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  • DW: Supermajors’ Q1 earnings to be ‘weakest in recent memory’

    13 April 2015

    Despite major cost reduction measures, Q1 2015 earnings for supermajors are expected to be the weakest in recent memory, Douglas Westwood, an energy intelligence group writes in its “DW Monday” report.   Operational and financial indicators for FY 2014, however, reveal that recent performance amongst the big 5 has been far from homogeneous. In short, […]

  • Viking to upgrade Topaz fleet liferafts

    2 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Marine and fire safety equipment specialist VIKING Life – Saving Equipment and Topaz Energy and Marine, an offshore support vessel company, today jointly announced the signing of a USD multi-million, 10-year combined fixed price and exchange service agreement for liferafts. Under the terms of the contract , VIKING will upgrade all of Topaz’s current life rafts […]

  • Ulstein to build ‘CASCO Enabler’ accommodation vessel

    5 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Ulstein Sea of Solutions (USOS) has been awarded the design contract for the CASCO Enabler, a high specification DP3 800 POB monohull accommodation vessel by CASCO Offshore, a specialised accommodation subsidiary of the TMA Group. With this contract Ulstein enters into a new offshore market segment. Using the ULSTEIN Deepwater Enabler design as a base […]

  • Wood Group Expects 2012 Performance to Be in Line with Expectations (UK)

    13 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”) issues the following pre-close trading update for the year to 31 December 2012. Full year results will be announced on 5 March 2013. Overall, conditions in energy markets remain favourable. The Group expects to deliver good growth for the year in line with expectations. The Engineering division is performing […]

  • Cathelco Supplies Pipework Anti-Fouling System for FPSO Cendor Offshore Malaysia

    7 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Cathelco has won an order to supply a seawater pipework anti-fouling system for a new FPSO which will be operated in the Cendor offshore oil field by Petrofac Malaysia. The system will be installed on the MT Onozo, an Aframax tanker, which is being converted to an FPSO at the MHB yard in Pasir Gudang, […]

  • EDF CEO Lays Foundation Stone for Dunkirk LNG Terminal, France

    10 October 2012

    Henri Proglio, Chairman and CEO of EDF, on Friday laid the foundation stone in the presence of Michel Delebarre, Member of the French Senate, Mayor of Dunkirk and Chairman of the Urban Community of Dunkirk. The Dunkirk LNG terminal is expected to be commissioned towards the end of 2015 and is the second largest industrial […]

  • Gasunie, Greenpeace Energy Choose Suderburg as Windgas Location, Germany

    28 September 2012

    Greenpeace Energy and Gasunie will set up their ‘Windgas’ production location in the municipality of Suderburg, approximately eighty kilometres south of Hamburg. “Due to its position and infrastructure, this location provides ideal conditions for the production of windgas”, says Dr. Steffen Welzmiller, director of the German energy company Greenpeace Energy. “Suderburg is to become an […]

  • Bureau Veritas Lays Framework for Tug Design

    19 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    International classification society Bureau Veritas has worked closely with the towing industry to develop a comprehensive set of Guidelines for Design, Construction and Operation of Tugs. The Guidance Note provides harmonised and rationalised safety rules for tugs in an area of marine safety where there are many vessels not covered by international conventions and no […]

  • DMCA Reinforces Licensing and Staff Training Policies

    12 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Following the efforts to update maritime regulations and legislation, Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) has launched a new initiative in connection with licensing marine training centers. This latest development aims to improve policies dealing with centers licensing and staff training as well as develop an integrated and flexible marine training curriculum to ensure maritime and […]

  • Cathelco to Supply Pipework Anti-Fouling System for FPSO Cendor (Malaysia)

    7 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Cathelco has won an order to supply a seawater pipework anti-fouling system for a new FPSO which will be operated in the Cendor offshore oil field by Petrofac Malaysia. The system will be installed on the MT Onozo, an Aframax tanker, which is being converted to an FPSO at the MHB yard in Pasir Gudang, […]

  • Petrofac to Build Ulstein Designed Offshore Construction Vessel

    20 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Sharjah based Petrofac is to build the Petrofac JSD 6000 deepwater derrick lay vessel, a customised ULSTEIN SOC 5000 developed by Dutch design company Ulstein Sea of Solutions. The vessel will be constructed at the ZPMC yard in China and be available for construction and installation activities in early 2017. The dynamically-positioned Petrofac JSD 6000 […]

