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  • SeaTwirl Hires Executive Assistant

    22 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    SeaTwirl AB keeps expanding and has recently hired an Executive Assistant. Maria Olsson holds a master of science in Mechanical Engineering from Linköping University. Maria is already involved in many different areas within the company and is working hard to help SeaTwirl to become the best alternative of offshore wind power in the future. The SeaTwirl […]

  • Forewind Hires DP GALYNA

    4 August 2014

    Walk-to-Work Offshore Support Accommodation vessel DP GALYNA was contracted by Forewind for operation and maintenance work to its two meteorological masts on North Sea’s Dogger Bank, located approximately 150 km off the east coast of Yorkshire. DP GALYNA sailed to Great Yarmouth to take on board the technicians of SeaRoc Group for scheduled operation and […]

  • Finland: WinWinD Files for Bankruptcy

    15 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    WinWinD has submitted a voluntary petition on bankruptcy to the District Court on October 3, 2013. The District Court has allowed the petition and appointed Attorney Pauliina Tenhunen as the Administrator to take care of the further process. WinWinD has been incurring heavy losses for the past several years and the company’s debts are currently […]

  • Finland: WinWinD Files for Bankruptcy

    15 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    WinWinD has submitted a voluntary petition on bankruptcy to the District Court on October 3, 2013. The District Court has allowed the petition and appointed Attorney Pauliina Tenhunen as the Administrator to take care of the further process. WinWinD has been incurring heavy losses for the past several years and the company’s debts are currently […]

  • VBMS to Install Rampion Wires

    24 August 2015
    Storage

    VBMS has been awarded a contract by E.ON for the installation of two 16 kilometre-long export cables for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The 150kV HVAC cables will transport the power ashore from the 400 MW wind farm to the onshore cable in Brooklands Pleasure Park in Worthing, South East England. VBMS will deploy the […]

  • Shell doubles profit in 2022 to record-breaking $40 billion

    2 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Shell recorded the highest-ever profit of nearly $40 billion in 2022, which has come under fire from NGOs and environmentalists.

  • Five-year plan puts ADNOC’s XRG on path toward gas and LNG expansion

    3 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Exploration & Production, Transition

    XRG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has received endorsement from its board of directors for its five-year business plan, pointing it in the direction of creating a top five integrated global gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) business with 20–25 million tons per annum (mtpa) capacity by 2035.

  • Namibian-Canadian duo secures another year of Orange Basin exploration

    16 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR) and Giraffe Energy Investments, an affiliate of Canada’s Sintana Energy, have secured an extension for a production exploration license (PEL) in Namibia’s Orange Basin.

  • WoodMac: low-carbon power central to energy transition, but replacing oil & gas will be a ‘gargantuan’ task

    2 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Energy intelligence group Wood Mackenzie has published a report listing several key trends shaping the future of the energy sector, including three that are relevant to the offshore industry – the fast pace of China’s energy transition, a comparison of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, and the potential of offshore wind compared to oil and gas in the North Sea.

  • New Smit LNG/LPG IGS from Alfa Laval

    10 September 2014
    Equipment

    LNG and LPG carrier tanks hold both a source of income and a potential source of danger. To avert the danger, inert gas systems (IGS) have been required on all new tankers over 20,000 dwt since 1978 — a move that has surely saved untold lives. Yet with increasing demand, tighter delivery schedules, the constant […]

  • Decarbonization: Oil & gas industry’s biggest challenge

    2 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    There is no denying that the oil and gas industry faces multiple challenges, however, Global Data has selected the pressure to decarbonize and diversify products as the largest, driven by climate concerns and increasing carbon taxes imposed by governments, which is perceived to threaten oil and gas companies’ profits.

  • Lundin Hires ‘Viking Queen’

    23 January 2014

    Lundin Petroleum has hired the ‘Viking Queen’ Platform Supply Vessel from the Norwegian offshore vessels owner Eidesvik for an undisclosed fee. The contract for the PSV Viking Queen is for 15 wells with options for 5 more wells. Duration for the firm period is minimum 900 days. The contract will begin in late 2014. “We are very pleased that […]

  • Noryards Fosen files for bankruptcy

    15 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Noryards Fosen AS has decided to petition for bankruptcy to the Fosen District Court. The company said on Thursday that the petition for bankruptcy would be delivered to the Fosen District Court “as soon as possible”. Explaining the reason for the bankruptcy petition, the company says that it all started with a cancellation on an order […]

  • MMT hires ‘Stril Explorer’

    5 March 2014

    MMT has signed a long term charter contract for M/V Stril Explorer vessel, operated by Simon Mökster Shipping AS.

