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Bladt Industries: Uniform Jacket Foundation Design Would Save Money (Interview)
A standardised design of jacket foundations would greatly contribute to offshore wind cost reduction, according to Jan Kjærsgaard, CEO of Bladt Industries, a company whose foundations are supporting numerous turbines installed in European waters. With the offshore wind industry being massively focus
Klaipedos Nafta’s nine-month revenues rise
Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of the first Lithuanian LNG terminal said its revenue for the first nine months of 2016 reached €80.3 million, 1.8 percent up on the same period in 2015.
APLNG clears Train 1 project finance tests
ConocoPhilips-operated Australia Pacific LNG project satisfied all of the tests set forth in its project financing completion agreements relating to the first of two processing trains at its LNG facility on Curtis Island.
Braveheart Expands Offshore Services, Orders New Javelin Vessel
Braveheart Shipping has contracted Javelin International to build a new vessel, called Javelin 25.25, as Braveheart is further expanding its offshore services in the area of crew tendering, hydrographic and seismological research, and survey activities. The 25.90m long vessel will be used for both s
Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG project to cost US$5 billion more, Woodside plays down impact
Chevron and its partners in the Wheatstone LNG project, including Australia’s Woodside, will have to splash more cash for the LNG project west of Onslow after the US energy giant announced a US$5 billion cost blowout. Chevron said last week, after announcing the company’s third-quarter results, that
Union agrees to Boskalis fleet reduction plan
Dutch energy and dredging services provider Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has informed that the trade union CNV Vakmensen has agreed to the social plan related to the company’s previously announced fleet rationalization. To remind, Boskalis said in July this year it would take 24 vessel
Normand Maximus vessel begins Saipem work
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has taken delivery of the offshore construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Maximus through its partially owned affiliate, Maximus Limited. As previously reported by Offshore Energy Today, the vessel’s hull was built in Vard’s Romanian yard last year
UK to hold remembrance service for offshore oil and gas workers
A special church service will take place in Aberdeen for all those who have lost their lives while working in the UK offshore oil and gas industry over the years. The representative body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, Oil & Gas UK, said that its Chaplaincy’s service of remembrance, held a
Flying the Dutch Flag on Superyachts in 2017 – Fact or Fiction?
HISWA Holland Marine Industry originally developed the “Commercial Cruising Vessel Project (CCV)” in 2007. This confirmed that the Netherlands had built up an excellent position in superyacht new builds due not only to its renowned quality and innovative capacity, but also a unique cooperation in th
UK’s offshore licensing round draws 29 applications
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has received 29 applications covering 113 blocks in the latest offshore licensing round for under-explored areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The 29th offshore licensing round was launched on July 27, 2016, and closed for applications on October 26, 2016. OGA
SeaBird Sells Hawk Explorer
SeaBird Exploration has reached an agreement for the sale and decommissioning of the vessel Hawk Explorer. The decommissioning of the vessel is a part of the company’s efforts to reduce cost and adjust fleet capacity to better reflect current market demand, SeaBird explained. The company will retain
ConocoPhillips advances deepwater exploration exit with Senegal assets sale completion
ConocoPhillips has completed a transaction for the sale of its shares in ConocoPhillips Senegal BV, which holds a 35 percent interest in three exploration blocks offshore Senegal, to Australia’s Woodside Petroleum. ConocoPhillips said on Friday that the total sales price of the transaction between i
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Update: Teekay’s LNG tanker attacked off Yemen Teekay’s LNG carrier, the 2004-built Galicia Spirit with the capacity to transport up to 137,814 cubic meters, has come under attack off the coast of Yemen. Picture of the day: Yamal LNG project progresses Novatek-led US$27 billion Yamal LNG project is