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  • BP fires up next phase of expansion project in Gulf of Mexico

    28 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Oil major BP has started up its Thunder Horse South Expansion Phase 2 project located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

  • Wärtsilä, Clough win PNG gas-fired power plant deal

    4 December 2017
    Project & Tenders

    The technology group Wärtsilä, in partnership with Australia-based engineer Clough, has been awarded a turnkey contract to provide a 58 MW power plant to Papua New Guinea.

  • Oil worker who claimed seeing MH370 plane in flames fired

    9 June 2014

    Mike Mckay, an oil worker who claimed he saw the Malaysian MH370 flight go down in March this year, received a contract termination as a consequence.

  • Chevron’s Jack-up Rig K.S. Endeavor Catches Fire Offshore Nigeria

    17 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chevron Nigeria Limited, said it was working to contain a fire that ignited yesterday aboard the K.S. Endeavor, a drilling rig offshore Nigeria operated by FODE Drilling Nigeria Limited. The rig was drilling a natural gas exploration well, located in the Funiwa Field approximately six miles (10 kilometers) offshore and in approximately 40 feet (12 […]

  • Siemens: Preventive Fire Protection for Wind Turbines Can Save Money (Germany)

    23 September 2012
    Technology

    It is extremely difficult to extinguish a fire in a wind turbine using conventional methods. The 130-meter high turbines are effectively outside the range of the fire department, and when it comes to turbines at sea, human intervention in the event of fire is virtually impossible. That’s why a comprehensive fire safety concept needs to […]

  • 12-Year-Old Girl Missing After Thai Ferry Catches Fire

    9 April 2015

    A 12-year-old Israeli girl is missing after a passenger ferry exploded and caught fire off Thailand’s town of Krabi yesterday, the National News Bureau of Thailand reports. The young girl was thought to have been in the toilet when the fire broke out on the ‘Ao Nang Princess’ ferry bound for Phuket, about an hour after […]

  • Fire breaks out at Petronas’ gas pipeline in Sarawak; one fatality reported

    16 November 2022
    Infrastructure, Safety

    Malaysian energy company Petronas has confirmed that a fire incident occurred at the Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline (SSGP) nearby Lawas, Sarawak. As informed, the incident occurred on 16 November and, according to local media reports, it is the first fatal incident at the SSGP. Based on the reports from Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Sarawak operation […]

  • PSA: Fire on Petrojarl Knarr FPSO caused by design errors and faulty operation

    17 November 2015

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has completed its investigation of a fire on Petrojarl Knarr FPSO, located offshore Norway, during March 24, 2015. The safety watchdog has identified design errors and faulty operations of the HVAC system as a direct cause of the fire.  Petrojarl Knarr is a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) […]

  • Containers tumble into sea as fire-stricken X-Press Pearl lists starboard

    26 May 2021
    Environment, Safety, Vessels

    X-Press Pearl, the feeder containership which continues to burn in Sri Lankan waters for the sixth day, has listed starboard causing some of the containers to tumble into the sea and sink. According to an update from the Sri Lanka Navy, the listing has been caused by rough seas and bad weather. As informed, the […]

  • Crew Escaped from Fishing Vessel Fire Off Saltfleet Haven (UK)

    28 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Two crew escaped from their 11-metre fishing vessel “˜Hunter”™ after it caught fire off Saltfleet Haven, near Mablethorpe. Yarmouth Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre received a 999 call at 18.51 from the crew of two brothers after they had taken to the life raft. The Coastguard immediately asked the RNLI Inshore Lifeboat from Mablethorpe and the […]

  • Australia: Santos GLNG Project Invests to Boost Volunteer Fire Fighting Equipment

    28 September 2011

    The Santos GLNG Project has invested $500,000 to purchase new fire fighting equipment for the Rural Fire Service to assist volunteer fire fighters in the Maranoa region in preparing for the fast approaching fire season. The new equipment consists of 65 slip-on units with speed loader stands, which can be easily transported on the back […]

  • Two Workers Missing, Rig Partially Collapsed in Fire Incident Offshore Nigeria

    18 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chevron Corporation said that an extensive search and rescue effort continues for two contractors who remain missing after a fire aboard the K.S. Endeavor, a drilling rig offshore Nigeria operated by FODE Drilling Nigeria Limited. “While Chevron s highest priority remains the rescue of the missing contractors, the company continues to devote the necessary resources […]

  • Alfa Laval to deliver 1st methanol-fired steam boiler solution for ships

    9 June 2023
    Equipment

    Swedish sustainable solutions provider Alfa Laval has expanded its portfolio of alternative fuel solutions with the introduction of methanol-fired Aalborg boiler systems, which can use a wide range of fuel types including methanol.