  • Technip hires Farstad newbuild

    23 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Farstad Shipping ASA has signed a Letter of Intent with Technip regarding utilization of the subsea vessel Far tbn Sleipner (2015, Vard 3 07) which is under construction at Vard Langsten. The agreement secures the subsea vessel a utilization of 11 months, divided into two fixed periods. Including mobilization and demobilization, Technip can use the […]

  • Talley’s Fined for Crewman’s Death

    29 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    A court in New Zealand fined Motueka-based agribusiness company Talley’s Group Ltd with NZD 48,000 (USD 37,000) and ordered the company to pay NZD 35,000 in reparation to the family of a crewman killed after falling nearly 7 meters on the tuna fishing vessel Capt MJ Souza in Nelson in May 2012, Maritime New Zealand reports.   The company […]

  • OW Bunker Files for Bankruptcy

    9 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Danish marine fuel supplier OW Bunker has not been able to find a sustainable solution regarding in-court restructuring procedures in the subsidiaries O.W. Bunker & Trading A/S and O.W. Supply & Trading A/S, and as a consequence, the company and its subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy.  The probate court in Aalborg has already issued a bankruptcy order […]

  • Besiktas Shipyard Bags Five

    18 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Besiktas Workboats, a new division of Besiktas Shipyard, has won orders to build three TB1505 design tugs for Turkish operator STFA and two for a Libyan company. With an overall length of 15m, beam of 5.8m and draft of 1.8m, the three STFA twin screw tugboats will have a pair of VOLVO D13 main engines coupled […]

  • Svitzer Firms Presence in the Caribbean

    5 February 2016
    Business & Finance

    Towage specialist Svitzer has inked a 2.5 year contract to offer marine services at the NuStar terminal in St. Eustatius, the Caribbean starting 4th February 2016. Among the marine services that Svitzer will be providing are berthing and un-berthing of tankers for the terminal, as well as bunkering. Under the deal, Svitzer will take over the operation […]

  • Bulk Invest to File for Bankruptcy

    3 March 2016

    Struggling Norwegian dry bulk company Bulk Invest ASA (formerly Western Bulk) will immediately file a petition for bankruptcy having been unable to reach a deal on restructuring with its creditors, the company said. In addition, the board of directors of the company’s subsidiary Bulk Shipowning IV AS has reached the same decision, whereas the respective boards […]

  • Scorpio Orders Five VLCCs

    17 December 2013

    Scorpio Tankers Inc. and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have entered into a contract for the construction of five Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs). According to DSME, the deal was signed on December 13th with a contract value of circa $474 million. These highly-efficient vessels will have the length of 336m, breadth of 60m, with the […]

  • Shipping firms in tie-up

    30 May 2005

    HANJIN Shipping Company, Senator Lines and United Arab Shipping will upgrade their Europe-Middle East-Asia service jointly with Mitsui OSK Lines from August-end.

  • Daiichi Chuo Files for Bankruptcy

    29 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Japanese dry bulk shipping company Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha and its wholly-owned subsidiary Star Bulk Carrier Co. SA have filed for bankruptcy at Tokyo District Court, the company said on Tuesday. The company’s shares stopped trading on Tuesday morning amid media reports on its intention to file for bankruptcy, which was followed by Daichii Chuo’s confirmation saying that its board of directors had […]

  • PetroCan fined for oil spill

    4 May 2006

    Petro-Canada has been fined a record $290,000 for spilling 1,000 barrels of oil off Newfoundland’s east coast almost 18 months ago. Glum senior company officials stood in provincial court this week as a judge accepted their guilty plea and admission of responsibility for the Nov. 20, 2004, spill at its Terra Nova oil field.

  • Norfolk firm secures deal

    7 June 2006

    A pump manufacturer based in Norway has, with the support from LSE, won the order for the water injection pumps for a floating production, storage and offloading facility, (FPSO), destined for operation in offshore Western Australia. Laurence Scott will be manufacturing the three motors required for the project.