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  • Nexen BoD Approves Golden Eagle Development in UK North Sea

    27 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Nexen Inc. announced today that the company’s growth strategy achieved an important milestone when the Board of Directors approved plans to proceed with the Golden Eagle project in the North Sea. Golden Eagle will be a two-platform standalone facility with production capacity of approximately 70,000 boe/d (approximately 25,500 boe/d net to Nexen). Nexen is […]

  • Piper Alpha: 25th Anniversary of the World’s Worst Offshore Disaster (VIDEO)

    7 July 2013

    Saturday, July 6, 2013 marked the 25th anniversary of the largest disaster in the history of offshore oil and gas industry. On Wednesday, July 6, 1988 the Piper Alpha platform in the UK part of the North Sea was struck by an explosion which set the facility on fire, killing 167 men on board. The […]

  • Bibby Maritime Upscale Training in India

    17 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    Growing at a rapid pace, Sir Derek Bibby Maritime Training Center plan to expand and diversify by raising their quality standard and make use of the joint ventures route. Despite the recessionary phase in shipping, training institutes in India known for their unflinching dedication to quality education have done better than most establishments in other […]

  • Study Explores Oceans and Lakes as Renewable Energy Resources (Canada)

    22 July 2011

    As the demand for energy increases worldwide, the search for renewable and viable sources of power intensifies. Two Ryerson University researchers have taken that search underwater, and using Iran as a test case, have found that oceans and lakes could make an enormous contribution to global energy production.  “Bodies of water are a huge, untapped […]

  • Singapore: The First of Two RAstar 3200 Tugs Finalizes Sea Trials

    14 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    PM Coast Maritime Pte. Ltd. has completed sea trials of PMS 1386, the first of two RAstar 3200 tugs to be built by their own shipyard in Singapore. The RAstar class of tugs is intended for operations in exposed areas such as many new LNG terminals where a high standard of sea-keeping is required. With […]

  • PMS 1386 Completes Sea Trials (Singapore)

    14 November 2012

      PM Coast Maritime Pte. Ltd. has completed sea trials of PMS 1386, the first of two RAstar 3200 tugs to be built by their own shipyard in Singapore. The RAstar class of tugs is intended for operations in exposed areas such as many new LNG terminals where a high standard of sea-keeping is required. […]

  • Aramco CEO calls for investments in oil & gas and ‘more credible’ energy transition plan

    20 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Ramp-up of oil & gas investments and a new energy transition plan are required for a secure and sustainable energy future, says Aramco’s CEO.

  • WinGD slashes methane slip with its next-generation X-DF 2.0 dual-fuel engine technology

    16 June 2020
    Innovation, Technology, Vessels

    Engine developer WinGD has unveiled a new technology designed to slash methane emissions and cut fuel consumption in its X-DF dual-fuel engines. The launch of Intelligent Control by Exhaust Recycling (iCER) is the first development to be introduced as part of X-DF2.0, WinGD’s second-generation dual-fuel engine platform. The iCER system delivers enhanced combustion control through […]

  • Denmark: Anholt OWF Creates Ripple Effect among Suppliers

    16 April 2013

    Construction work at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm creates a ripple effect among the project suppliers – nationally as well as locally. The Danish wind industry has left a distinct imprint on Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm near Anholt in the Kattegat, where Danish companies account for two thirds of the contract sum and for orders […]

  • Mitsubishi Shipbuilding sends off Japan’s new eco-friendly car friendly to owner

    14 November 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, an arm of Japan’s giant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has handed over the first of two large energy-efficient car ferries, the 14,300 GT Keyaki. As disclosed, the delivery ceremony for the 199-meter-long and 25.5-meter-wide environmentally friendly ferry was held at the Enoura Plant of MHI’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Yamaguchi […]

  • HOOGVLIET

    15 March 2013

    Hartel Shipping & Chartering, founded in 1990, and Hudig & Veder, a logistics service provider with a history going back to 1795, jointly provide a service trading breakbulk and project material between Northern European ports and the East Mediterranean. Combining each company’s strengths, they offer practically door-to-door shipping from basically any type of cargo which […]

  • Controversial US energy project back in LNG game: Will its ‘rise from the ashes’ rekindle court battle?

    10 March 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    After getting the axe at the end of 2021, a hotly contested liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal project and its 230-mile pipeline in Southern Oregon, USA, are coming back to the U.S. energy horizon, thanks to a first legal shot being fired to enable its revival.

