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  • Norwegian safety watchdog to probe Scarabeo 5 rig fire

    24 November 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has launched an investigation into a fire which broke out in an engine room on the Scarabeo 5 drilling rig on November 22, 2016. The rig is working on the Statoil-operated Njord field in the Norwegian Sea. There were 106 persons on board when the […]

  • Fire halts shipping from large Bonaire oil terminal

    9 September 2010

    A fire halted shipping from a 12 million barrel crude and oil products storage terminal on the Caribbean island of Bonaire on Wednesday, the day after a deadly Mexican refinery blast rattled gasoline and diesel markets. No ships were loading or unloading while the fire at a tank containing 200,000 barrels of naphtha was brought […]

  • South Korea: Two Workers Killed in Fire at HHI Shipyard

    22 April 2014

    A fire broke out yesterday at the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, killing two people and injuring two more who were working on the dock, according to local media reports. The fire started at 4:04 p.m. at HHI’s No. 5 dock which is used to construct liquefied petroleum gas carriers. HHI […]

  • Anchored Cargo Ship Catches Fire off Cebu, Philippines

    25 April 2019

    Welding works were cited as a possible cause of fire.

  • MTE to supply fire and blast solutions for Equinor’s Snorre Expansion

    12 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Mech-Tool Engineering (MTE) has won a new contract for the provision of fire and blast solutions to Equinor’s Snorre Expansion Project.

  • India: Wartsila provides LNG-fired power plant to KSEBL

    7 December 2015

    Wärtsilä, the Finnish engine manufacturer, will supply a 40 MW LNG-fired power generation plant to Kerala State Electricity Board in Southern India.

  • Maersk Miami had an engine room fire off India

    2 April 2010

    Maersk Line has temporary lost its container carrier Maersk Miami, which had its engine room destroyed by fire while on a voyage off the coast of India. En route from Hong Kong to Colombo a fire broke out in the engine room. It was so intense that the crew of 23 was evacuated to two […]

  • UK: Another Wind Farm Support Vessel Catches Fire

    20 January 2014

    A crewman has been airlifted to hospital this morning after a fire on board a wind farm support vessel 4 nautical miles off Great Yarmouth. Humber Coastguard received a call from the vessel Norfolk Tern just after 8am reporting they had a fire in their starboard engine. They had managed to bring it under control, […]

  • Three dead after fire hits Pemex platform again

    8 February 2016

    Three offshore workers died in a fire outbreak that struck an offshore platform operated by the Mexican oil company Pemex on Sunday. According to Pemex, two deceased workers were Pemex employees, one of which died in a hospital, while the third worked for Cotemar. Nine workers, including the one who died at the hospital, were […]

  • NYDEC: Creating New Marine Habitat at Fire Island Reef

    31 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos yesterday announced the deployment of materials to create a new marine habitat at Fire Island Reef, as part of the state’s ongoing efforts to develop a stronger marine ecosystem off New York’s shores. Fire Island Reef is a 744-acre site located in the Atlantic […]

  • Fire-Stricken Car Carrier Reaches Germany, Readies for Repairs

    17 June 2015

    The fire-stricken car carrier Courage has arrived in German waters off Bremerhaven where it is scheduled to enter a specialist yard for repairs. Based on the latest vessel tracking data by Marine Traffic, the ship is currently anchored some 32 nautical miles off Bremerhaven. The ship arrived in Germany having been given clearance from the UK Maritime […]

  • Worker Dies of Burns from U.S. Gulf Platform Fire

    25 November 2012

    Avelino Tajonera, one of the four Filipino workers that were injured in the oil platform explosion off the coast of Louisiana a week ago, died in hospital on Friday. The Philippines Ambassador in Washington, Jose L. Cuisia Jr. said Tajonera, who was one of two workers listed in critical condition, died early on Friday, shortly […]

