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• 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.

• 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 […]

• JERA, IHI to start ammonia co-firing technology project

  

  24 May 2021

  Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

  Japanese energy giant Jera and IHI Corporation have been green-lighted to start a demonstration project related to ammonia co-firing at a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant.

• Umoe Ventus Sinks After Catching Fire off Langeland

  24 December 2015

  Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance

  The Wave Craft Surface Effect Ship Umoe Ventus sank yesterday after catching fire off Langeland, while en route to Bagenkop, according to local media and the police. Thick smoke and fire forced the four crew members aboard Umoe Ventus at the time of the accident to deploy a life raft. All four persons were later on picked […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• Maersk Oil Reports Fire at its Platform Offshore Qatar

  21 April 2011

  Business & Finance

    At 02:46 on 21 April a fire broke out on the Maersk Oil Qatar operated AD accommodation platform in the Al Shaheen field, 80 km north of Qatar. The fire which took place in the emergency generator room has been extinguished and the situation is under control. All employees are safe and accounted for […]

• Finlandia Seaways’ engine failure and fire caused by improper maintenance

  

  25 February 2021

  Safety, Vessels

  The cause of the engine failure and fire onboard Lithuanian registered ro-ro cargo vessel Finlandia Seaways, which caused serious structural damage to the engine in 2018, are poor overhaul practices, MAIB said. To remind, the vessel was hit by an engine room fire on its voyage from Zeebrugge to Rosyth on April 16th, 2018. The vessel’s […]

• 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 […]

• 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).

• Investigation into West Phoenix rig fire reveals safety breaches

  

  4 March 2019

  Exploration & Production

  Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has found several breaches of the regulations following an investigation into a fire on the West Phoenix rig last year. 

• USA: Great News for Fire Island Inlet Dredging Project

  18 July 2013

  Business & Finance

  U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that a $15 million Army contract has been awarded for emergency dredging and beach nourishment for the Fire Island Inlet and Shore Westerly to Jones Inlet. Schumer and Gillibrand successfully secured approval from the Army Corps to begin this multi-purpose project which will provide much-needed dredging […]

• Fire breaks out aboard Petrobras FPSO in Santos Basin

  16 January 2018

  Infrastructure

  A fire broke out aboard a Petrobras-operated FPSO early on Tuesday, the Brazilian oil company has informed.

• Statoil: Fire breaks out on semi-sub Scarabeo 5

  23 November 2016

  Exploration & Production

  A fire broke out on Tuesday on the Saipem-owned drilling rig Scarabeo 5 working on the Statoil-operated Njord field offshore Norway.  Njord is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea, located around 130 kilometers north of Kristiansund. Statoil reported late on Tuesday that the fire, that broke out in one of the engine rooms on […]

• 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, […]

• Anchored Cargo Ship Catches Fire off Cebu, Philippines

  

  25 April 2019

  Welding works were cited as a possible cause of fire.

• AES agrees to sell Vietnamese coal-fired power plant

  

  6 January 2021

  Infrastructure, Transition

  Power company AES Corporation recently signed an agreement to sell its entire equity interest in the 1,242 megawatt Mong Duong 2 coal-fired power plant in Vietnam.

• 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. […]

• 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 […]

• MHI to study ammonia co-firing at Thai power plant

  

  16 January 2023

  Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

  Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and several other Thai and Japanese organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in a feasibility study for the introduction of ammonia co-firing at a coal-fired thermal power plant operated by BLCP, an independent power producer in Thailand and a joint venture between Banpu Power Public Company […]

• EIA: natural gas, coal-fired power generation to converge

  15 May 2015

  EIA forecasts in its Short-Term Energy Outlook that the amount of electricity generation fueled by natural gas in April and May will total just 3.5% less than the projected amount of coal-fired generation.

• EIA: natural gas, coal-fired power generation to converge

  15 May 2015

  EIA forecasts in its Short-Term Energy Outlook that the amount of electricity generation fueled by natural gas in April and May will total just 3.5% less than the projected amount of coal-fired generation.

• Consilium receives fire and gas detection order for 10 LNGCs

  3 November 2014

  Equipment, Project & Tenders

  Consilium Korea won fire and gas detection order for ten LNG carriers with an option of additional 6.