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  • Venezuela: Former President Sees PDVSA’s LNG Export Plan as Implausible

    18 July 2011
    Research & Development

      Plans by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA to export LNG produced from large offshore reserves are a non-starter due to the country’s ongoing gas deficit, the company’s former president Luis Giusti told BNamericas. “I don’t believe it. They can’t even meet their own demand. If you look at the western side of the country, […]

  • Report: Chevron’s Gorgon LNG halts production

    1 April 2016

    Production at Chevron’s Gorgon LNG project on Barrow Island reportedly came to a halt following a mechanical issue that occurred soon after the first cargo departed the facility.

  • Egypt to slice LNG imports to 80 cargoes as domestic gas output grows

    14 August 2017

    Egypt is reportedly planning to significantly scale down imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the current financial year as its domestic gas production continues to rise. Egypt aims to import 80 cargoes of the chilled fuel during the 2017-18 financial year that began in July, Reuters reported on Sunday citing the country’s Petroleum Minister […]

  • Low oil and gas prices push Chevron to loss in 2016

    30 January 2017

    US-based energy giant Chevron, reported a loss of US$497 million for the year 2016, compared to a profit of $4.6 billion a year before.

  • LOC wins Ichthys LNG contract

    17 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Marine and engineering consultancy LOC Group has secured a five-year contract from Japan’s Inpex for the latter’s Ichthys LNG project in Australia. The deal covers the provision of marine warranty services and marine assurance for the project and its associated drilling operations. According to London-based LOC, the deal will include warranty review and approval for […]

  • The Court Clears Way for Elbe River Deepening Project

    29 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Germany’s Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has dismissed actions of the cities of Cuxhaven and Otterndorf and the Environmentalists against the deepening of Hamburg’s Elbe River. According to the release, the Court decided to rule in favor of the dredging of the Elbe River so giant container ships can reach Hamburg. Dredging the Elbe River 38-mile […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    17 March 2019
    Business & Finance

    Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 11-17, 2019).   Boskalis Secures Adelaide Deal Boskalis has won a contract for the widening of the Port Adelaide Outer Harbor shipping channel in Australia.   PHOTO: 2,500 Tonne Cutter Ladder for CSD Spartacus DEME Group has just released […]

  • Naming ceremony held for first Ichthys project PSV

    15 August 2016

    Platform supply vessel MMA Plover was officially named at a ceremony held on Sunday in Australia. The vessel is the first of two custom-built platform supply vessels which will support the giant gas field development offshore Australia – the Ichthys. According to Inpex, the Japanese company operation the field, the MMA Plover was named after […]

  • Four Japanese Companies Partner Up on FPSO Charter Project

    12 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Mitsui, MOL, and Marubeni plan to invest in a long-term FPSO charter business currently promoted by Modec.

  • Concordia Captain Gets 16 Years

    12 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Former captain of the sunken Costa Concordia cruise ship, Francesco Schettino, has been sentenced to 16 years of prison by an Italian court. The Grosseto-based court reached the verdict on Wednesday convicting Schettino for multiple manslaughter, causing of shipwreck and abandoning ship while his passengers and crew were still onboard, Reuters reports. Schettino got 10 years […]

  • Top news of the week June 18-23

    24 June 2018

    Bechtel scores contract for Sempra’s Port Arthur LNG export project Sempra LNG & Midstream, a unit of US-based Sempra Energy, said Friday it has selected Bechtel as the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPC) contractor for the Port Arthur liquefaction project under development in Texas. Chiyoda-Synergy JV wins Abadi LNG work for Inpex Japan’s Chiyoda […]

  • Petronas’ profit soars in Q1

    2 June 2017

    Malaysian energy giant Petronas reported a RM10.3 billion ($2.4 billion) profit for the first quarter 2017, boasting over 100 percent rise over the corresponding period in 2016.