  • UK: Centrica Releases Interim Management Statement

    16 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Centrica expects to deliver year on year earnings growth in 2012 in line with market expectations, subject to the usual variables of weather and commodity prices, in a continuing weak economic environment. Average UK residential gas consumption for the first ten months of 2012 was 9% higher than for the same period of 2011, while […]

  • Centrica’s Offshore Wind Project Remains on Track to Generate First Power in 2012 (UK)

    17 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    As a result of the unusually warm weather experienced in the UK in recent months, and the corresponding impact on consumption, it is currently anticipated that Centrica’s 2011 earnings may be marginally lower than current market expectations, with the reduction in operating profits offset in part by lower interest and tax charges. Subject to weather […]

  • Norwegian shipowner lands fresh contracts for PSV pair

    15 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Norwegian vessel owner and operator Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has secured new contracts for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) from its fleet.

  • Expro’s AX-S to Revolutionise Offshore Light Well Intervention Market

    12 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    There are great things happening aboard the vessel “Havila Phoenix” nowadays. During the last two years there have been installations and tests of a whole new system likely to revolutionise the offshore light well intervention market. The vessel, a Havyard 858 design, is designed and constructed by the ship technology group, Havyard Group AS, and […]

  • Drewry: US sanctions bump LNG shipping rates

    15 October 2019

    Tight vessel supply and seasonal firmness in demand have pushed LNG shipping rates to $130,000/day from $80,000/day at the end of September. 

  • CDC: Fatalities in Oil & Gas Industry 7 Times Higher than U.S. Average

    26 April 2013

    CDC has, in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), published an analysis of Fatal Injuries in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations — United States, 2003–2010. During 2003–2010, the U.S. oil and gas extraction industry (onshore and offshore, combined) had a collective fatality rate seven times higher than for all U.S. workers (27.1 versus 3.8 deaths per 100,000 […]

  • Wind Power — Even without the Wind (USA)

    28 April 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    Innovative storage system could enable offshore wind farms to deliver power whenever it’s needed.    Written by David L. Chandler, MIT News Offshore wind could provide abundant electricity — but as with solar energy, this power supply can be intermittent and unpredictable. But a new approach from researchers at MIT could mitigate that problem, allowing the […]

  • Go-ahead for life extension of Woodside’s huge offshore gas project to 2070

    28 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Australian energy giant Woodside Energy has welcomed the federal government’s proposed decision to grant environmental approval for the extension of its mega gas project off the coast of Australia. This prolongs the project’s lifetime from 2030 to 2070.

  • UK: New WFSV MPI Cardenio Joins MPI Workboats Fleet

    18 April 2012

    MPI Workboats Ltd. has taken delivery of South Boats Special Projects’ 56th offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘MPI Cardenio’. The vessel is a fourth of class South Catamaran 17m and is the first of a two boat order from MPI Workboats Ltd. to be delivered. This vessel compliments the six wind farm vessels already built […]

  • Japan: MHI Develops UEC-LSGi Low-Speed DF Diesel Engine

    5 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will begin developing”UEC-LSGi,” low-speed, dual-fuel, marine diesel engines capable of using not only conventional heavy oil but also natural gas for their fuel. The new engine will be added to the lineup of the Mitsubishi UEC Engine Series, the company’s 2-stroke, low-speed marine diesel engine brand. Scheduled to be launched […]

  • Great Lakes Invest USD 70 Million into Their Fleets (USA)

    17 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    After a season in which U.S.-flag lakers will have sailed more than 2,500,000 miles and carried nearly 90 million tons of cargo, a $70-plus million tune-up awaits the fleet. One ship arrived in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, to undergo conversion to a barge in early November, but the bulk of the fleet began tying up at […]

  • GCMD, NYK launch new project to test continuous use of biofuels

    9 May 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    The Global Center for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD) has teamed up with Japanese shipping major NYK Line to launch Project LOTUS aimed at testing the long-term impact of continuous use of biofuels on vessel operations.

  • Congressman Visits Shinnecock Inlet Dredging Project (USA)

    19 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Congressman Tim Bishop visited the site of the Shinnecock Inlet dredge last week; he was joined by New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman, and officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other local officials. The dredge, part of an Army Corps project known as WOSI (West of Shinnecock […]