SPT Offshore has installed the first suction pile jacket foundation at the 300 MW CTGNE Yangxi Shaba Phase I offshore wind farm in China. Earlier this year, Guangzhou Salvage Bureau appointed SPT Offshore to perform the suction installation services for what is the first such foundation in the South
Dutch Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has installed Pemex’s Yaxche-C jacket and topside for oil company Pemex offshore Mexico.
Germany’s city of Kiel announced plans to use the 5G network technology for autonomous ferry shipping operations in the port area.
Greek shipowner Performance Shipping has become a pure play Aframax company as it disposed of the final containership in its fleet.
US-based maritime salvage company Resolve Marine has been awarded a contract for stabilization and disposal of an oil platform jacket off the west coast of India.
Australia’s Origin Energy, the owner of a 37.5% APLNG stake, said that Gordon Cairns will retire as chairman and director. He will leave the firm after the annual general meeting on October 20. Scott Perkins will be taking over from Cairns who has been chairman of Origin since October 2013. Perkins
US LNG exports increased to eleven cargoes in the week ending August 19 with feed gas deliveries to liquefaction plants rising to 4.4 billion cubic feet. LNG exports are slowly picking up but they are still low compared to pre-Covid levels and a feed gas of 8 Bcf/d recorded in January. The Energy In
Bosch Rexroth and Barge Master have introduced a new autonomous landing system for motion compensated gangways. The system is said to automatically attach the landing to the required site without the need for manual input through a combination of radar technology, cameras and sensors. Once connected
Australian independent energy firm Santos reported a net loss in the first half as it booked a $526 million hit in asset impairments due to revised oil price outlook. The LNG producer recorded a net loss of $289 million as compared to a profit of $388 million on previously announced charges mainly r
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won another one-well contract from Aker BP for the Maersk Integrator low-emission rig.
Australia’s Santos expects to begin the front-end engineering design (FEED) program for the Dorado oil and gas project offshore Australia in the second half of 2020.
Valaris, offshore drilling contractor with the world’s largest fleet, has filed for bankruptcy protection in an attempt to restructure its debt.
Offshore drilling contractor COSL has signed a drilling rig contract with oil company Chrysaor, formalising a letter of intent signed for the rig in July.
Japan’s monthly LNG imports declined last month following a slight increase in June as the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to affect demand. The world’s largest importer of LNG received 6.03 million tonnes of the fuel last month, down 11.5 percent from a year earlier and representing the six
