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  • Shearwater Wraps Up Pensacola Shoot for Shell

    22 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Shell and its partner Cluff Natural Resources have completed a 3D seismic survey extending to approximately 420 square kilometers over the Pensacola Prospect in the Southern North Sea. The survey, conducted by Shearwater GeoServices using the Polar Empress, was completed on time and with no health, safety or environmental incidents, Cluff said. Data collection started […]

  • NPD Favors Unmanned Platforms Option After Rambøll Study

    6 April 2016
    Research & Development

    Rambøll Oil & Gas has submitted a study which sheds light on the advantages and disadvantages of unmanned wellhead platforms. The study was commissioned by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), which has taken a positive view of unmanned wellhead platforms, considering concepts of this type to be an important contribution to good resource utilization and an […]

  • BG Group Discovers Light Oil in Western Tupi Area, Offshore Brazil

    16 December 2010
    Business & Finance

      BG Group has today confirmed that the eleventh well on the BM-S-11 concession in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, was successful. The well, designated as 3-BRSA-865A-RJS (3-RJS-677A) and informally known as Tupi W, was drilled at a water depth of 2 139 metres, approximately 275 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro State, […]

  • India Restricts Seafarers from Working in Gulf of Guinea

    11 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    India issued a restriction banning all Indian seafarers from working on vessels in the Gulf of Guinea.

  • Wood Group PSN gets more time to decide on marginal fields initiative

    11 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Enegi and ABTechnology, the owners of ABT Oil & Gas, have agreed to extend the option agreement with Wood Group PSN (‘WGPSN’) until 31 March 2014. The option agreement allows WGPSN the possibility to expand its participation in the development of the marginal field initiative, initiated by Enegi and ABT. Alan Minty, CEO of Enegi, said: “The […]

  • Non-Tariff Trade Barriers Should Be in Focus of TTIP Talks, ESC Says

    16 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    The elimination of non-tariff trade barriers will have enormous positive effects on the European economy. The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) therefore wants that to be one of the main topics of the new free trade agreement that is presently being negotiated between the European Union and the United States.   The ESC, representing the freight […]

  • Minister Releases Water Quality Standards for Public Consultation (Australia)

    7 April 2014

    Residents of the Capricorn and Curtis coast regions are being urged to participate in a discussion regarding water quality as the Newman Government delivers on its commitment to have a Gladstone Healthy Harbour Report Card in place by the end of the year. Queensland’s Environment and Heritage Protection Minister Andrew Powell has released new water […]

  • The Switch launches next-generation full-power converter series (Finland)

    15 September 2010
    Technology

    The Switch, a Finnish-based New Energy technology company, has launched its next-generation full-power converter series to better serve the wind power industry with unsurpassed reliability and endurance. The new full-power converters are the result of a comprehensive R&D project that started from the evolving needs of a key customer, a major player in the global […]

  • South Africa: Scientists Need Support for KZN Sea-Power Project

    8 May 2012
    Authorities & Government

    At a workshop to show the eThekwini municipality’s plan to partner US HAE (Hydro Alternative Energy) in building a R 155 million sea-power project off the KwaZulu-Natal coast, scientists said that the research and technological knowledge were available in their country, reported the Iol. Professor Wikus van Niekerk, director of the Centre for Renewable and […]

  • South Africa: Scientists Need Support for KZN Sea-Power Project

    8 May 2012
    Authorities & Government

    At a workshop to show the eThekwini municipality’s plan to partner US HAE (Hydro Alternative Energy) in building a R 155 million sea-power project off the KwaZulu-Natal coast, scientists said that the research and technological knowledge were available in their country, reported the Iol. Professor Wikus van Niekerk, director of the Centre for Renewable and […]

  • ACE Winches Secures £10 Million Boost from Balmoral

    18 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Multi-disciplined design, engineering and manufacturing company Balmoral has taken a substantial stake in ACE Winches by investing £10 million in the Turriff-based company. The investment should strengthen and grow ACE Winches’ position as mooring, lifting, pulling and deploying solutions provider. Both companies have seen success on the global stage and between them hold five Queen’s […]

  • UK: Pelamis Wave Power Appoints New CEO

    4 June 2013

    The Board of Pelamis Wave Power has appointed founder and current Commercial Director, Richard Yemm, as Chief Executive Officer. Richard will take up his new function from 1 June 2013 and replaces Per Hornung Pedersen who had been leading the company since September 2011. Per will remain as an advisor to the Board. Richard founded […]

