The 2020 sulfur emissions legislation will enter into force without delay, Edmond Hughes, IMO’s head of air pollution and energy efficiency (MEPC) said while speaking in Athens recently. The reassurance was made to put an end to the overall confusion plaguing the industry amid rumored delays in the
Vaalco Energy has completed workover operations on two wells offshore Gabon but experienced failure on another well last week.
RusselSmith Nigeria has sealed a technical partnership with Norwegian company 4Subsea to collaboratively deliver solutions for ensuring the lifespan of subsea assets. This partnership will see RusselSmith improve its monitoring and repair services for flexible pipes, umbilicals and ancillaries. Of p
The cellular containership fleet has reached a new high of 21 million TEU in November, according to Alphaliner. However, the fleet growth was somewhat slower than expected over the past two years as it took 22 months for the fleet to pass the 20 million TEU threshold. As disclosed, this is the slowe
Tullow Oil has completed the refinancing of $2.5 billion of reserves based lending (RBL) credit facilities.
Deep Down, an oilfield services company, said it has received orders for subsea equipment valued at over $4 million directly from two West African operators, one of whom is said to be a new customer. The orders include a full suite of Deep Down’s own Multi-Quick Connect (MQC) plates, some of which w
Hess Corporation has completed the sale of its interests offshore Equatorial Guinea to Kosmos Energy and Trident Energy.
Deep Down, a U.S.-based oilfield services company, has received orders for subsea equipment from two unnamed West African operators.
The whole world would be watching the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2018, looking for something of real substance when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping, IMO’s Secretary-General Kitack Lim pointed out. “Next year really will be a time when the w
Italian energy giant Eni signed a memorandum of understanding with Angola’s Sonangol to assess associated and non-associated gas resources in Angola’s offshore.
Italian oil company Eni and Angola’s Sonangol signed a memorandum of understanding to define joint projects throughout the whole value chain of the energy sector. Eni also got the operatorship of an onshore block. The MoU provides for the assessment of associated and non-associated gas resources in
Global loaded container traffic is on track to break the 200 million teu threshold this year for the first time ever, shipping consultancy Drewry said citing recent port and trade statistics. “The Drewry Global Container Port Throughput Index shows no sign of slowing down, with the latest reading fo
