the $1.1 billion purchase of a 20 percent stake in Rosneft subsidiary Verkhnechonskneftegaz. As a result of the transaction, the duo will create a vertically integrated system of cooperation, Rosneft said on Thursday. The Chinese company acquires a stake in on
Eni Norge, a Norwegian entity of the Italian oil major Eni, has received consent to perform manned underwater operations on the Goliat field off Norway. Goliat is an oil field in the Barents Sea, around 85 kilometers northwest of Hammerfest. The field has been developed using a cylindrical FPSO. The
Sydney-based Origin Energy, the holder of a 37.5 percent stake in the Australia Pacific LNG project, has completed the final phase of the BassGas mid-life enhancement project offshore Victoria. The installation and successful commissioning of the compressor and condensate pumping unit at the Yolla-A
The Thailand-flagged bulk carrier Mallika Naree ran into trouble on June 29 as the vessel grounded off Sewells Point in Norfolk, Virginia, according to the United States Coast Guard. The 30,195 dwt vessel lost propulsion in the Elizabeth River, struck buoy #5 and ran soft aground outside the channel
A new Global Industry Alliance (GIA) has been launched, with the aim to support transitioning shipping and its related industries towards a low carbon feature. The GIA was officially inaugurated on June 29 at a launch ceremony held at the margins of the first meeting of the IMO Intersessional Workin
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, has completed the the acquisition of Origo Exploration Holding AS, a privately-held oil and gas exploration company with a focus offshore Norway and the United Kingdom. The transaction has been approved by regulatory authorities in both Norway and the Uni
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The construction of OOS International Group’s newbuild semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) has kicked off with a steel cutting ceremony in China. Being built by China Merchants Industry Holdings, the vessel – to be named OOS Serooskerke – is the first of two units OOS ordered from the Chinese back
