Saudi Arabia and key allies on Monday cut ties with Qatar, the world’s top seller of liquefied natural gas (LNG), accusing it of supporting extremism and sending shockwaves through the energy industry.
UK-based industrial services provider Cape has been awarded a contract on the Inpex-led Ichthys LNG project by the EPC contractor JKC.
Image Courtesy: Damen/Australian Antarctic Division The construction of Australia’s new Antarctic icebreaker has begun with a steel cutting ceremony held at Damen Shipyards Galati (DSGa) in Romania on May 31. Planned to arrive at its home port of Hobart in mid-2020, the new ship will replace the agi
Guyana is set to grant a production license to ExxonMobil for production of oil to move ahead in 2020. This follows reviews of the technical and environmental aspects of the giant Liza oil discovery in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Exxon submitted the development plan for the Liza project in D
GTT, the French maker of LNG containment system has signed a cooperation agreement with Russian Zvezda shipyard. The cooperation agreement evaluates the shipyard capacity to meet GTT construction standards particularly focused on safety and quality issues, according to a GTT statement. This new part
Emden-based EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) has won a contract to support maritime coordination during the construction phase of the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.
Emden-based EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) has won a contract to support maritime coordination during the construction phase of the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.
Eni’s last week’s sanctioning of the giant offshore gas field development offshore Mozambique is good news for the country’s government, Alasdair Reid, Wood Mackenzie’s Research Manager Southern and East Africa, said. The Coral field, discovered in May 2012, is located within Area 4 and contains app
Energy services company Proserv is investing into a new, £7 million worth, purpose built technology center for subsea controls and communications in Great Yarmouth, England. Proserv said on Monday that the move would see around 190 employees consolidate from two sites in the area into the new 65,000
The Port of Rotterdam has unveiled plans for building an offshore center for decommissioning of oil and gas platforms, the oil and gas market, and wind energy at sea. The port said last week that the new center would be built on a site of up to 70 hectares using the hydraulic filling technique on [&
Retrofitting vessels to comply with the upcoming BWM Convention may affect the vessels’ performance, Intercargo has warned. Areas that are most likely to be affected are ballast transfer performance and bringing increased power demands. As a result, North P&I Club has cautioned owners to check their
Offshore engineering solutions provider Aquaterra Energy has designed, fabricated, and installed a new platform for PICO Petroleum Integrated Services, the lead contractor for Amal Petroleum Company’s Amal field in the Gulf of Suez, off Egypt. Aquaterra said on Monday that the Sea Swift conductor su
Waves4Power has connected its wave energy system to shore at Runde and started to deliver electricity to the Norwegian power grid on Friday. The Waves4Power wave energy system consists of the WaveEL buoy, a connection hub, and custom designed proprietary marine cables from the buoy to the hub, and f
India’s Engineering and construction contractor Essar Projects India Ltd. has completed the commissioning of four offshore well platforms for India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). An Essar-led consortium, with Saipem as the engineering partner, was awarded a contract for engineering, procu
