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  • 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 […]

  • USA: GE Secures Credit Facility for Two Gas-Fired Plants

    29 August 2012

    Demonstrating its energy market expertise, GE unit GE Energy Financial Services has served as lead arranger of an approximately $107 million senior secured credit facility for two Illinois gas-fired peaker plants, managed by Tenaska Capital Management, LLC (TCM), an affiliate of Tenaska, one of the largest U.S. independent power producers. The transaction will allow TCM […]

  • ‘Major milestone’ for Australian project: Santos unveils first gas from BW Offshore FPSO

    22 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Australian energy player Santos has revealed the beginning of production operations related to a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO), which is managed by Norway’s BW Offshore and deployed at its project off the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory.

  • As Fremantle Highway’s fire quiets down, final port destination remains unknown

    2 August 2023
    Green Marine, Vessels

    As the situation surrounding the fire-stricken car carrier Fremantle Highway continues to be closely monitored, the fire on board seems to have subsided. There are no indications that the fire is still burning, according to the latest update from Rijkswaterstaat, a government agency overseeing water management, transportation infrastructure, and environmental protection in the Netherlands. Following […]

  • Fire at Gulf of Mexico platform leaves two dead, several injured and one missing

    10 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Human Capital, Project & Tenders, Safety

    Mexico’s Pemex has disclosed that a fire at one of its platforms off the coast of Mexico resulted in two fatalities.

  • Chevron fires up first Gorgon LNG gas power generator

    15 April 2015

    Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG project has achieved an important milestone with the successful start-up of the first gas turbine generator, a key element of the Gorgon project’s plant start-up sequence.

  • Chevron fires up first Gorgon LNG gas power generator

    15 April 2015

    Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG project has achieved an important milestone with the successful start-up of the first gas turbine generator, a key element of the Gorgon project’s plant start-up sequence.

  • Brazil: declining gas fired power generation reduces LNG imports

    30 March 2016

    Liquefied natural gas imports into Brazil are on a decline as thermal power generation declines by 37.7 percent in the first three months of March, compared to the same period in 2015.

  • 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.

  • Vietnam: Factories set on fire in response to China’s offshore rig deployment

    14 May 2014

    China’s deployment of an oil rig in disputed waters of the South China Sea has driven protests in Vietnam in which several foreign factories have been set on fire by protesters. According to Vietnamese media reports, thousands of workers in the country’s southern parts are staging violent anti-China protests, after Beijing earlier this month deployed the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Dolphin Drilling’s 35-year-old rig returning to its North Sea gig

    23 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance

    Scotland-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has confirmed the return of a 1990-built semi-submersible rig, which it acquired from Transocean, to the North Sea, where it will resume its assignment in UK waters.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Hanwha entrusts French firm with tank design for LNG carrier duo

    4 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has been commissioned by South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean to design tanks for two new liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGCs).

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.