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  • Megayacht Lady Candid sinks off Pianotolli Caldarello after fire

    30 July 2007

    The 1974 classic Benetti megaycht, Lady Candida, was completely destroyed by fire, on Saturday, before sinking off Pianotolli Caldarello, on Corsican coast. The 35 metre yacht had been chartered by a Monégasque family of 12, including 4 young children and there was a crew of five. All took to the lifeboats and were then picked […]

  • Stolt-Nielsen Foresees Impact from Houston Ship Channel Fire

    5 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The fire at a petrochemical storage facility erupted on March 17.

  • Fire on Petrobras’ offshore platform injures two workers, halts output

    22 May 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned company, has reportedly stopped output at its P-56 offshore platform in the Campos Basin off Brazil after an explosion started a fire and injured two workers.  According to Reuters, the explosion happened on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in the Marlim Sul field and left two workers injured. Reuters further reports that one of […]

  • USA: Study Shows Large LNG Fires Smaller Than Expected

    15 November 2011

    New research shows that large-scale liquefied natural gas fires are hotter but smaller than anticipated, which means regulators can assume… (platts) [mappress] Source: platts, November 15, 2011

  • One Injured and Three Missing after Tanoto Shipyard Fire (Singapore)

    27 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    One man has been seriously injured while three are still missing due to a fire that broke out yesterday at Tanoto Shipyard off Shipyard Road in Jurong, Singapore. As Straitstimes reports, according to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) the Tanoto fire started from a tug boat and later spread to three other vessels that were […]

  • Investigation launched after fire breaks out on North Sea platform

    23 June 2016

    An investigation has been launched after a fire broke out on CNR International’s offshore platform Ninian South located in the UK sector of the North Sea. Following reports of a fire on the North Sea platform, Offshore Energy Today reached out to the field operator seeking confirmation and further details on the incident. The company’s […]

  • Oil & Gas UK updates guidance on offshore fire & explosion design

    29 March 2018
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Oil & Gas UK on Thursday released an updated information setting out good practice in designing against fire and explosions on offshore installations Revisions to the document, developed by industry experts, will provide companies in the UK Continental Shelf with the most up to date good practice and guidance, Oil & Gas UK said in […]

  • Cruise Ships Skip Australia’s Port of Eden amid Raging Bush Fires

    8 January 2020

    Seaport of Eden impacted by major bush fires raging across New South Wales.

  • Engie disposes of its last coal-fired asset in Asia-Pacific

    20 June 2018

    French energy giant and LNG player Engie, signed a deal to sell its 68.1 percent interest in Glow, to Global Power Synergy Public Company for €2.6 billion ($3 billion). 

  • Pemex identifies workers killed in platform fire. Three still missing

    3 April 2015
    Exploration & Production

      Pemex has identified four workers killed in the Abkatun Alpha platform fire outbreak in Mexico’s Campeche Bay on Wednesday, April 1, 2014. In a statement issued yesterday, Mexico’s national oil company said that three of the deceased worked for Cotemar, and the fourth worker was a Pemex employee. Three workers are still missing; two employed by […]

  • Corps: Smokeless Fire Assists in Reactivation of Dredge Disposal Area (USA)

    22 January 2014

    Air may not seem like an effective barrier for some things, but when coupled with a trailer-mounted blower and heat, it provides a very efficient barrier and environmentally friendly way of clearing land with little smoke. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, is using this method also known as “air curtain burning” as […]

  • Pakistan to fire up two LNG-fueled power plants in February

    4 December 2017

    Pakistan’s National Assembly Standing Committee on Planning and Development was informed that 1200 MW LNG-based power plants at Balloki and Haveli Bahadur Shah will be functional by February next year.

