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  • Ammonia Leakage at Huston Ship Channel

    28 July 2014

    The Coast Guard and Pasadena Fire and Rescue crews responded to an anhydrous ammonia leak on the Houston Ship Channel west of the Beltway 8 bridge on Friday, July 25, temporarily ordering a shelter in place and closing the Beltway 8 bridge, Interstate 610 bridge and the Houston Ship Channel.   Coast Guard watchstanders at […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 21 – 27, 2015

    26 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Umoe Ventus Sinks After Catching Fire off Langeland The Wave Craft Surface Effect Ship Umoe Ventus sank yesterday after catching fire off Langeland, while en route to Bagenkop, according to local media and the police. German Offshore Wind Farms Over 6 Times Busier in 2015 Germany’s offshore wind farms have generated 1.3% of the overall […]

  • DSME to Unveil Floating Storage Power Plant Concept

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) has made plans to introduce a new convergence product named Floating Storage Power Plant (FSPP) during the Power-Gen International Conference in Orlando, U.S.A. this coming December. FSPP is a gas-fired power plant and an LNG import terminal combined into one unit. Inside are LNG storage […]

  • Top News of the Week Oct 5 – 11, 2015

    11 October 2015

    Fire Breaks Out at Vestas’ Turbine Blade Facility A chemical store that is part of Vestas’ facility for the development of large wind turbine blades on Isle of Wight caught fire. Two Companies Sentenced for 2010 Fatal Accident UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) revealed that Fluor Ltd and Siemens Winpower A/S were sentenced today […]

  • PSA Conducts Audit of Ocean Rig AS for Norwegian Activities

    2 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    During the period 14 September 2012 – 1 March 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Ocean Rig AS (OR) and the company’s preparations for activities with Leiv Eiriksson on the Norwegian shelf. The objective of this audit activity is to follow up that the company safeguards regulatory requirements for […]

  • Radioactive ship spurs evacuation of North Sea platform

    8 October 2014

    A ship carrying radioactive waste yesterday lost power and began drifting in the Moray Firth, Scotland, driving evacuation of a nearby oil platform.   According to BBC, 52 workers from the Beatrice oil platform were evacuated last night as a precaution. The drifting ship, MV Parida, which lost power due to a fire outbreak onboard, was around […]

  • Oil Leak from Dredger at Storm Lake Marina

    3 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    It took cooperative efforts to contain and recover oil leaked from a dredger in the Storm Lake marina area Thursday, announced Iowa Department of Natural Resources. City of Storm Lake staff discovered the leak about 7 a.m. About 10 to 20 gallons of vegetable-based hydraulic oil leaked from the dredger overnight. Workers shut off an under-water […]

  • Top News of the Week, 14 – 20 August 2017

    20 August 2017

    Oleg Strashnov Installs First Beatrice Jacket Foundation Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed the first of 86 jacket foundations on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland. Boskalis Buys Gardline Group Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has acquired all shares of the UK-based Gardline Group. U.S. Oil & Gas […]

  • US: Jacksonville port gets new rescue vessel

    1 October 2010

    United States: MetalCraft Marine have delivered their second fire and rescue vessel, ‘Jake Godbold’, which will be stationed near the main port in Jacksonville, Florida. The new vessel can hit speeds of 41 knots with its fourCAT C-18’s at 756kW engine and Hamilton 403 water jets.

  • Nexans Launches New Anti-Theft Cable Solutions (Germany)

    17 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, is launching its new anti-theft cable solutions at InnoTrans – which promises to help network operators reduce the high volume of copper cables theft along their railway networks. The solution comprises two approaches to help combat the predominant theft of earthing cables. One focuses on cables that […]

  • Japan turns down Greenpeace help

    16 February 2007

    Japan has rejected a plea by New Zealand to allow a Greenpeace vessel to tow its stricken whaling ship out of Antarctic waters. Officials said there was no threat of environmental damage from the Nisshin Maru, which has been disabled by fire, despite earlier fears of oil leakage.

  • Hapag-Lloyd: Yantian Express Likely to Leave Freeport by Mid-May

    3 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    Fire-stricken Yantian Express is likely to depart Freeport, Bahamas during the first half of May 2019.

