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The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has launched an investigation into a fire that broke out in a transformer at the Åsgard B platform in the Norwegian North Sea. The fire, which was reported in the transformer room on 14 November, was extinguished but produced smoke and led to a production
Spills of ammonia as a shipping fuel could negatively impact certain habitats and species more than others and the industry should make sure it uses ammonia in a safe from the very beginning, according to a new joint study released by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Ricar
US LNG export company Freeport LNG has provided an update on the ongoing reconstruction and resumption of operations at its natural gas liquefaction and LNG export facility in Texas. According to the company, the reconstruction work necessary to commence initial operations, including utilisation of
An investigation has shown that explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in late September were caused by “gross sabotage”, Swedish authorities announced. Swedish prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist, who is leading the ongoing preliminary investigation at the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, said
Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Nexus has rescued 49 refugees offshore Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. Nexus was contacted on the night of 16-17 November by the Malta Rescue Coordination Centre to give support in the worsening weather conditions. The 123-meter-long cable-laying vessel, with 27 crew m
Texas-based LNG export company Freeport LNG has provided the results of an independent, third-party root cause failure analysis (RCFA) report on the incident that occurred at its liquefaction facility on 8 June 2022. To remind, the facility, located in Quintana along the Texas Gulf Coast south of Ho
Following a drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman, the U.S. Central Command has put the blame on Iran.
Malaysian energy company Petronas has confirmed that a fire incident occurred at the Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline (SSGP) nearby Lawas, Sarawak. As informed, the incident occurred on 16 November and, according to local media reports, it is the first fatal incident at the SSGP. Based on the reports from
Singapore-based ship management company Eastern Pacific Shipping is investigating an incident involving its managed product tanker Pacific Zircon. “Preliminary reports indicate the vessel, carrying a cargo of gas oil, was hit by a projectile approximately 150 miles off the coast of Oman at about 15:
The crew onboard Jan De Nul’s offshore installation vessel Simon Stevin has rescued 15 refugees off the coast of Algeria that had been drifting for several days in the Mediterranean Sea. The crew noticed a sloop with eight men, two women and five children on the evening of 10 November during a sea j
UK-based Aquaterra Energy has unveiled a new CO2 management platform for long-term monitoring and sustained integrity of underwater carbon capture and storage (CCS) sites. The integrated solution is said to provide monitoring of both sub-surface fiber optic seismic arrays, as well as dissolved CO2 g
Norway’s safety regulator is investigating an incident involving “serious personal injury” on a jack-up rig, working in the North Sea.
SBM Offshore is putting the wheels into motion to resume production by the year-end from an FPSO, which is working for Petrobras off Brazil.
