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Top News of the Week October 21- 26, 2013
Aegir Sailing Toward Its First Project; Anadarko’s Lucius Field Heerema Marine Contractor’s new state-of-the-art deepwater construction vessel Aegir has left Rotterdam and is now en route to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The news was revealed by Martijn van Wijngaarden last week at the Offshore Energy 20
Top News – October 20 to 27, 2013
ASL Shipyard Launches Dredger “Cassiopeia V” (Singapore) On Monday the 7th of October 2013, the cutter suction dredger Cassiopeia V, was successfully launched by ASL Shipyard in Singapore for Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd from Japan. VOSTA LMG is responsible for delivery of the engineering and th
EBH Namibia Celebrates Inauguration of Its Third Panamax Floating Dock
Elgin Brown & Hamer (EBH) Namibia today celebrates a watershed event in the company’s history with the inauguration of its third Panamax floating dock. The 195 metre floating dock, which represents the largest infrastructural investment that EBH Namibia has made to date, will increase the company’s
Halliburton Named Logistics Company of the Year
Halliburton was named ‘Logistics Company of the Year’ by Africa Oil & Gas during the Southern Africa Oil & Gas Summit in Cape Town, South Africa, recently. The award recognizes the achievements of those in Africa’s oil and gas sector that have played a defining role in moving the industry forward. H
A Third of Seafarers Are Burdened by Admin Tasks, Survey Finds
Seafarers feel they spend too much time on tasks they consider to be an administrative burden according to the findings of a study by the Danish Maritime Authority, supported by InterManager, the international trade association for ship and crew managers. A comprehensive survey of international seaf
Pirates Capture Two from Offshore Supply Vessel in Nigeria
Nigerian pirates have struck again. According to Reuters, the pirates have boarded an offshore supply vessel owned by Edison Chouest.
IMO, IPIECA to Hold Its Flagship Oil Spill Response Conference in November
The biennial Regional Conference of the Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa (GI WACAF Project) will be held from the 4 to 8 November, in Swakopmund, Namibia, and will be jointly organized by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), IPIECA (the global oil and gas industry as
VIDEO: ‘Centennial Jewel’ Ready to Become Ghana’s Second FPSO
Tullow Oil’s second commercial oil and gas project in Ghana made significant progress this month when the Centennial Jewel trading tanker arrived in the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore. Here it will begin its conversion into the floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Twenebo
Ophir Energy in Talks to Sell Stake in Tanzania Gas Fields
Ophir Energy confirmed media reports that it is looking to sell down its interests in Blocks 1, 3 and 4, offshore Tanzania . “The company can confirm it has a process ongoing to sell down a part interest in these Blocks but there is no certainty that this process will conclude successfully nor can t
Ophir Confirms Intention to Sell Some of Its Acreage Offshore Mozambique
After several news sources reported that Ophir Energy, an oil and gas exploration company focused on Africa, is in talks to divest its stake in offshore blocks in Tanzania, the operator has issued a statement in support of these reports. Ophir said it noted the media speculation that it was explorin
High-Viscosity PIB Carried by Ship to Be Subject to Stringent Discharge Requirements
IMO’s Working Group on the Evaluation of Safety and Pollution Hazards of Chemicals (ESPH 19), meeting at IMO Headquarters from 21 to 25 October, has agreed to classify high-viscosity PIB (Polyisobutylene) as category X for carriage by ship, thereby prohibiting the discharge of cargo residues into th
Offshore Energy 2013: LNG Plays Positive Role in East African Economy
For the first time, Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference 2013 looked at the developments in East Africa. The region holds great potential for natural gas extraction. In a short period of time, interest in the region has grown as seismic data, infrastructure and the political environment are imp