Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus has completed the installation of 40 out of 44 turbines at the Norther offshore wind project in Belgium. According to project developer Norther NV, the 40th turbine was installed yesterday morning, with the last load ahead. Aeolus began installing the first MHI
Qatar’s Nakilat, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping company, reported a 9 percent increase in profit in the first quarter of the year.
Oman LNG, the state-owned operator of the liquefied natural gas terminal in Qalhat near Sur with a nameplate capacity of 10.4 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) said it has repaid a $2 billion loan.
Coast Guard finds 200kg of cocaine tied to Teekay’s LNG carrier Some 200 kilograms of cocaine have been found attached to the Hispania Spirit LNG carrier during its stay in Port Fortin in Trinidad and Tobago. Port Arthur LNG given green light to start construction Sempra Energy said its unit, Port A
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South Korea, the world’s third buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), received 2.77 million tons of LNG in March, 35.3 percent below 4.28 mtpa in the corresponding month last year.
Petrobras has confirmed the extension of gas and oil accumulation in the Moita Bonita area, in deep waters in the Sergipe Basin offshore Brazil.
Demand for Panamax bulkers is expected to shrink due to China’s restriction of coal imports.
Commodity trading company Vitol saw its liquefied natural gas business grow over the past year with the volumes of traded chilled fuel increasing.
The facility is expected to enable the export of some 11 Mtpa of LNG.
The Chinese GD Power Development has officially commissioned its Liuheng offshore wind farm in the Zhejiang province. According to the company, the project’s 63 4MW typhoon-proof offshore wind turbines were put into operation on 12 April, after two years of project construction. The 252MW project is
Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) during the month of March dropped 8.1 percent compared to the same month a year ago, according to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance.
Wood Mackenzie sees huge growth potential in the UK North Sea region following Chrysaor’s acquisition of ConocoPhillips’ UK business.
ExxonMobil has made a new oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Yellowtail-1 well, marking the 13th discovery on the Stabroek Block.