  • Freeport-McMoRan rids of oil & gas execs to cut costs

    6 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    US-based mining company Freeport-McMoRan has restructured its subsidiary Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas (FM O&G) with the aim of reducing costs and aligning with debt reduction initiatives of FCX’s global business.  FM O&G is being restructured as an operating division of FCX and, as a result of this restructuring, the FM O&G executive management team is leaving the company. […]

  • Another North Sea field to be abandoned soon

    12 February 2016

    Det norske, a Norwegian oil exploration and development company, has decided to decommission the Jette field, offshore Norway, after only three years of production.  The Jette field is located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The production from the field started on May 19, 2013, and it was the first oil produced by Det norske […]

  • Ørsted Greenlights 900MW Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm

    30 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has taken the final investment decision (FID) on the Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Prior to the FID, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs approved Ørsted’s local supply chain plan, and subsequently Ørsted has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Taipower at the feed-in-tariff level announced on 30 January 2019. […]

  • Malta: Boston Army Captain Performs Memorial Dive to HMS Maori

    22 October 2012

    Captain Ken McIntosh and Major Dave Stone have taken part in a very different act of remembrance. While visiting Malta, the pair carried out a dive to the wreck of HMS Maori and attached a Royal British Legion Memorial Cross to the ship. HMS Maori was a Tribal-class destroyer in the Mediterranean Fleet and was […]

  • ‘African Inspiration’ named in Norway

    7 November 2014

    Nigerian company Marine Platforms Limited has received its first newbuild vessel at a ceremony in Fosnavåg, Norway, on Thursday, November 6. The vessel, named ‘African Inspiration’ by Norway’s Minister of Finance Siv Jensen, was built by Norwegian offshore ship designer and constructor Havyard. The vessel is a Havyard 857 Subsea IMR (Inspection Maintenance and Repair) ship that will be used […]

  • The Netherlands: Indofin Group Acquires Majority Stake in IHC Merwede

    1 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Indofin Group, an investment company owned by the De Bruin family, has acquired a majority shareholding of 62% in IHC Merwede. Rabo Capital (10%) and IHC Merwede management and staff (28%) are the other principal shareholders. Indofin has obtained this significant stake in IHC Merwede by partially taking out each of its co- shareholders. Indofin’s […]

  • Mega Cocaine Haul off Panama

    5 September 2014

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine agents aboard a P-3 Airborne Early Warning aircraft assisted in the disruption of close to 1.5 tonnes of cocaine worth about USD 246 million and effecting the arrest of eight men, on Friday  August 29, 2014, CPB said in a release. The P-3 and its crew are […]

  • Deirdre Michie takes up position of CEO at Oil & Gas UK

    4 May 2015

    Oil & Gas UK has informed that on Friday, May 1, 2015, Deirdre Michie has taken up the position of chief executive at Oil & Gas UK, replacing Malcolm Webb who, following a brief handover period, formally retires on May 31, 2015.  Appointed by the Board of Oil & Gas UK in February this year, Deirdre will […]

  • MHI Vestas Receives WindFloat Atlantic Order

    10 September 2018
    Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The WindPlus consortium has signed a firm order with MHI Vestas to provide three V164-8.4 MW turbines for the WindFloat Atlantic project situated near the coast of Northern Portugal.

  • MAIB: Ignition of Hydrogen Gas from Cargo Led to Explosions aboard Bulker

    8 December 2017

    The ignition of hydrogen gas released from the cargo caused two explosions on board Nortrader in January 2017.

  • IMS Saves Money by Combining Ship Delivery and Crew Training

    11 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Following a record number of ASD Tug deliveries in 2012, accomplished Ship Delivery and Crew Training specialists, International Maritime Services (IMS) have handed over two ROPAX Ferries and a Workboat in quick succession to their respective owners. After completing an arduous 10,100 NM delivery voyage, the 117 metre ROPAX Ferry “Santa Cruz de Tenerife” arrived […]

  • Ashtead Technology Takes Delivery of OCTANS NANO from iXBlue

    21 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Global subsea equipment specialist Ashtead Technology, headquartered in Aberdeen, has taken delivery of the new advanced OCTANS NANO system from leading navigation, positioning and mapping solutions experts iXBlue. Ashtead Technology is the first company to offer the advanced OCTANS NANO system on a rental basis globally, launching the innovative product in conjunction with iXBlue on […]

  • SBM Offshore to Deploy WEC Prototype Off Monaco

    5 November 2019
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Dutch-based O&G floating production specialist SBM Offshore has taken the next step in its wave energy converter project, as it plans to carry out sea trials offshore Monaco from 2021. SBM Offshore has been developing this new generation of breakthrough wave energy converter (WEC S3) since 2009. The support of “Investissements d’Avenir” of the French […]