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Dunkirk LNG terminal starts commercial operations
Dunkirk LNG, France’s fourth liquefied natural gas import terminal, located within the enclosure of the Dunkirk harbour, has started commercial operations on January 1.
DeepOcean ready to ‘weather the storm’ as Triton completes investment
Triton has completed its investment in DeepOcean, a provider of subsea services to the oil and gas and renewables industries. DeepOcean announced in November that Triton would, through its investment in the company, become the new majority owner of DeepOcean. The parties have agreed not to disclose
Spotted: First Small-Scale LNG Reload Op at Klaipeda
First small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) reload operation at the Port of Klaipeda in Lithuania took place on January 2, 2017, the country’s natural gas trading company Litgas informed. The 2012-built LNG carrier Coral Energy loaded 15,000 cubic meters of LNG from the floating storage and regasi
Statoil and Wintershall close Byrding deal
Norwegian oil company Statoil has completed the acquisition of Wintershall’s 25 percent interest in the Byrding project offshore Norway. Statoil said on Tuesday that this acquisition increased the company’s interest in Byrding from 45 to 70 percent. To remind, the two companies agreed to the sale of
Spectrum in 3D seismic shoot off Gabon
Spectrum has started the first of a series of 3D multi-client seismic acquisition programs offshore Gabon. Spectrum said on Monday that the programs are located in under-explored areas over shallow water open blocks. These blocks will be made available through future shallow water license rounds. Sp
Marc Haestier joins GTT as CFO, leaving Engie
GTT, the French designer of containment systems with cryogenic membranes used to transport and store LNG, named Marc Haestier as the company’s new chief financial officer.
IMO: IGF Code for gas-fueled vessels comes into force
The International Maritime Organization said the mandatory code for ships using gases or other low-flashpoint fuels entered into force on January 1, 2017.
2016 in review: videos of the year
Petronas sends world’s first FLNG unit from South Korea to Malaysia (Video) Malaysian energy giant Petronas has on Saturday sent its first floating LNG producing unit, the PFLNG1, from South Korea to Kanowit gas field, offshore Sarawak. Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG project moving forward, first cargo ex
Highlights of the Month: December 2016
As always, we bring you a list of the most read articles of the previous month. Since several news from December 2016 made it to our yearly overviews, also published today, they are omitted in this edition of Offshore WIND’s Highlights of the Month. Shell to Buy All Egmond aan Zee OWF Power Shell En
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!
Dear readers, we wish you a happy and prosperous New Year 2017! If you’ve been following Offshore Energy Today, you know that 2016 was tough for the oil and gas industry. Where 2015 ended, 2016 continued with more of the same: job cuts, rig deals cancellation, capex cuts, project delays, dayrate sla
Major offshore energy events of 2016, Vol. 2
What follows is the second part of major offshore energy events, covering a period from July to December 2016.
2016 in review: Editors’ picks
Shell’s CEO takes a pay cut Royal Dutch Shell CEO’s total direct remuneration for 2015 took a hit together with the company’s profit, according to Shell’s annual report issued on Thursday. Anadarko says “strongly committed” to Mozambique LNG project Woodlands-based Anadarko said Wednesday the compan
Major offshore energy events of 2016, Vol. 1
Offshore Energy Today has prepared a recap of major offshore energy events during 2016.
2016 in review: top news of the year
Shell-BG merger hits shareholders bump Shell’s proposed combination with BG Group came across a first obstacle on the road towards the shareholder vote on January 27 as Standard Life Investment opted to vote against the merger. Report: Chevron’s Gorgon LNG halts production Production at Chevron’s gi