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  • Sub Test-Fires Cruise Missile Over North Florida

    9 March 2005

    EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — An unarmed Tomahawk cruise missile completed a successful test flight over north Florida and the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday. It was lowered by parachute at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida’s western Panhandle.

  • Eni Fires Up East Hub Development Off Angola

    8 February 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Eni has started production from the East Hub Development Project, in Block 15/06 offshore Angola, ahead of schedule. Production is taking place through the Armada Olombendo floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which can generate up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day and compress up to 3.4 million cubic meters of gas per day. With […]

  • Total Fires Up Edradour and Glenlivet Fields Off UK

    30 August 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Total has started-up production from the Edradour & Glenlivet gas and condensate fields, located in about 300 to 435 meters of water in the West of Shetland area. The Edradour and Glenlivet development will bring additional production capacity of up to 56,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d), the company said. “The start-up of […]

  • Dominion to fire up Cove Point LNG plant in Nov

    31 October 2017
    Ports & Logistics

    Dominion Energy on Monday said it expects to start production in November at its Cove Point liquefied natural gas export terminal, the second US facility to ship LNG produced from shale gas.  Overall, the 5.25 million mt liquefaction facility being built at Dominion’s existing LNG terminal is about 97 percent complete. “Construction is essentially complete. All processes […]

  • MAN inaugurates Benin’s natural gas-fired power plant

    4 September 2019

    MAN Energy Solutions said it has inaugurated the 127 MW Maria Gleta natural gas power plant near the city of Cotonou in Benin.

  • Report: OSV Connor Bordelon hits platform, causes fire

    23 January 2015

    Bordelon Marine’s DP2 offshore supply vessel (OSV) Connor Bordelon has reportedly allided with a natural gas platform, located south of Port Fourchon jetties. Port Fourchon is Louisiana’s southernmost port, located on the southern tip of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico. According to gCaptain, a maritime and offshore website, the incident occurred this morning at 5 am local time. […]

  • Santos GLNG fires up first gas turbine generator

    10 April 2015

    Santos GLNG said it has successfully started up the first of six gas turbine generators on Curtis Island, which together will provide permanent electrical power supply to its LNG plant.

  • Eni fires up second offshore project in Angola this year

    24 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Vessels

    Eni has started production from the Cabaça North development project, in Block 15/06, offshore Angola, via the Armada Olombendo FPSO.

  • VIDEO: Four Dead, Dozens Injured in Gulf of Mexico Rig Fire

    1 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Four people were killed and sixteen injured in a fire that followed a massive explosion early this morning on a Pemex-owned platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the company confirmed. According to Reuters, at least 45 workers were injured in the blast. One of the deceased workers has been identified as a contractor employed by Cotemar […]

  • Update: Pemex Oil Rig Fire Contained, Platform Still Standing

    2 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The fire that was raging since early Wednesday morning on a Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, has been extinguished, Pemex said on its official Twitter account. Mexican oil giant denied claims that the Abkatun Permanente platform had collapsed, saying that it still stands on its feet. The company tweeted the following image saying it […]

  • Eni: One dead after platform catches fire offshore Congo

    2 December 2016

    Italian oil company Eni has informed that on Thursday, December 1, 2016, a fire occurred on the Foukanda platform, located offshore the Republic of Congo, causing a death of one person.   According to Eni, the platform was immediately evacuated and the fire was extinguished by the emergency teams, bringing  the situation under control in […]

  • Four Crew Missing from Giant Fire-Stricken Maersk Boxship

    7 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Four crew members are reported missing following a fire on board Maersk Honam.

  • Equinor’s latest drilling quest in North Sea hydrocarbon hunt brings no black gold

    19 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has finished drilling a wildcat well in the North Sea with one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs. This hydrocarbon exploration did not lead to a new oil and gas discovery off the coast of Norway.

