OPITO is heightening its campaign for common global training standards across the oil and gas industry to dramatically improve safety with the launch of a short film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJkXuysJAM4&feature=player_embedded Following its world premiere at the OPITO Safety and Competence
Iran’s deputy minister for international and commercial affairs Ali Majedi has called on India to join an under-construction pipeline projected to carry natural gas from Iran to Pakistan. He said Iran expects India to get over its doubts and join the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline, adding that given the
Qatar Petroleum (QP) recently hosted the 33rd bi-annual Drilling Operations Incident Review Committee (DOIRC) Meeting, which was held to review and discuss the health, safety and environmental (HSE) issues related to drilling operations. The meeting, which was held last November 13 at the Doha Marri
Qatari LNG producer RasGas recently received the Emirates Energy Award 2013 at an event organised by the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy under the patronage of Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE. RasGas won the award for its headquarters building in the ca
Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading regional private sector natural gas company, announced today that Adyard Abu Dhabi, a subsidiary of Interserve plc, has been awarded a $17 million contract for the fabrication of an offshore platform for the Zora Field Development Project which spans the territori
Allseas to Build Single-Lift Vessel Larger than Pieter Schelte Swiss-based Allseas has decided to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel. JO Tankers Orders Eight Vessels from China O Tankers has confirmed that the company placed its largest ever order for eight 3
Allseas to Build Vessel Larger Than ‘Pieter Schelte’ Swiss-based Allseas has decided to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel. The new vessel, larger than Pieter Schelte, can remove all platform topsides in the North Sea which are beyond the capability of Pieter
VIDEO: Gorgon Construction Update Construction continues on the Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG Project in Western Australia. This video shows some of the work that is taking place on and around Barrow Island, a Class A Nature Reserve and home to the project. Emirates LNG Wins Govt Approval for Its Impo
Technology and high prices are opening up new oil resources, but this does not mean the world is on the verge of an era of oil abundance, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2013 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO-2013). Although rising oil output from North America and Brazil
The Chinese Capital Beijing hosted the signing ceremony of the expansion and deepening of Aden Container Terminal between Yemen Gulf of Aden Ports Corporation and China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd. within the framework of the President visit Abd-Rabbo Mansour Hadi , President of the Republic to t
DP World was today named the Best Performing Company in the UAE and awarded the prestigious Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award for Most Outstanding Performance for 2013. The country’s highest business award was presented by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, D
Drydocks World, the established international service provider of maritime services to the oil & gas and energy sectors received the prestigious 7th Cycle Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award in the Manufacturing Category. The award held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Ras
Regulatory reform to address Australia’s sliding cost competitiveness is now more important than ever following the release of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2013 overnight. The reputable IEA report says Australia’s gas production growth would see the nation rival Qatar
Qatargas Chief Operating Officer – Administration, Ghanim Al-Kuwari, delivered a speech at the inaugural session of the second Doha Carbon and Energy Forum, being held under the patronage of His Excellency Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry at the Qatar National Convention C