  • EDF to lead consortium developing Vietnamese gas-fired power plant

    29 March 2018

    France’s EDF has been selected by the Vietnamese government to lead the international consortium in charge of an LNG-fueled power plant project at Son My in Vietnam. 

  • VIDEO: Engine Room Fire Leaves Cruise Ship Drifting off Falklands

    19 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The 10,000 tonne cruise ship Le Boreal, operated by French Compagnie du Ponant, suffered a major engine room fire on November 18 which left the ship drifting at sea and in danger of grounding on Cape Dolphin, East Falkland. The incident forced the master of Le Boreal to order evacuation of 347 passengers and crew. British forces based in the […]

  • X-Press feeder ship fire put out, Indian Coast Guard says

    30 September 2020
    Infrastructure, Safety, Vessels

    A fire that broke out onboard a Malta-flagged feeder vessel off the Indian coast earlier this week has been successfully extinguished, the Indian Coast Guard said.

  • Oil platform off Trinidad back online following shutdown caused by fire

    20 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Safety

    UK-headquartered oil and gas exploration and production company Trinity Exploration & Production has restarted production from one of its platforms at an oil field offshore Trinidad following a shutdown that was caused by a fire incident. Trinity revealed on 12 April that it had shut down production from its Bravo platform at the Trintes field, offshore […]

  • Apply to Upgrade Fire & Gas Detection Systems on Gullfaks B and C (Norway)

    6 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Apply has been awarded a contract from Statoil for upgrade of the fire and gas detection systems on the Statfjord B and C platforms in the North Sea. The contract includes upgrade and change-out of control systems, field instrumentation and cables on the platforms. Extended life of offshore installations results in an increasing requirement for […]

  • Fire Breaks Out Aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Off Bahamas

    28 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Coast Guard responded early Monday morning to a fire aboard the 917-foot cruise ship, Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas, 35 nautical miles northwest of West End, Bahamas. At approximately 3 a.m., Coast Guard Sector Miami received a report of a fire aboard a Bahamian-flagged cruise ship carrying 2,224 passengers and 796 crew en […]

  • Fire on Korean Fishing Vessel Jeong Woo 2 in Ross Sea, Antarctic

    11 January 2012

      Two of the rescued crew members from the Jeong Woo 2 are believed to have extensive burn injuries and another five have less serious burns, the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) says. Jeong Woo 2 is a 51m Korean fishing vessel in the Ross Sea, which caught fire about 2000 nautical miles (3704 […]

  • VIDEO: Salvor, Sri Lanka navy experts board fire-stricken New Diamond

    11 September 2020
    Environment, Safety, Vessels

    A team of experts from the Sri Lanka Navy and the salvage company hired by the owner of the fire-damaged supertanker New Diamond has boarded the vessel for the first time after several days of fighting a fire on board. The team is assessing the damage the ship suffered as a result of the fire, […]

  • PHOTOS: Fire rages on German bulk carrier off Sweden with crew still onboard

    7 December 2021
    Vessels

    German bulk carrier Almirante Storni caught fire close to Vinga, an island in the archipelago of Gothenburg, Swedish Coast Guard reported.

  • Encana Re-Deploying Workers on Deep Panuke Following Fire Incident (Canada)

    30 January 2013

    Encana advised The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board over the weekend of its intention to re-deploy construction personnel to the platform to resume construction activities.

  • JERA and Aboitiz Power team up for ammonia co-firing study in Philippines

    13 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Japan’s energy company JERA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Philippines’ Aboitiz Power Corporation, a subsidiary of a conglomerate group Aboitiz Equity Ventures, to commence a joint study on ammonia co-firing for the decarbonisation of Aboitiz Power’s business. More specifically, under the MoU, the companies will study the feasibility of ammonia co-firing […]

  • Poyry wins contract for twelve gas fired power plant projects in Thailand

    12 March 2015

    Toyo Engineering Corporation has awarded Pöyry with engineering services assignments for nine 120 MW and three 130 MW gas fired combined cycle power plant projects in Thailand. The owner of the projects is Gulf MP Company, who has selected Toyo Engineering as EPC contractor. The Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the first project was issued on […]