  • Weaverville Hosts Erosion Control Workshop

    27 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Salmonid Restoration Federation, Pacific Watershed Associates and Five Counties Salmonid Conservation Program will host a workshop about erosion control on Monday, June 6, 9 am to 5 pm at Fire Hall Room, Weaverville, CA. The workshop will highlight identifying and evaluating sediment sources, assessing environmental impacts, creating erosion control and prevention plans, designing and evaluating grading […]

  • Rowan Rig to Drill Relief Well at South Timbalier 220 (USA)

    29 July 2013

    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), U.S. Coast Guard, and Walter Oil & Gas Corporation (Walter), through the Unified Command, continue to oversee and coordinate response efforts to secure the South Timbalier 220 natural gas Well A-3. In a statement issued last night BSEE said that safety of personnel and protection of the […]

  • Expro installs ExACT at Vermillion field in U.S. Gulf

    4 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    International oilfield services company, Expro, has successfully deployed its new design ExACT™ (Expro Annulus-Operated Circulating and Test Tool) in its first live offshore well.

  • New Elastopipe offers lower cost and corrosion-free performancefor hydrocarbon transport

    9 September 2009

    TRELLEBORG Offshore has launched ELASTOPIPE™ FOR (Fire & Oil Resistant), an upgraded version of its successful synthetic rubber-based flexible piping system. ELASTOPIPETM FOR is specially engineered for transport of organic media, extending the use of the already-established, unique ELASTOPIPETM technology into hydrocarbon processing and other utility services. ELASTOPIPETM FOR incorporates a specially-developed polymer-based lining material […]

  • ADNOC and MHI add new link to UAE-Japan low-carbon fuel value chain

    8 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have agreed to explore potential opportunities for collaboration on the development of value chains for blue ammonia and blue hydrogen. The companies formalized their intention through an agreement signed on December 6. Under the agreement, MHI will act as a technology solution […]

  • Pipelayer SapuraKencana 1200 Delivered

    19 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    COSCO Nantong shipyard has delivered a pipelay heavy lift vessel, ‘SapuraKencana 1200’ to SapuraKencana Petroleum, Malaysia’s premier integrated oil & gas services and solutions provider. The SapuraKencana 1200, developed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions, is designed as a self propelled vessel with a 10-point mooring system for operations in water depths up to 200 meters. […]

  • Top news of the week March 18-23

    24 March 2019

      FERC grants final environmental approval for Texas LNG The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for Texas LNG export facility located in the Port of Brownsville, Texas. ExxonMobil to reach Far East LNG FEED decision by year-end US energy giant ExxonMobil’s Russian unit could reach a […]

  • CIC Boluomiao Shipyard Completes Repair Works for LPG carrier OU HUA (China)

    25 November 2011

    The LPG carrier “OU HUA” was safely repaired with good quality and redelivered by CIC Boluomiao shipyard on Nov 20th, 2011. The repair scope included the overhaul of the main & auxiliary engine, oil separator and pumps, regular docking repair and some hot work, etc. During the repair period, the owner added lots of machinery […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (Aug 24th – 28th)

    30 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    VIDEO: Panama Canal’s Pacific Locks Spring Leak The newly constructed third set of locks of the long-awaited Panama Canal expansion project are leaking based on the latest photos and videos that emerged in the … Read More DSME Shipyard in Flames Two workers died and seven were injured in a fire that broke out at […]

  • Readers’ Picks of the Week (Mar 30 – Apr 3)

    5 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Costa Concordia Used for Cocaine Smuggling Large quantities of cocaine are reported to had been smuggled on board the most luxuries ships sailing the high seas, a recent investigation by Italian authorities shows…. Read more Cruise Passenger Dies whilst Boarding Queen Elizabeth A passenger died on Wednesday following an accident whilst boarding Queen Elizabeth cruise […]

  • Piracy on the Seven Seas at Its Lowest

    24 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy on the world’s seas is at its lowest first-quarter level since 2007, but warns that the threat is still present. The latest IMB Piracy Report, published today, shows 49 piracy incidents in the first quarter of 2014 – the lowest first quarter […]

  • Popular news, Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2015

    4 April 2015
    Exploration & Production

    A story about a fire outbreak on an offshore oil platform in Mexico was by far the most read article this past week on Offshore Energy Today.

  • Coal protesters board cargo ship

    22 June 2009

    Campaigners from Greenpeace have boarded a ship delivering coal to the Kingsnorth power station in Kent. The vessel was targeted as it sailed up the River Medway, with reports of people swimming in front of the ship to stop it docking. The group, which is protesting against coal-fired power stations, climbed aboard from inflatable speedboats.