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Photo of the Day: Neptune Mariner Tows Arkona Monopile to Svanen
Landfall Marine Contractors has posted a photo of their Neptune Mariner during the delivery of one of the monopiles for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, where they are being installed by Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen.
Report: Security of LNG Supplies Prompting Concern
While gas markets are currently well supplied, the transformation of natural gas markets from regional systems to more globalized and interdependent markets is creating new security challenges, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest assessment of global gas security. The report,
Global Petroleum moves towards final award of Italian blocks
Italian authorities have published the remaining two environmental decrees in relation to Global Petroleum’s four applications for offshore permits, marking the final administrative stage before granting the permits. The new decrees relate to applications designated D 80 F.R-GP and D 81 F.R-GP while
Scotland Now Powered by Floating Wind
Hywind Scotland, the first floating wind farm in the world, has started delivering electricity to the Scottish grid and the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon officially opened the wind farm on 18 October.
Gate LNG volumes down 3 pct in Jan-Sep
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) throughput volumes at the Dutch Gate terminal dropped 3 percent in the January-September period as compared to the same period a year ago, according to the data released by the Port of Rotterdam on Wednesday. Total LNG throughput at the facility located in in the port of
RockRose buying Idemitsu Petroleum UK
RockRose Energy has signed a deal to buy Idemitsu Petroleum UK and its assets in the UK North Sea. In a statement on Wednesday RockRose said the acquisition would be financed out of the existing facilities and cash resources of the company. Subject to the successful completion of the acquisition, Ro
Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines ordered for LNG newbuilds
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver 16 engines for four new LNG carrier vessels being built at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in China.
Norwegian oil firm brings online world’s first floating wind farm
Norwegian oil and gas company, or in this context, energy company, Statoil, has brought online the world’s first floating offshore wind farm – the Hywind Scotland. According to Statoil, the wind farm, to be officially opened on Wednesday by the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has starte
Regulator finds improvement points during Martin Linge FSO audit
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found one non-conformity and four improvement points during an audit of the Total-operated Martin Linge FSO project. The audit of Total E&P Norge AS and Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS (KNOT)’s management of the working enviro
Guy Elliott steps down from Shell board after Rio Tinto fraud charge
The Hague-based LNG giant Shell said Wednesday that Guy Elliott has stood down as a non-executive director of the company after US regulators charged his former company Rio Tinto with fraud for not coming clean about a coal deal in Africa. In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange
Scotland Set to Open World’s First Floating Wind Farm
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will inaugurate the world’s first floating wind farm, Statoil’s Hywind Scotland Pilot Project, today (18 October).
Total completes Avalon farm-in (Ireland)
Total has farmed into and has taken over operatorship of Providence’s Licensing Option 16/27 offshore Ireland. The block, located 150 kilometers off the south west coast of Ireland, contains the Paleocene “Avalon” exploration prospect. The completion of the farm-in follows the approval of the Minist
Ninety 20MW Turbines for 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard an Option for Vattenfall
Vattenfall is looking at using wind turbines with a capacity of between 7MW and 20MW at its proposed 1,800MW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm in the UK.
Report: Malaviya Seven OSV pulled from auction after low bid
An offshore supply vessel detained in Aberdeen for over a year due to unpaid wages to the crew has reportedly been withdrawn from auction after receiving a low bid. As a reminder, the UK Maritime and Coast Guard Agency arrested the infamous vessel Malaviya Seven last March over unpaid wages to the c