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Topaz names newbuild tandem
Topaz Energy and Marine, a Dubai-based offshore support vessel company, has christened its two newbuild light construction vessels. Topaz said on Wednesday it named its vessels Topaz Tiamat and Topaz Tangaroa after the Mesopotamian Goddess of salt water and the Maori God of the sea, respectively. As
ITF fighting to secure payment for Malaviya PSVs crews
Weeks after Gol Offshore-owned Malaviya Seven offshore support vessel was detained in Aberdeen over slave-like conditions, a similar thing happened in Great Yarmouth. Namely the Malaviya Twenty offshore support vessel, owned by the same Indian Company, has been detained in Great Yarmouth after defic
UK: Lyness seen as potential North Sea decom base
Orkney Islands Council has given DSM, a UK-based demolition and decommissioning company, the opportunity to consider Lyness as a potential base for North Sea oil and gas decommissioning work. The Council said on Wednesday that the project is at an early stage in its development but has the potential
Putin pays visit to Russia’s super-shipyard
Russian president Vladimir Putin on Thursday visited the the Zvezda shipyard in Bolshoi Kamen, to review the progress of the country’s under-construction super-yard. Once complete the shipyard will be able to build medium- and heavy-lift commercial vessels and marine equipment, oil and gas tankers,
Taiwan’s Formosa 1 Pilot Project Oversteps Installation Deadline
The charter of A2SEA’s M/V Torben ended on 15 August without the company’s crew being able to complete the installation of two foundations and two Siemens 4MW turbines at the Formosa 1 pilot project in Taiwan. The installation of the two foundations and the two turbines was initially scheduled to st
Taiwan’s Formosa 1 Pilot Project Oversteps Installation Deadline
The charter of A2SEA’s M/V Torben ended on 15 August without the company’s crew being able to complete the installation of two foundations and two Siemens 4MW turbines at the Formosa 1 pilot project in Taiwan. The installation of the two foundations and the two turbines was initially scheduled to st
Sea Challenger Assumes Position at Dudgeon
Jack-up vessel Sea Challenger arrived and positioned herself at the offshore substation at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm off Norfolk, UK, on 31 August, A2SEA reports. Statoil hired Sea Challenger to serve as an accommodation platform from September until the end of 2016, with the start of tur
Rosneft orders harsh-environment supply vessels from Zvezda
Russian oil firm Rosneft and the Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center (FESRC) have signed contracts for delivery of two unique multi-purpose supply vessels of reinforced ice-class Icebreaker 7. The document envisages delivery of the first two Zvezda Shipyard built vessels at the end of 20
Golar LNG Partners report lower Q2 profit
Golar LNG Partners, a limited partnership formed by Golar LNG, on Wednesday reported a drop in net income from US$41 million in the second quarter of 2015, to $28 million in the corresponding quarter of 2016.
IBIA: China’s Shenzhen to Introduce Low Sulphur Rule from October
China’s Port of Shenzhen is planning to introduce a requirement for ships to use fuels with no more than 0.50% sulphur while at berth from October 1, 2016, ahead of other key ports in the Pearl River Delta, which are due to implement the requirement on January 1, 2017. The decision, taken by local a
BSEE says 19.5 pct of GoM oil output affected by storm. BP restarts Atlantis platform
The tropical depression Nine that has forced some U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas operators to evacuate personnel and shut production, now has a new name and a new status. It is now called Hermine, and it is no longer a tropical depression but a tropical storm. According to the latest report by the
SEAI: Intensive action needed to increase renewables share in Irish electricity mix
Renewable energy share in Irish electricity mix increased significantly in 2015, contributing a quarter of all electricity used and avoiding 3 million tonnes of fossil-fuel related CO2 emissions, according to the Renewable Electricity in Ireland 2015 report published by the Sustainable Energy Author
Chevron: First gas flows from Bangka field
U.S. oil firm Chevron has brought its Bangka field development project online with gas now flowing at the field offshore Indonesia. This is the first phase of the Chevron-run Indonesia Deepwater Development (IDD) Project in East Kalimantan. Chuck Taylor, Managing Director Chevron IndoAsia Business U
Senegal’s SNE oil discovery could go on stream in 2022
Far Ltd., an oil and gas company with a stake in the SNE oil field offshore Senegal, has said that the commercial viability of the field has been confirmed. Following the successful results of the 2015/2016 appraisal program of the SNE oil field offshore FAR Ltd has assessed that the Minimum Economi