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  • Gazprom, Shell Discuss Prospects for Cooperation (Russia)

    22 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell took place today as part of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012. The meeting participants discussed the prospects for the cooperation development within the Protocol on Global Strategic Cooperation. The parties appreciated the […]

  • Record breaking year for IHC Engineering Business

    11 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    IHC Engineering Business has been successful in winning export orders to the value of more than £200 million ($328.06 M) over the past year. The projects are being managed from the company’s office in Stocksfield, Northumberland, with further expansion and recruitment planned for 2014. The most recent order by Petrofac is for the design and […]

  • Norway Updates Strait of Hormuz Security Warning

    31 July 2019
    Rules & Regulation

    Norwegian-flagged vessels are advised to minimize transit in Iranian territorial waters.

  • Oldendorff Carriers Boost Ties with Chinese Firms

    6 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Oldendorff Carriers has completed 23 deals with 3 Chinese leasing companies during the last 12 months. 

  • Loginno: Soon-to-Be First Digital Shipping Firm Selected

    24 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    The soon-to-be-first digital shipping company to be revealed on June 6 during Nor-Shipping.

  • BC Ferries Welcomes 2nd LNG-Fueled Ship into Service

    20 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries informed that Salish Eagle, the second of the company’s three new vessels, will officially commence service on the Tsawwassen – Southern Gulf Islands route on June 21. Salish Eagle is the second of three new Salish Class vessels that are dual-fuel and capable of operating on either natural gas or […]

  • Vard lands PSV order from E.R. Offshore

    15 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Vard Holdings Limited, global designer and shipbuilder of offshore and specialized vessels, has secured a contract for the design and construction of one Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) for E.R. Offshore. The vessel is a multifunctional PSV of VARD 1 08 design with a total length of 81 meters, beam of 18 meters and a cargo […]

  • Njord Offshore Orders Two New CTVs

    11 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    Njord Offshore has signed a contract with BMT for two 23m crew transfer vessels (CTVs), following the launch of its two BMT-designed 27m CTVs Njord Zenith and Njord Zephyr. The new vessel duo will also be built by Cheoy Lee Shipyards in China.

  • Scotland Feels Offshore Wind Bump

    28 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Wind turbines offshore Scotland generated 1,369 GWh of electricity in 2018, a 122.2% increase compared to 616 GWh of electricity generated in 2017, according to the latest figures from UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Scotland’s operational offshore wind capacity grew by 153% year-on-year, from 246MW in 2017 to 623MW in 2018. “Last year […]

  • Eni ditches two Australian gas fields

    6 January 2020
    Project & Tenders

    Italian oil and gas company Eni and its partners have decided to surrender their interests in the WA-34-R joint venture located offshore Australia. 

  • Halliburton president and CEO takes chairman role

    3 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Oilfield services company Halliburton has appointed its president and chief executive officer to the position of chairman.

  • Second Japan Drilling jack-up finds work on Al Shaheen

    10 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Japan Drilling has found work for another jack-up rig with the North Oil Company on the giant Al Shaheen oil field offshore Qatar. This will be a second rig deal awarded to Japan Drilling on the Al Shaheen field after the Hakuryu 12 jack-up was awarded a two-year firm deal with the NOC in early June. The […]

  • Pacific E&P in another name change

    12 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    Canadian crude oil & gas producer Pacific Exploration & Production Corporation has changed its corporate name to Frontera Energy Corporation. The company said on Monday the name change is an effort to mark the beginning of a new era for the company. Worth noting, the company already changed its name once just a little less […]

  • Primeline turns against CNOOC

    24 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Chinese energy company Primeline Energy said on Wednesday it would start arbitration proceedings against oil giant CNOOC. The move follows the arbitration proceeds initiated by Primeline Energy last month against Zheijang Gas, relating to a dispute over non-payment for gas from an offshore gas field in China. Primeline Energy has now, as previously announced, turned […]

  • VATTENFALL AND SCOTTISHPOWER RENEWABLES APPOINT ERM (UK)

