Schlumberger, the world’s largest oilfield services provider has bought a stake in Norway’s Borr Drilling, a recently established offshore drilling company. This was revealed by Schlumberger’s CEO Paal Kibsgaard at a conference in New Orleans on Monday. He said the company had set up a special ventu
Energy regulatory practitioners Lisa Tonery and Erik Swenson have joined the global law firm, Orrick, from Norton Rose Fulbright US.
Even though tropical islands have an opportunity to transition to 100% renewable energy by having great access to renewable energy sources like wind and solar, there are constraints keeping them away from reaching this goal and ocean energy could be one of the solutions that could make these islands
The global fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers welcomed 31 new additions in 2016 – in a year where only 10 new orders were placed, GIIGNL, the International Group of LNG Importers said Monday in its latest annual report. The new orders – the lowest number since 2010 – included one floating
Shippers who regularly export goods to Asia have been facing a large drop of available slots for containers on almost every shipping line due to changes being introduced by alliances, European Shippers’ Council (ESC) members informed. The main reason given by carriers of the two new alliances is the
Following the first quarter of 2017 optimism seen in the containership industry, as well as the sentiment shift in the markets, the industry could be heading to healthier rates with earnings following the course, according to Maritime Strategies International (MSI). Freight rate improvements have re
Odfjell Drilling’s “Deepsea Metro I” has started mobilization from Malaysia to its offshore location in the Philippines. The info was shared on Tuesday by Nido Petroleum on behalf of the Galoc Joint Venture, which has hired the drillship to drill the Galoc-7/7ST well location in Block C1 of Service
Chevron-led Gorgon LNG project on Barrow Island off the northwest coast of Western Australia started LNG production from the plant’s third liquefaction train.
Alpha Process Controls named Fraser Bennie, formerly responsible for business development at Damen Ship repair & Conversion, to lead the company’s international business activities.
Fourteen years ago in 2002 the Sif Group made 80 monopiles for the Horns Rev wind farm off the Danish coast near Esbjerg. These piles were four metres in diameter, the thickness of the steel was five centimetres, and they weighed between 180-230 tonnes depending on their length. In 2016, Offshore WI
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has been working on Vole au vent, Jan De Nul’s 140m jack-up vessel purpose built for the installation of new generation offshore wind turbines, as the vessel has been deployed on two installation phases at the Belgian Nobelwind offshore wind farm.
The Gulf of Guinea continues to be one of the most dangerous bodies of water in the world for merchant shipping. Pirates from the Niger Delta have been responsible for attacking commercial vessels throughout the wider region, conducting armed robberies, stealing oil and abducting crew for ransom, EO
Six offshore workers were exposed to radiation during work on an EnQuest-operated platform in the UK North Sea. According to Unite, a UK maritime and offshore workers’ union, six Wood Group workers claim they were put at risk by the potentially dangerous particles while carrying out maintenance work
Liquefied natural gas production at Russia’s only liquefaction and export plant Sakhalin II was suspended on Sunday, March 26, following an accident at one of the production platforms.
