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AIDA Cruises Rejects Undercover Pollution Findings
German cruise line AIDA Cruises has refuted the pollution accusations by environmental association Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) resulting from “undercover” air tests on the passenger deck of AIDAprima, which reportedly unveiled high loads of health-damaging ultra-fine particles
Turbine Installation Set to Start at Rampion
MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel MPI Discovery has arrived at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm and is getting ready to start installing first MHI Vestas turbines at the site.
Turbine Installation Set to Start at Rampion
MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel MPI Discovery has arrived at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm and is getting ready to start installing first MHI Vestas turbines at the site.
UK Govt to replace Levy Control Framework with new set of controls
UK Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the Spring Budget 2017 on 8 March, according to which the Levy Control Framework (LCF) will be replaced with new set of controls later this year.
Ex-Cheniere boss Souki: LNG industry is “extremely volatile”
Trends for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports are becoming much more difficult to predict in long-term as the market is changing on a monthly basis, according to Charif Souki, the former head and founder of U.S. LNG export player Cheniere Energy.
Eni agrees Mozambique LNG development stake sale to ExxonMobil
Italian oil and gas company Eni agreed to sell its 25 percent interest in gas-rich Area 4 block offshore Mozambique to ExxonMobil for a cash price of approximately US$2.8 billion.
Japan’s spot LNG price keeps rising
Japan’s average price of spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) that was contracted in February edged up to US$8.5 per mmBtu, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said on Thursday.
Engie to sell its share in Petronet LNG
France’s LNG player Engie, through its unit, GDF International, proposed to shed its shareholding in India’s largest importer of liquefied natural gas, Petronet LNG.
Report: Sonatrach, Engie to renew LNG supply contract
Sonatrach of Algeria is reportedly set to extend the liquefied natural gas supply deals it has with the French utility and LNG player Engie.
Farstad’s subsea newbuild ready for TechnipFMC
Offshore service vessel provider Farstad Shipping has taken delivery of the light construction/inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) vessel Far Superior from Vard Group. Farstad said on Thursday that the vessel of a Vard 3 17 design was delivered on Wednesday, March 8. The Far Superior was const
Motive Offshore opens subsea contractors fabrication facility in Dundee
Oil and gas services firm Motive Offshore Group has made a six-figure investment in a quayside fabrication facility in Dundee Port, Scotland. Motive said it launched Motive Fabrication in Dundee after negotiating a takeover of a deepwater quayside facility with a 12,000 square feet workshop and a 2,
GALLERY: Offshore supply vessel runs aground off Louisiana
U.S. Coast Guard crews have begun salvage efforts to salvage a ship which ran aground near the Cameron Jetties, offshore Louisiana. The Coast Guard said on Wednesday that the Vessel Traffic Service at Port Arthur overheard that the 120-foot offshore supply vessel Miss Lynda, had run aground. Coast G
Crowley’s Jacksonville LNG bunkering facility moves ahead
Crowley Maritime and Eagle LNG Partners began construction of the LNG facility at Jaxport’s Talleyrand marine terminal in Jacksonville.
North Sea tax review ‘good news’ for offshore sector
Following Wednesday’s announcement by the UK chancellor Philip Hammond that a review of North Sea tax rules would be open to provide further support for the oil and gas producers, the industry has reacted with an overwhelming support. In his Spring Budget 2017 speech on Wednesday, the chancellor emp