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UK Detains Three More Foreign Ships in July
Three more foreign-flagged vessels were detained in UK ports during July 2016 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection, the country’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said. In addition, four vessels remained under detention from previous months. Vessels detained during the previous mont
Japan’s JGC mulls building small LNG plant in Sakhalin
Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp is considering building a small liquefied natural gas plant on Russia’s remote Sakhalin island, according to a statement by the Sakhalin region government. The Sakhalin Island is the home of Russia’s only producing LNG plant, Sakhalin-2, with a capacity of about 10
GasLog Partners plans to raise $54 million in public offering
New York-listed GasLog Partners, the master limited partnership focused on owning, operating and acquiring LNG carriers, has on Monday announced a public offering of its common units to raise up to US$53.6 million. GasLog Partners said in a statement it plans to issue 2,750,000 common units at a pri
Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG project moving forward, first cargo expected in mid-2017 (Video)
Construction work on Chevron’s US$29 billion Wheatstone LNG project in Australia is progressing with first cargo still expected in mid-2017. “The Wheatstone drilling campaign is now complete, with all nine development well flowbacks successful. Offshore at the Wheatstone Platform hook-up and commiss
Statoil sells more US shale assets
Norwegian oil and gas giant nad LNG operator Statoil has agreed a further sale of non-core assets in its US onshore portfolio, the third in the southern Marcellus in the last two years. In the latest transaction, Statoil will divest some of its non-operated interests in the US state of West Virginia
Europa gets extension of two licenses offshore Ireland
Europa Oil & Gas has received notification from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE) that Phase 1 of Frontier Exploration Licenses (FEL) 2/13 and 3/13 in the South Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland, has been extended by one year. The company said on Tuesday that t
PHOTO: Vroon’s new vessel completes sea trials
Vroon has informed that its newbuild platform supply vessel (PSV), the VOS Passion, completed sea trials in China last week. The company said on Monday that the vessel is in the final stages of construction and it will be ready for delivery next month. VOS Passion, a PX121-type platform supply vesse
China boosts LNG imports
Liquefied natural gas imports into China, the world’s largest energy consumer, rose 28 percent in June as compared to the same month a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs data. China imported 2.21 million mt of the chilled fuel in June, as compared to 1.72 million mt a year
MPA Revokes AC Oil’s Bunkering Licenses
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has cancelled the bunker supplier and the bunker craft operator licenses issued to AC Oil Pte Ltd, due to violation of required license terms, effective July 29. MPA said that AC Oil will no longer be allowed to operate as a bunker supplier or bunke
Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts taps into Indonesian LNG market
Malaysian oilfield services firm and rig builder Coastal Contracts said it has entered into a joint venture deal with Indonesia’s PT Jaya Samudra Karunia Internasional. Coastal Contracts will have a 49% stake in the JV which will allow the company to “tap into the growing LNG supply chain and to fur
Oilfield services firm Petrofac finds no evidence of bribery by Unaoil
UK oilfield services provider Petrofac said on Monday its investigation of bribery allegations has found no evidence that implicate it in a global bribery scandal related to Monaco-based service provider Unaoil. To remind, the Huffington Post and its Australian partner, Fairfax Media, earlier this y
BP, Atlantic LNG sanction Trinidad project to boost gas supply to Point Fortin terminal
BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT), a unit of the UK-based energy giant and Atlantic LNG, the operator of Trinidad’s sole LNG export facility, said they are moving ahead with the Trinidad onshore compression project. After finalization of key project agreements between the Atlantic shareholders, the Nati
Offshore safety in UK shows signs of improvement, report says
Oil & Gas UK’ Health & Safety Report has indicated that personal safety performance across oil and gas operations on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) continued to improve in 2015. Oil & Gas UK, a body representing the oil and gas players in the UK, stated in the report published on Monday, August 1 t
France’s Dunkirk LNG terminal back on track, 2nd comissioning cargo coming from Peru
France’s fourth LNG import terminal in the port of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) has resumed activities following an incident last week which led to the evacuation of the terminal’s workers. The Dunkirk LNG terminal, that is currently in commissioning phase, was put into safe conditions last Monday due to “LN