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Vroon’s ‘VOS Stone’ goes down the slipway
The DP2 subsea support walk-to-work (W2W) vessel, VOS Stone, has been launched from the Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding yard in China, last weekend. The VOS Stone and its sister vessel VOS Start, constructed to a new design, were commissioned by Dutch provider of offshore support vessels, Vroon, for o
COWI Designing Foundations for Taiwan’s First OWF
The engineering consulting group COWI has won a contract to design the foundations for the Formosa I project, Taiwan’s first offshore wind farm. COWI has been tasked with preparing the detailed design of the wind turbine foundations for the Taiwan project which will involve designing the foundations
Civil trial starts for fatal offshore platform accident
A civil trial is expected to open on Monday, stemming from a fatal 2012 explosion aboard a U.S. Gulf of Mexico platform. The explosion and fire aboard the Black Elk Energy-operated West Delta 32 platform resulted in the tragic deaths of Ellroy Corporal, Jerome Malagapo, and Avelino Tajonera, serious
PGNiG: no spot LNG cargoes planned for July
Polish Gas and Oil Company (PGNiG) has no plans to buy spot LNG during the month of July, according to its deputy chief Maciej Woźniak.
Golar Power launched
Golar LNG Limited said it has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with investment vehicles affiliated with New York-based private equity firm Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.
EnQuest denies ‘contingency plans’ talks with OGA. Shares rise
EnQuest, an independent oil and gas company focused on the UK sector of the North Sea, saw its shares rise 11.3 percent on Monday afternoon, after it launched a statement rebuffing claims on OGA’s North Sea contingency plans, written in the Telegraph on Saturday. Namely, the UK-based newspaper, citi
Gallery: Two Golars Hook Up in Gibraltar Bay
The Golar Ice and Golar Crystal, two LNG tankers owned by the shipping company Golar LNG, were conducting a ship-to-ship (STS) transfer operation in Gibraltar Bay last week. The gallery below shows from different angles the two vessels lined up for operation. Built in 2015, the Golar Ice is an 82,20
Wind Farm Vessels Respond to Mayday Call off Colwyn Bay
Tidal Transit’s crew transfer vessel Kitty Petra and North Sea Logistics’ Excalibur responded to a mayday call yesterday, after a jet ski capsized and threw a man and two children into the sea off Colwyn Bay. Following an alert by people ashore, Holyhead Coastguard broadcast a Mayday Relay to the ve
MEI: LNG oversupply to stretch to 2024
The latest research by McKinsey Energy Insights (MEI) predicts the LNG oversupply could last until 2024, meaning few projects could reach financial investment decision in the next 12 to 18 months.
Ardmore Craig Wins with Wind
The UK engineering consultancy, Ardmore Craig, has won a contract to design and build cable handling equipment and upgrade a previously supplied lay spread for on an offshore wind farm that the company left unnamed. This marks the 150th contract award for Ardmore Craig, which said that, despite the
Ardmore Craig Wins with Wind
The UK engineering consultancy, Ardmore Craig, has won a contract to design and build cable handling equipment and upgrade a previously supplied lay spread for on an offshore wind farm that the company left unnamed. This marks the 150th contract award for Ardmore Craig, which said that, despite the
Update: Grounded Belle Rose Refloated off the Philippines
M/V Belle Rose, the bulk carrier that ran aground off the Philippines on June 13, was refloated today at Monad Shoal after two-day operations to pull it back to deep waters, local media reported. M/V Belle Rose ran aground four nautical miles southeast off Malapascua Island in Daanbantayan, Cebu, th
GALLERY: Aussie navy ship in offshore oil & gas patrol
Her Majesty’s Australian Ship (HMAS) Perth has conducted a security patrol of Western Australia’s North West Shelf, before departing for the Middle East as part of Operation Manitou. The Royal Australian Navy said on Monday that the Anzac class frigate departed Rockingham on June 7 to relieve of dut
Ports of Auckland Fined After Worker Injured in Fall
Ports of Auckland Ltd. (POAL) has been fined NZD 49,980 (USD 35,551) and ordered to pay NZD 12,000 in reparations after a stevedore employed by the company fell nearly three meters off the unguarded edge of a hatch lid, suffering injuries. POAL pleaded guilty to a charge laid by Maritime NZ under th