    8 July 2010
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables, the developers of the East Anglia offshore windfarm zone, have appointed ERM as lead environmental consultant to assist in the development of the first project in the zone. The 7.2GW development will be built in several phases with, the proposed first site, consisting of approximately 240 turbines. The London based ERM […]

  • Spain: Navantia, Reganosa and Gas Natural Comercializadora Form New Alliance

    27 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Navantia, Reganosa and Gas Natural Comercializadora have signed a framework agreement to offer a comprehensive service that completes the repair cycle of gas carrier ships to bring them into operation, guaranteeing an even more attractive and competitive product for the operators of the ships, as well as generating more activity in the Ferrol estuary. Through […]

  • Carnival Comes Back to Mazatlan

    26 May 2014
    Business & Finance

     Mazatlan, Mexico’s “Colonial City on the Beach,” announced on Friday that Carnival Cruise Lines will resume service to the destination with year-round cruises departing out of Los Angeles. The seven-night Mexican Riviera cruise, which will begin sailing in April 2015, will include additional stops in Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta. With trips planned on […]

  • Sonardyne delivers heavy duty ORTs to Subsea 7

    26 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Subsea 7 has taken delivery of a consignment of acoustic release transponders and accompanying heavy duty release frames from Sonardyne International Ltd. The Oceanographic Release Transponders (ORTs) will be used, up to 17 at a time, to assist with the installation of 20 structures being lowered to the seabed via an offshore construction vessel. Once […]

  • This FPSO started production exactly 16 years ago

    19 May 2015

    On this day, May 19, 1999, oil production kicked off from the Åsgard field, offshore Norway. According to Statoil, the operator of the field located in the Norwegian Sea, Åsgard ranks among the largest developments on the Norwegian continental shelf, embracing a total of 52 wells drilled through 16 seabed templates. Oil at Åsgard A is produced […]

  • Sevan Marine cuts costs, narrows losses

    24 February 2016

    Norwegian technology, project development and engineering company Sevan Marine has tightened its loss in the fourth quarter of 2015 when compared to the same period in 2014, by implementing cost slashing measures that will now include further workforce reductions.  The cost cutting programs launched in the first quarter of 2015 had an impact in excess of $4 […]

  • Poten & Partners: Utilization of VLCCs for Storage on the Rise

    11 May 2015

    More vessels are being used to store crude oil based on a recent report by Poten & Partners covering the last 4-6 weeks. The trend has emerged countering the traditional economics that do not seem to support it at this point in time. Since early April, crude oil prices have rebounded from their multi-year lows reached earlier this […]

  • Growth Potential of European Short Sea Shipping Untapped

    30 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    A coalition of European shipping sector organisations, led by the European Community Association of Ship Brokers and Agents (ECASBA), has called on the European Parliament, Commission and Member States to honour the commitments to support short sea shipping that were made in the Athens Declaration. ECASBA General Manager Jonathan C. Williams FICS, said in a joint letter that […]

  • MOL Orders Next-Generation Car Carrier Quartet

    23 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Japanese-shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. has signed a contract with compatriot shipyard Minaminippon Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. to construct four next-generation car carriers. The vessels will be delivered in 2017 and 2018 and serve on MOL’s worldwide car carrier services. According to MOL, deck construction of the newly-ordered car carriers will be substantially altered to change […]

  • 15m Ro-Pax Ferry ABRO Completes Sea Trials

    5 June 2013

    A 15m Ro-Pax Ferry, ABRO was recently launched by Baltic Workboats in Estonia and has successfully completed sea trials. ABRO will be operated in the Gulf of Riga, Estonia, between the islands of Abruka and Saaremaa. The small passenger ferry can carry at least 24 passengers. The ferry has a length of 15 m, width […]

  • Wilh. Wilhelmsen Gets Second Post-Panamax Car Carrier

    10 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norway’s Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA (WWASA) has taken delivery of the second of four Post-Panamax car carriers expected to join the group’s fleet in 2015 – the Thalatta. Built at the Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in Mokpo, South Korea, the Thalatta is 36.5 m wide, 199.99 m long and has five liftable decks. Designed for cargo of various […]