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Russia: Gazprom LNG Sales Down
Gazprom of Russia said its LNG sales dropped to 0.9 million metric tons in the first nine months of 2012, compared with 1.9 million tons for the same period in 2011. Russia’s biggest gas producer sold 2.3 million tons of LNG in 2011, 1.9 million tons in 2010 and 1.4 million tons in 2009, Gazprom [&h
Seadrill Partners Expands BoD
Seadrill Partners LLC announced today that Bart Veldhuizen has been appointed to its board of directors. Veldhuizen will also serve on the conflicts committee of Seadrill Partners. Veldhuizen has worked in the shipping industry since 1994, on both the banking and non-banking side, most recently as t
Cuadrilla to Install Monitoring Equipment at Anna’s Road Well, UK
Cuadrilla will install a comprehensive suite of monitoring equipment at its Anna’s Road site so that it can undertake seismic and fracture monitoring in the area. The company, which is exploring for natural gas in shale rock deep beneath the surface in Lancashire, completed the installation of the s
TNK-BP: Orenburgneft Produced 26 Pct More Gas in 2012 (Russia)
TNK-BP announced that OJSC Orenburgneft (a TNK-BP Group company) produced 3.4 bcm of gas in 2012, which is 26% more than in 2011. TNK-BP has been implementing a large-scale program aimed at production development in the mature fields of the Orenburg Region, one of the oldest petroleum provinces in R
UK: South Boats IOW Delivers First of Class Crew Transfer Vessel to Wind Wave Workboats
South Boats IOW Ltd. announced the launch and commissioning of the offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel, ‘Freddie S’. The vessel is a first of class South Catamaran 17.5m Vigilante design and has been delivered to Windwave Workboats Ltd. Windwave Workboats has been delivering offshore wind farm s
Poland: Gaz-System, Net4Gas Offer Firm Capacity at Cross-Border Point
GAZ-SYSTEM and Net4Gas inform that the status of capacity offered at the cross-border point in Cieszyn has changed from interruptible to firm. Following an assessment of the technical and commercial terms and conditions, firm day ahead capacity started to be offered at the Cieszyn cross-border point
Norway: Aker to Tie Dagny Gas Production into Sleipner
Aker Solutions has been awarded the second call-off project under the Sleipner Modification Portfolio Agreement, involving the tie-in of gas production from Dagny. Contract value is NOK 650 million and the work will commence immediately. The contract involves modification work on Sleipner A. In more
Noble Tamar Jacket Arrives in Israeli Waters
Tugs Fairmount Summit and Fairmount Alpine have delivered the new build Noble Tamar jacket at location in the Tamar gas field in the Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Israel. Both tugs towed the barge on which the jacket was loaded from the US to the field South-East of Cyprus. The 18,500 ton
Trapoil Secures Financing for Athena and Crazy Horse (UK)
Trapoil the independent oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea is pleased to announce that on 29 January 2013, it entered into a three-year senior secured borrowing base facility agreement of up to US$20 million
EU Funds LNG Fueling Study
The European Union will support with over €1.2 million from the TEN-T Programme a study aimed at identifying and addressing the potential barriers to the construction and operation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled vessels. The project, which was selected for funding under the 2011 TEN-T Annual
Statoil to Tie Dagny Gas to Sleipner A (Norway)
Aker Solutions has been awarded the second call-off project under the Sleipner Modification Portfolio Agreement, involving the tie-in of gas production from Dagny. Contract value is NOK 650 million (USD 118 million) and the work will commence immediately. The contract involves modification work on S
VIDEO: Transport Solutions for Offshore Wind Power Plants
Yesterday, SCHEUERLE issued a press release regarding the increasing use of modular transport systems due to the large dimensions and the ever-increasing weight of offshore installations. Here, we bring a video from SCHEUERLE Fahrzeuge, which demonstrates transport solutions for offshore wind power
VIDEO: Shell’s Arctic Oil Spill Response Contingency Plans
In the following video, Shell explains its Arctic oil spill response contingency plans. This animation shows the plan in action for the worst case discharge scenario in the Beaufort Sea. The video was published on December 5th 2012, only a few weeks before the incident with the Kulluk drilling vesse
Norway: Sesam Brings Together DNV and Fedem Technology
Two forces in the software industry, Fedem Technology and DNV Software, have joined forces to produce a new module for coupled analysis in Sesam Wind. The module for coupled analysis is an integration of FEDEM Windpower and Sesam. Fedem Technology, which has been developing software for more than 20