  • Blast at Bangladeshi Shipbreaking Yard Injures 8 Workers

    7 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    A gas cylinder exploded on Sunday at a shipbreaking yard, owned by Shital Enterprise, located in Sitakunda Upazila, the Chittagong district of Bangladesh, injuring eight workers at the site who were preparing for work. The workers are reported to be in critical condition, according to local media. The NGO Shipbreaking Platform told World Maritime News that the […]

  • People Want More Wind Farms in UK, Poll Says

    24 October 2012
    Research & Development

    An independent opinion poll published by YouGov shows that a clear majority of the British public want more wind farms to be built. 55% of those questioned say the number of UK wind farms should be higher than it is at present. 14 % say it should be maintained at current levels. The survey (commissioned […]

  • Denmark: Dong Energy to Quadruple Installed Offshore Wind Capacity

    6 March 2013

    DONG Energy published the company’s 2020 strategy. Here is the short version. At the same time as DONG Energy announced its annual accounts for 2012, the strategy for 2020 was disclosed. DONG Energy has set clear ambitions for four focal areas. DONG Energy will: 1. Quadruple installed offshore wind capacity 2. Double oil and gas […]

  • Germany: BARD-Group Completes Realignment of Management Team

    13 September 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      BARD, Germany’s offshore pioneer seated in Emden, has completed the realignment of the management team which began early 2011. Olaf Struck (46) will join Bernd Ranneberg (50, CEO) and Manuel Althoff (47, CFO) from the 1st of October 2011 as new chief technical officer (CTO) of BARD Holding GmbH. Olaf Struck is a versed […]

  • UXO Risk mitigation tools and techniques

    26 March 2020
    Safety, Technology

    By Eize de Vries Unexploded ordnance (UXO) represents substantial risk and cost for the rapidly growing global offshore wind industry when planning new large-scale windfarms including cable routing and other activities in the marine environment. We spoke with Fugro Project Director Marco Gilissen, who leads an expanding subsea geo-intelligence group specialized in the full spectrum […]

  • IEA: Redoubling international cooperation ‘vital’ to usher clean energy era faster and end fossil fuel reign

    1 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    The International Energy Agency’s new report outlines that the energy world is expected to change its stripes by 2030.

  • Frontline: 65pct of our fleet will be scrubber fitted

    1 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Green Marine, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    Norwegian tanker shipping heavyweight Frontline is poised to have exhaust gas cleaning systems installed on over half of its fleet of over 70 ships. The company’s owned fleet included 37 scrubber-fitted vessels at the end of the third quarter of 2022, including 15 VLCCs, 19 Suezmax tankers and three LR2/Aframax tankers. In October 2022, the […]

  • Emerson’s Automation for Shah Deniz Stage 2 (Azerbaijan)

    5 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    BP has awarded Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, a contract in excess of $40 million to be the Main Automation Contractor for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. Emerson will provide integrated control and safety systems to help ensure safe and efficient control […]

  • Beerenberg nets Johan Sverdrup job with Aibel

    29 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Aibel has signed a letter of intent with compatriot services provider Beerenberg for work related to Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup P2 topside project. 

  • Offshore safety body finds irregularities during Gyda audit

    6 July 2018

    The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found several irregularities during an audit of Repsol’s Gyda facility.

  • Croatia’s Viktor Lenac delivers process module for IKA SW platform

    19 August 2014

    Viktor Lenac, a shipyard from Croatia, yesterday delivered a process module for the IKA SW offshore platform, destined for deployment at the IKA South West gas field in the northern part of the Adriatic Sea.

  • Offshore safety body spots irregularities on Balder FPU

    4 June 2019

    The PSA has found irregularities during an audit of Vår Energi’s management of major accident risk and barriers on the Balder FPU.

  • Prosafe Orders New Accommodation Rig from Jurong Shipyard, Singapore

    15 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a US$291.6 million contract to build an accommodation semi-submersible rig with options for another two units from Prosafe, the world’s leading owner and operator of accommodation and service rigs. Scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2014, the accommodation semi-submersible rig will be built based on the […]

  • Kraken FPSO to Receive Topside Power Module from Wärtsilä (UK)

    28 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Wärtsilä will supply a 62 MW topside power module solution for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at the Kraken oilfield located in the UK sector of the North Sea. This EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) award has been given in December 2013 by Armada Kraken Pte.Ltd, a wholly owned […]