  • Shell divests interest in Corrib gas venture in Ireland

    12 July 2017
    Project & Tenders

    The Hague-based LNG giant Shell agreed to sell its 45 percent stake in the Corrib gas venture in Ireland to CPP Investment Board Europe for $1.23 billion. 

  • USA: PUC Approves Statoil’s Contract with Utility Companies

    28 January 2013
    Authorities & Government

    Norwegian energy giant Statoil has reached a milestone with their wind energy project offshore Maine’s Boothbay Harbor, writes the Associated Press. Specifically, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved Statoil’s contract with utility companies after the company reduced costs of its Hywind Maine project. When completed, this USD 120 million project would have four wind turbines […]

  • Indonesia: Tangguh LNG Train 2 to shut down for maintenance

    8 March 2017

    UK-based energy giant and LNG player BP will shut down the second liquefaction train at the Tangguh LNG plant in Indonesia for two months.

  • Petrobras oil and gas production down in Aug

    13 September 2016

    Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras said its August oil and gas production dropped 1.4% due to the sale of assets in Argentina. Petrobras daily oil and natural gas production in August was 2.84 million barrels of oil equivalent (boed), compared with 2.89 million boed in July. Of this total, 2.72 million boed were produced in Brazil and […]

  • Tamar partners, UFG still in gas supply talks

    19 December 2016

    Partners in the Tamar natural gas field offshore Israel said they are still in talks with Spain’s Union Fenosa Gas to supply gas to UFG’s liquefaction facilities in Damietta, Egypt. The Tamar partners had signed a non-binding agreement with UFG in 2014  to supply 2.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas over a 15-year […]

  • BP’s full-year profit doubles on high production

    6 February 2019

    UK-based energy giant and LNG player BP saw its full-year 2018 profit more than double on the back of rising production. 

  • Shell finalizes Hazira LNG stake buy from Total

    9 January 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    The Hague-based LNG giant Shell said Wednesday it completed the previously announced acquisition of 26 percent equity interest in the Hazira LNG regasification terminal in India from France’s Total. This brings Shell’s equity interest in the venture to 100 percent. The Hazira terminal consists of two LNG tanks with a capacity of 160,000-cbm each. The move allows Shell […]

  • Wintershall, DEA complete merger

    2 May 2019

    German duo Wintershall Holding and DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG (DEA) have completed the merger of the two companies creating a European independent gas and oil giant.  The merger agreed in September last year has been completed in on May 1 following the approvals by all relevant authorities, and shareholders BASF and LetterOne, the company said […]

  • Gazprom’s gas exports to Europe drop

    19 March 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    Russian giant Gazprom saw its natural gas export to Europe drop between January 1 and March 15, compared to the corresponding period last year.

  • Aramco accepts climate change challenge and joins net-zero by 2050 race

    26 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    Aramco has revealed its goal to achieve net-zero for Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its operations by 2050.

  • Versi-Dredge Fights Piracy and Terrorism

    28 October 2010

    IMS Dredges, a division of LWT, LLC, is facilitating the creation of a local security zone in the Gulf of Guinea. IMS Dredges’ 7012 HP Versi-dredge is being utilized to develop the bases for the The African Partnership Station in its fight against piracy. The dredged material is creating these foundations as an integral part […]

  • Talisman, Mitsubishi Form PNG JV, Plan LNG Export

    22 February 2012
    Project & Tenders

    Talisman Energy Inc and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) said that they have reached agreement on MC’s entry into nine of Talisman’s licences in Papua New Guinea’s onshore Western Province, via a farmout from Talisman. The deal is valued at approximately US$280 million and will be paid in the form of a capital carry. Following the farmout, […]

  • USA: Noble Energy’s Capex to Hit USD 5 Billion in 2016

    15 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Noble Energy, Inc. today announced that it has increased its 5 year capital spending plan as a result of recent exploration successes in order to strengthen the company’s growth profile. The Company’s production is projected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 17 percent over the next five years, resulting in average daily […]