  • ITF: Madagascan Gov’t Faces ILO Complaint about Fired Dockers

    6 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Government of Madagascar has faced an International Labour Organization (ILO) complaint about its treatment of 43 dockworkers who were laid off for joining a union, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) informed. The complaint has been lodged by the ITF on behalf of Madagascan Toamasina Port workers and the union SYGMMA. Steve Cotton, General Secretary of […]

  • VIDEO: Fire Breaks Out on Saipem’s Rig Scarabeo 5 (The Netherlands)

    20 September 2013

    The drilling rig Scarabeo 5 cought fire this morning while at Keppel Verolme yard, the Netherlands, undergoing special survey works. According to the Dutch media, three workers have been injured in the accident. Reportedly, a gas leak caused the fire. The vessel, owned by Saipem, is chartered by Statoil for the North Sea drilling. [mappress] World Maritime […]

  • MSC Flaminia Fire Helps EU Develop Guidelines on Places of Refuge

    28 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    The European Commission presented the new EU operational guidelines for ships in need of assistance in the aftermath of the MSC Flaminia accident, which occurred in July of 2012. The EU operational guidelines were drafted to ensure better coordination and exchange of information amongst authorities and industry stakeholders involved in the response to an incident concerning […]

  • US NGCC plants surpass coal-fired plants as top electricity producer

    11 April 2019

    U.S. natural gas-fired combined-cycle capacity has surpassed annual and monthly coal-fired capacity electricity generation capacity, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

  • Up to 100 dead after ferry catches fire on Lake Tanganyika

    6 June 2006

    Kinshasa/Nairobi – Up to 100 people were presumed dead following a fire on a ferry on the Congolese side of Lake Tanganyika in central Africa, reports said Wednesday in Kinshasa. The ferry was travelling south from Uvira to Kalemie with several tonnes of freight, including barrels of oil and petrol, when the engine caught fire, […]

  • Somali Pirates Exchange Fire with Armed Guards on board Cement Carrier

    24 January 2018

    Armed guards deter pirates from boarding a cement carrier in the Gulf of Aden.

  • Sempra Sells One Block of Gas Fired Power Plant, USA

    27 December 2012

    Sempra U.S. Gas & Power announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell one 625-megawatt (MW) block of its 1,250 MW Mesquite Power natural gas-fired power plant to the Salt River Project (SRP) Agricultural Improvement and Power District for $371 million. The SRP Board of Directors approved a management proposal to acquire 100 […]

  • Babcock Secures Fire Management Contract for UK Royal Navy’s Ships

    20 December 2011

    Babcock has successfully secured a multi-million pound Fire Management Contract, awarded by the MoD Maritime Equipment Systems (MES) team, part of Fleet Wide Equipment, won in competition against other leading defence contractors and specialist manufacturers. Under the contract Babcock will be providing project management, spares and consumables provision, repair and refurbishment, and post-design activity for […]

  • Fire Island Inlet Stabilization Project Remains Top Priority (USA)

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet stabilization project remains a high priority for the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. The agencies are continuing to work together to expedite implementation of this large-scale and complex project. Over the past few days representatives from the Department of the Interior […]

  • Stricken Cruise Ship Arrives in Malaysian Port After Fire at Sea

    2 April 2012

      A luxury 11-deck cruise ship, Azamara Quest, managed to arrive safely into Sandakan port, in Borneo island- Malaysia, under the guidance of an escort flotilla of U.S. and Philippines Navy vessels on Sunday after 8.30 pm (1230 GMT), Reuters informs. The ship was drifting off its course into unsafe waters, infested by pirates and […]

  • China fires up first offshore oilfield running on shore power

    1 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Transition

    CNOOC has boosted its low-carbon efforts by bringing online the first oilfield in the South China Sea, which is receiving power from shore.

  • MAN wins gas-fired power plant deal from TEAG

    23 July 2019

    MAN Energy Solutions in a consortium with the general contractor MMEC MANNESMANN has been contracted to build a gas-fired combined heat and power plant in Jena, Germany for TEAG Thüringer Energie.

  • Reliance, JERA secure funds for gas-fired power project in Bangladesh

    3 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Reliance Bangladesh LNG & Power have secured funds for a gas-fired power generation project in Bangladesh.