  • Update: Worker On Board Wind Pioneer Injured by Fire Hose

    23 February 2016
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance

    British and Danish authorities have started an investigation to determine the root cause of the accident in which a worker on board the jack up vessel Wind Pioneer was injured on Saturday, 20 February, while the vessel was carrying out maintenance work at the 172MW Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm. The injured worker suffered a laceration to […]

  • Vessel Fire Briefly Halts Traffic in Houston Ship Channel

    6 December 2016

    Vessel traffic resumed in the Houston Ship Channel after it was shortly stopped due to a fire aboard the 19,508 dwt chemical tanker Jo Kiri yesterday, Reuters cited the United States Coast Guard. Houston Ship Channel was closed for an hour after the 2003-built vessel, owned by Jo Tankers AS, reported smoke in its engine room. […]

  • MAN commissions Gibraltar’s LNG-fired power plant

    3 July 2019

    MAN Energy Solutions commissioned three 14V51/60 gas and another three dual-fuel engines in the newly constructed power plant in Gibraltar.

  • Noble Energy fires up Gunflint in Gulf of Mexico

    21 July 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas exploration company Noble Energy has recently started production at the Gunflint oil development in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.  The Gunflint development, located at Mississippi Canyon Block 948, is a subsea tie-back to the Gulfstar One platform owned by Williams Partners L.P. and Marubeni Corporation. Noble said on Thursday that the two-well field […]

  • Bracks opens fire on rival claim to navy deal

    18 May 2005

    AWARDING the $6 billion navy destroyer project to Adelaide would risk the future of the naval shipbuilding industry in Australia for decades to come, a report commissioned by the Victorian Government has found. Victorian Premier Steve Bracks said yesterday the contract should go to Victoria’s Williamstown shipyard “if Australia is to retain its position as […]

  • Neptune Energy fires up Gjøa P1 development

    23 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Operator Neptune Energy and its partners have started production from the Gjøa P1 development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

  • Afren fires CEO, COO for accepting unauthorised payments

    14 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Oil and gas exploration company Afren has terminated contracts with its Chief Executive Officer Osman Shahenshah and its Chief Operating Officer Shahid Ullah for gross misconduct.

  • Wintershall to fire up Maria field a year in advance

    16 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Germany’s Wintershall has received approval to start production from its Maria development offshore Norway in December, a year earlier that originally expected. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), a government agency responsible for the regulation of the petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf, has granted consent for the start-up of production from the Maria field […]

  • Australia: Origin Energy Opens Gas Fired Power Station

    5 December 2012

    Origin Energy and the Premier of Victoria, Ted Baillieu, together with the Minister for Energy and Resources, The Hon Michael O’Brien, officially opened the company’s 550 MW Mortlake Power Station, which is already playing an important role in meeting electricity demand in eastern Australia. Mortlake is the largest gas-fired power station in Victoria and represents […]

  • Petronas: Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline fire under control

    13 January 2020

    Malaysian energy giant Petronas confirmed that a pipe rupture and a fire incident have occurred at the Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP).

  • Gina Krog FSO catches fire while docked in Norway

    12 September 2017

    The crew of 138 workers was evacuated last weekend from an offshore vessel docked in Norway due to a fire in an engine room.  According to reports from the Norwegian media, the vessel that caught fire on Sunday was Teekay’s shuttle tanker Randgrid, destined to work on the Statoil-operated Gina Krog field offshore Norway. Following […]

  • Prysmian Presents New SeaflameTM Fire-Resistant Cables (Italy)

    17 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has strengthened its product offer to deliver new levels of performance and safety for the world’s leading marine businesses, both in shipboard and offshore applications with SeaflameTM, a new and innovative full range of ultra fire-resistant power, control and instrumentation cables. Recently […]

  • Clough, Wärtsilä to build PNG gas-fired power plant

    27 October 2017

    Perth-based Clough said it has won a contract with Wärtsilä do develop a gas-fired power plant near Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.