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Popular news, September 18 – 24, 2017
Popular news, September 18 – 24, 2017
Top News of the Week, 18 – 24 September 2017
Offshore WIND’s most read news from 18 to 24 September 2017.
Pieter Heerema Shares His Story of Sailing Around the World Alone
How to explain what it is like to sail the Vendée Globe, a round-the-world solo yacht race, non-stop and without assistance? Pieter Heerema, who finished the prestigious race on March 2 this year, is certain that it is not going to be easy. “I can talk for three weeks about my voyage and still only
Top news of the week September 18-23
WoodMac: LNG production key to carbon emissions rise The emission-intensive process of liquefying natural gas will be among the largest contributors to carbon emission growth for the world’s oil and gas majors, Wood Mackenzie said in a study. Novatek to fire up Yamal LNG’s train one in November Russ
Ocean Rig completes debt restructuring. Lenders to name directors
Ultra-deepwater drilling company Ocean Rig has informed that it has completed its debt restructuring. In a statement on Thursday, the company providing offshore drilling rigs to the international oil and gas industry, said that all the scheme conditions previously agreed with creditors and its rig-o
Photo of the Day: Svanen Installing Monopiles on Arkona
E.ON has posted a photo showing Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen installing monopile foundations on the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
Photo of the Day: Svanen Installing Monopiles on Arkona
E.ON has posted a photo showing Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen installing monopile foundations on the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
LNG-powered AIDAnova’s first engine module completed
AIDA Cruises, a Carnival Corporation company, said the first engine module for the LNG-powered AIDAnova has been completed at the Neptun Werft in Rostock.
Statoil says meets climate change goals ahead of schedule
Norwegian oil major Statoil has already achieved its 2015 target of reducing the CO2 emissions from the Norwegian continental shelf by 1.2 million tonnes annually from 2008 to 2020 – two years ahead of schedule. According to Statoil, the reduction equals the emissions from some 600,000 private cars
Report: Statoil’s first Cat-J rig reaches Norway
Statoil’s giant Cat-J jack-up drilling rig has reportedly reached Norway after a long journey from South Korea. Petro.no, a Norwegian oil and gas news website, was first to report that the Askeladden rig arrived at the CCB based on Thursday afternoon. The news of the arrival was later confirmed to O
New SIA Report Spotlights Offshore Renewables in North England, Scotland
A new audit, commissioned by the UK Government, has focused on offshore renewable energy in the North of England and Scotland, pointing out the strong contribution the region makes to the UK’s position as a global leader in innovation in offshore renewable energy.
Gazprom supplies LNG to Russian Railways
Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo began supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to locomotives owned by Russian Railways at the Egorshino railroad station in the Sverdlovsk Region.
ECSA: EU-Canada Trade Deal to Open New Markets for Shipping
The EU-Canada trade agreement will cut customs duties and open new markets for shipping companies such as dredging, movement of empty containers and certain transportation between Canadian ports, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) said, welcoming the provisional application of CE
VOS Start at Full Steam on Walney Extension
VOS Start, Vroon’s walk-to-work vessel, performed 200 transfers facilitating more than 850 persons to transition pieces during its first six weeks of operations on DONG Energy’s Walney Extension wind farm in the Irish Sea, Vroon reported.