  • VIDEO: Fire erupts on Grimaldi ferry off Italy, hundreds evacuated

    18 February 2022
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    A fire broke out onboard an Italian-flagged roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) passenger ship off the Greek Ereikoussa island in the early morning hours of 18 February 2022.

  • Damen Shipyards Delivers New Fire Fighting Vessel to Bremen, Germany

    9 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Damen Shipyards has recently delivered the ‘Bremen 1’ to the City of Bremen (Germany) to replace its 1975-built predecessor. Both the local police force and the fire brigade will use the Damen Fire Fighting Vessel 2406 (FFV) for emergency response. The police will patrol the Port of Bremen and the Weser River with the newbuild. […]

  • The United States’ Only Heavy Icebreaker Catches Fire off Antarctica

    1 March 2019

    A fire broke out on board the USCGC Polar Star off Antarctica on February 10, 2019. 

  • Report: Likely cause of Maersk Honam fire decomposition of dangerous cargo

    21 October 2020
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    The investigation into the fire on board Maersk Honam boxship by the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) of Singapore has shown that it is highly likely that the fire originated from the decomposition of dangerous cargo generating intense heat. Maersk Honam was hit by a major fire in March 2018 while en route in the Arabian […]

  • 8 Injured in Fire at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura Oil Terminal

    20 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Eight people were injured after a fire erupted at Saudi Arabian Oil Company’s (Saudi Aramco) oil terminal facility in Ras Tanura in the Arabian Gulf in the morning hours of Tuesday, September 20. Saudi Aramco says that the incident was ”minor” and that the company has ”successfully responded” to it at about 9 am local time. Emergency fire […]

  • DEA Available for Proposed Fire Island Inlet Stabilization Project (USA)

    18 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet Stabilization Project and the opening of the window for the public to submit written comments regarding it. With the passage of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, the […]

  • Maersk Bolsters Rules on Dangerous Goods Stowage in Honam Fire Aftermath

    26 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Maersk has implemented new guidelines on stowage to improve safety across its containership fleet.

  • Fire Breaks Out on MV Amsterdam Bridge off Mumbai Coast

    10 September 2012

      The merchant vessel MV Amsterdam Bridge caught fire on Sunday afternoon, at approx. 15:30, off the Mumbai coast, Business-Standard reports. The 54,405 tonne vessel was going to Colombo from Mumbai and was allegedly carrying hazardous cargo. The crew of the vessel is believed to be safe according to Indian Coast Guard officials. It is […]

  • Update: Port Metro Vancouver Operations Resume, Fire Put Out

    6 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    DP World, operator of Centerm container terminal and the Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services managed to extinguish the fire that broke out on Wednesday afternoon in the shipping container at Centerm just before 8:00 pm on Thursday, Port Metro Vancouver said in an update. Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services has confirmed there is no further risk to the […]

  • ‘Eye of fire’ near Pemex Gulf of Mexico platform put out

    3 July 2021
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    A fire on the ocean surface dubbed the “Eye of fire” that broke out early on Friday in the Gulf of Mexico near Pemex’ Ku Maloob Zaap oil development was put out.

  • Operator: Hull of fire-stricken X-Press Pearl’s structurally intact

    31 May 2021
    Environment, Safety, Vessels

    Hull of the feeder containership X-Press Pearl, which has been ablaze off Colombo Port for days, remains structurally intact, the operator of the vessel said. According to an update from X-Press Feeders, salvors have determined that the state of the hull is sound and found that there has been no loss of oil into the […]

  • Fire-stricken Fremantle Highway safely reaches port of refuge in Eemshaven

    4 August 2023
    Green Marine, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The freighter Fremantle Highway has successfully arrived at the quay in Eemshaven, putting an end to its tumultuous journey after experiencing a fire onboard on July 25. The tug trip to the harbor was executed flawlessly, with no reported issues or complications. The journey of the fire-damaged freighter Fremantle Highway to Eemshaven commenced in the […]