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  • First Gen picks 2 bidders for Philippines LNG project

    22 March 2021
    Infrastructure, Storage

    FGEN LNG, a unit of First Gen for its LNG import facility, has shortlisted two bidders to supply FSRU for the terminal in Batangas.

  • Four Tanker Crew Kidnapped off Nigeria

    10 March 2016

    At least four crew members were kidnapped by pirates on March 5 when a group of armed pirates hijacked a chemical tanker underway some 32nm South West of Bonny Island, Nigeria. “Ten armed pirates in a black speed boat approached and opened fire at a chemical tanker underway. They boarded the tanker using a grappling […]

  • Alewijnse to Refit TSHD Samuel de Champlain

    15 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Electrical system integrator Alewijnse has been awarded contract for the electrical refit of the 8500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Samuel de Champlain. The 117-meter long dredger is to be converted from diesel-electric propulsion burning MGO to dual-fuel capability combining LNG and MGO, and this will be the first conversion of its kind to take place […]

  • Chevron Pipeline in Texas Explodes

    15 November 2013

    At approximately 9.30 a.m on Thursday there was an incident at the Chevron-operated West Texas LPG system near Milford, Texas. A crew was performing excavation activities at the site when a rupture in the line was reported. Five workers at the site were immediately evacuated. All employees are accounted for, and there are no reported […]

  • Spectra Energy to expand natural gas pipeline capacity

    2 July 2014

    In order to meet critical demand for reliable electric power generation, Spectra Energy and Spectra Energy Partners revealed plans to expand the Algonquin and Maritimes natural gas pipeline systems capacity into the New England market. These plans for expansion of the two pipeline systems are in response to the New England governors’ recent initiative on new […]

  • New Zealand: Rena Owners Fined

    29 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has welcomed the guilty plea by Daina Shipping Co., the registered owners of the Rena, to a charge under the Resource Management Act relating to the discharge of harmful substances following the grounding of the ship in October 2011. Daina Shipping was today fined $300,000 in the Tauranga District Court on […]

  • Valaris jackup starts drilling Australian well for Exxonmobil

    8 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Esso Australia, a subsidiary of U.S.-headquartered energy major ExxonMobil, has started drilling a well in the country’s Gippsland Basin.

  • Ørsted teaming up with Polish coal power producer to bid in offshore wind auctions

    15 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Ørsted and ZE PAK (Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin), Poland’s second largest producer of energy from coal-fired plants with a strategy for phase-out until 2030, have signed a letter of intent to jointly participate in the upcoming auction for seabed leases in Poland and the country’s Contract for Difference (CfD) tenders in 2025 and 2027. The companies plan […]

  • GASTECH 2011: RTI Shows Ways to Reduce CO2 Emissions and Costs with Effective Insulation (The Netherlands)

    14 February 2011
    Equipment

      Rockwool Technical Insulation demonstrates how efficient insulation reduces energy costs and delivers a smaller carbon footprint at the 25th Gastech Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam from 21-24 March 2011. Energy consumption of industrial plants can be reduced significantly by adequate insulation. This delivers two main advantages, as within the framework of the EU Emission […]

  • Investing in Renewables to Save UK Consumers Up to GBP 100 Billion

    24 May 2013
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    In a report on the Electricity Market Reform published yesterday, the Committee on Climate Change presents new analysis showing that there are significant economic benefits from investing in a portfolio of low-carbon technologies through the 2020s rather than investing in gas-fired generation. The report finds that investment in a portfolio of low-carbon technologies could save […]

  • Man Injured in Dredging Accident

    12 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    A boat propeller cut off a man’s legs below the knees after he fell into the water on Tuesday during the Port Canaveral channel dredging project. The stricken man, who’s name has not been released, was somehow able to cling to a rope and was rescued, WESH 2 News reports. Paramedics said that quick action […]

  • Norway: TERSAN Shipyard Awards Boiler Plant Contracts to PARAT Halvorsen

    8 August 2012

    PARAT Halvorsen AS has been awarded in all 4 boiler plant contracts with TERSAN Shipyard in Turkey and their Stern Trawlers ST-116 new buildings. The boiler plants will be equipped with Parat combined oil fired and exhaust gas boilers, type MCS, to comply steam production for the freezer trawlers fishmeal and fish oil factory. The […]

