Ampelmann Makes a Bang at Offshore Energy 2013 Ampelmann has literally made a bang at the Offshore Energy 2013 Exhibition & Conference. The Dutch specialist in offshore crew and cargo transfer systems attracted attention of many when a band of four, wearing uniforms and helmets with an Amplemann log
Float-On and Transport of Costa Concordia Onboard Dockwise Vanguard Following the successful parbuckling of Costa Concordia, and in anticipation of the pending refloat, Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., provides some basic information on how the float-on will be
Paul Hughes, global subsea leader for joint integrity specialists Hydratight, will, over the course of the next month be presenting at the Second International Conference and Exhibition on Best Practices in Pipeline Operations & Integrity Management in Bahrain and at the Pipeline Operations & Mainte
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, known for its safety, time and cost saving capabilities, announces it has been awarded a contract with BG International Egypt, a division
Managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamidreza Araqi says Ilam Gas Refinery in western Iran will be among the suppliers of natural gas to neighboring Iraq, noting that the facility produces two billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas annually. He said the refinery is processing sev
The Board of Directors of the Executive Committee of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) has drafted the agenda for its upcoming ministerial meeting in Tehran. The GECF, bringing together 13 countries, drafted the agenda in its Doha meeting last Wednesday to be discussed during the Tehran meeting o
EGAS of Egypt has issued a tender for an FSRU which it hopes to use by next April, Reuters reported, citing EGAS’s deputy chairman Khaled Abdel Badie as saying. “We are renting it,” he said. “It is expected to be used by next April. We hope so. It depends on the offers,” Abdel Badie added. Egypt, [&
The dynamic nature of the product tanker market, where refinery locations, local market demand specifications and price arbitrage trades are constant moving objects, turn one main trade into a minor trade within a New York minute. The Atlantic gasoline arbitrage trade is still of relevance, but the
Kentz Corporation, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, announced the award by Qatar Shell GTL Ltd. for EPCm services on the GRVE Integrity Improvement Programme, at the Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plant in Ras Laffan, Qatar. The contract, building on Kentz’s previous
Iranian minister of petroleum, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh voiced the Islamic Republic’s willingness to develop bilateral cooperation with Japan, especially in oil and gas sector. Replying to the minister of economy, trade and industry of Japan, Toshimitsu Motegi’s letter, Zanganeh has expressed his count
Costa Crociere Hires Dockwise Vanguard to Transport Concordia Wreck Dockwise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded the contract to load and transport the Concordia wreck from Isola del Giglio onboard the Dockwise Vanguard. The contract was awarded
Pilot Dies in Gulf of Mexico Helicopter Crash. Two Injured A helicopter carrying three workers who had just completed their offshore shifts crashed today in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, around 30 miles north of Venice. The pilot died, two of workers sustained severe back injuries, one was unharmed. He
Iran Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has underlined the importance of the completion of Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project as a prelude to promotion of Tehran-Islamabad relations. “The IP gas pipeline is among the important projects which will lead to the expansion of trade cooperation between the
Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading regional private sector natural gas Company, and Crescent Petroleum, the oldest private oil and gas Company in the Middle East, have announced the achievement of five years of continuous production in their major operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. As join
