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Wagenborg Offshore Takes Delivery of IMSV Sanaborg (The Netherlands)
Wagenborg Offshore on Friday, August 24th, accepted delivery of the IMSV Sanaborg, the first in a series of ice-breaking multipurpose support-vessels (bollard-pull 34 ton). The vessel, delivered by Royal Niestern Sander B.V. Delfzijl, is specifically developed for logistic provision of service to th
Dry Well for Centrica in Norwegian Sea
Centrica Resources (Norge) AS, operator of production licence 477, is about to complete drilling of wildcat well 6506/11-9 S. The well was drilled about five kilometres east of the Morvin field and about five kilometres west of Åsgard (Smørbukk field) in the Norwegian Sea. The primary exploration ta
Russia: Oka Shipyard Launches VF Tanker-14
Oka Shipyard launched the fourth built by shipyard tanker “VF Tanker – 14” of RST27 prj. with sea/river deadweight of 7030/5428 tons (building No. 02704) on 23.08.12. The Shipyard should deliver four vessels by the contract, but according to the actual rate, six tankers from new series would be buil
Lundin Resumes Drilling at Albert Prospect (Norway)
Lundin Petroleum has resumed drilling operations at exploration well 6201/11-3 in PL519 targeting the Albert prospect. The main objective of well 6201/11-3, located in the Norwegian See is to test Cretaceous and Triassic age sandstones of a multiple target structure. Lundin Petroleum estimates the A
Finland: Poyry Gets New President and CEO in September
Alexis Fries, who was appointed as President and CEO of Pöyry PLC on 13 June 2012, will take up his position on 1 September 2012. The new compositions of Pöyry’s Board Committees, as announced on 21 June 2012, will come effective on 1 September 2012. [mappress] LNG World News Staff, August 27, 2012
GE Oil & Gas to Exhibit at ONS 2012 (Norway)
GE Oil & Gas, a key equipment and services supplier for the global offshore drilling and subsea sectors including the North Sea is showcasing its latest offerings at the Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) 2012 Conference and Exhibition being held August 28-31 in Stavanger. “Our diverse and expanding techn
Trinidad Exports LNG Cargo
Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to Spain on August 23, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the Madrid Spirit, a 135,423 cubic-meter tanker, and it is due to arrive at the Gibraltar terminal on August 12. Trinidad and Tobag
Tognum Upgrades MTU Series 2000 Yacht Engines (Germany)
Tognum, the specialist for propulsion and power solutions, is to develop its MTU Series 2000 yacht engines for compliance with US EPA Tier 3 Recreational and IMO Tier III emissions regulations. The new Series 2000 M96 engines will be able to cover outputs up to 2,600 bhp (1,940 kW), at the same time
Gazprom, Belarus Hold Meeting on Expansion of Natural Gas Use
As part of a business trip to the Republic of Belarus, Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, held a meeting in the town of Kobrin today. The meeting was devoted to development of the Beltransgaz gas transmission system and expansion of natural gas use as a motor fuel in the Re
Turkey: Cemre Shipyard to Build Wartsila Designed Fishing Vessel
Cemre Shipyard always keeps and raises it’s progress more and more and now the shipyard has increased its development with new and challenging project. The creation of world famous design company Wartsila Ship Design a 74,2 meter purse seiner fishing vessel will be built in Cemre Shipyard. The vesse
Germany: Preparations for DEWEK in Full Swing
The preparations for the German Wind Energy Conference DEWEK 2012 on 7 and 8 November 2012 in Bremen are in full swing. A large number of submitted proposals for papers and posters will guarantee interesting technical/scientific contributions about onshore and offshore wind energy. As always the DEW
Russia: Nevsky Shipyard Lays Keel for Yard No. 407
On August 23rd 2012, keel laying for the seventh 7150 DWT, out of ten ordered, river/sea type vessel of RSD49 project (Yard № 407) took place at Nevsky Shipyard, LLC. The vessels of Project RSD49 refer to Volgo-Don Max class. It means that vessels displacement meet the requirements for dimensions of
Denmark: Comfort at Sea Acquires Another Vessel
Comfort at Sea that offers hotel accommodation vessels to the offshore wind industry has aquired another vessel. It is the ropax Ocean Atlantic with a passanger capacity of 235 in 147 cabins. “This is a vessel that will meet the requirements for more space for tool containers and workshops for the c
Gazprom: Greenpeace Refused a Constructive Dialogue
After Greenpeace today announced its activists had climbed aboard the Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea offshore Russia, Offshore Energy Today asked Gazprom for a comment. Gazprom’s Information Directorate has replied that: “Today Greenpeace representatives broke the 500-meter safety zone na