  • Firefighters Unable to Go Onboard MSC FLAMINIA Due to Bad Weather Conditions

    1 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Since Monday evening the team of firefighting experts is unable to go onboard MSC FLAMINIA due to bad weather conditions. In the coming days a further deterioration of the weather is predicted. Therefore, MSC FLAMINIA and the group of tugboats have pulled out of the 200 mile zone and maintain a position approximately 200 miles […]

  • 3 dead, 3 missing in offshore pipeline blast

    13 October 2006

    Three people were killed and three others were missing after an offshore natural gas pipeline exploded when a tug pushing two barges struck it on Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The tug and barges hit the gas line at about 12:30 p.m. in West Cote Blanche Bay, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) southwest of […]

  • LR gives AIP for Japanese LNG-powered coal carrier

    6 December 2017
    Vessels

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. (MOL) said that together with Tohoku Electric Power and Namura Shipbuilding have received an approval in principle (AIP) from Lloyd’s Register for the design of an LNG-powered coal carrier.

  • Meralco to finalize JV talks with Osaka Gas

    23 March 2015

    Manila Electric intends on concluding JV talks with Osaka Gas during this year according to the company’s chairman, Manuel V. Pangilinan.

  • Energia del Pacifico launches LNG supply tender

    15 July 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Energía del Pacífico said it is launching an international tender process to contract long-term supplies of up to 0.5 mtpa of LNG for its Power Generating Project in Acajutla, Republic of El Salvador.

  • Qatar Petroleum to sell shares in its Qatalum joint venture

    7 May 2018

    Qatar Petroleum will be offering 49 percent of its shares in its joint venture Qatalum in a public offering for Qatari nationals.

  • Cargo Ship Evades Pirate Attack in Philippines

    4 January 2017

    Six armed persons in a speed boat chased and fired upon a general cargo vessel while it was underway some 21 nautical miles east of Basilan Island, the Philippines, according to data provided by IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. The incident occurred in the afternoon hours on January 3, the data shows. The vessel’s Master raised the alarm and […]

  • ISIS Attacks Libya’s Largest Oil Port

    5 January 2016

    Libya’s largest oil port of Sidra was attacked early Monday by Islamic State militants who were trying to seize the port. The militants reportedly clashed with Petrol Facilities Guard militia leaving at least seven people dead, with Associated Press claiming that the death toll reached 11. However, the attempts were foiled by the guards. In addition, local […]

  • Houston Channel Reopens after Refinery Explosion

    7 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Houston Ship Channel has been reopened after a precautionary safety zone had been put in place due to an explosion at a refinery company Pasadena Refining System, the US Coast Guard informs. The incident, which occurred on Saturday morning, led to a stoppage of traffic from Cotton Patch Bayou to Sims Bayou. The Captain of the Port closed the […]

  • Austal’s ‘Leonora Christina’ completes sea trials

    13 May 2011

    Austal’s largest catamaran built to date, the 113-metre ‘Leonora Christina’ for Denmark’s Bornholmer Færgen, has recently completed sea trials, marking the final stage in the construction of the high-speed vehicle-passenger ferry at Austal’s Henderson, Australia shipyard. Austal was awarded the contract to build ‘Leonora Christina’ in April 2009, and the vessel has been built to […]

  • USA: “No Single Factor Caused Deepwater Horizon Tragedy”, BP

    8 September 2010
    Project & Tenders

    No single factor caused the Macondo well tragedy. Rather, a sequence of failures involving a number of different parties led to the explosion and fire which killed 11 people and caused widespread pollution in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. A report released by BP today concludes that decisions made by “multiple companies and […]

  • India: Customs Detains SEAMEC II

    27 January 2012
    Business & Finance

      Seamec Ltd has informed BSE that the SEAMEC II vessel was detained by the Customs for non production of the copy of the original Bill of Entry purported to have filed by the seller of the vessel, an Indian Corporate Entity, at the time of import in the year of 1988. The Company had […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime Introduces New Simulator Models (Norway)

    23 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Kongsberg Maritime has introduced two new Diesel Electric models for its Engine Room Simulator, K-Sim Engine (previously Neptune). The DE88 Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig model, containing eight Wärtsilä 16V26 engines and eight thrusters, is already available, while the DE66 Drill Ship model, simulating full operation of six MAN 16V32/40 diesel generators powering six thrusters, will be […]