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Last Rentel Transition Pieces Leave Smulders Hoboken Yard
DEME Group has loaded out the last two out of the 42 transition pieces built for the 309MW Rentel offshore wind farm at the Smulders fabrication yard in Hoboken, Belgium.
Iemants Loads Out Merkur Offshore Substation Jacket
Iemants, part of the Smulders Group, loaded out the jacket foundation for the Merkur wind farm offshore substation from its facility in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, on Tuesday, 5 September.
Iemants Loads Out Merkur Offshore Substation Jacket
Iemants, part of the Smulders Group, loaded out the jacket foundation for the Merkur wind farm offshore substation from its facility in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, on Tuesday, 5 September.
Statoil gets green light to use Gina Krog FSO
Norway’s Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Gina Krog FSO on the namesake field offshore Norway. The Gina Krog floating storage and offloading (FSO) is a converted shuttle tanker destined for use as a storage vessel on the Gina Krog oil and gas field, w
DNV GL Classed BP’s Glen Lyon FPSO
DNV GL has awarded class to BP’s Glen Lyon floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel located west of Shetland. Glen Lyon is a purpose-built FPSO which is expected to produce 130,000 barrels of oil a day at peak production. The vessel was transferred into class shortly after first oil
Gazprom and Japanese lender JBIC boost ties
Russian gas giant Gazprom and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) signed a deal aimed at advancing cooperation between the duo. The memorandum of understanding was signed on Wednesday in Vladivostok by Gazprom’s head Alexey Miller and his counterpart Tadashi Maeda. The deal clarifies cer
Heerema to recycle Hermod crane vessel after 40 years in operation
Dutch marine contractor Heerema Marine Contractors is going to retire and recycle its semi-submersible crane vessel Hermod at the end of the year after nearly 40 years in operation. Hermod and its sister vessel Balder, the first semi-submersible crane vessels of its kind in the offshore construction
IACS Chair: Class Needs to Keep Up with Industry’s Digital Transformation
Classification societies need to keep pace with the digitalization of the shipping industry in order to support the industry needs, according to the new Chairman of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV GL – Maritime. “Our industry is becom
Heerema’s Hermod Crane Vessel Retires After 40 Years
Heerema Marine Contractor’s semi-submersible crane vessel Hermod will retire at the end of this year after an operational performance of nearly 40 years. Designed and constructed in the 70’s, Hermod and its sister vessel Balder were the first semi-submersible crane vessels of its kind in the offshor
Lithuania: Klaipeda LNG regas volumes spike in Aug YoY
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes at Lithuania’s first and only import terminal in the port of Klaipeda surged in August as compared to the same month a year before. The Klaipeda LNG import terminal regasified 2.1 terawatt hours (TWh) in the month under review, a 159 percent rise as compared to 0.
Gazprom, Mitsui ink LNG cooperation deal
Russian gas giant Gazprom said Thursday it signed an LNG cooperation agreement with Japanese trading firm Mitsui & Co. The two companies are to cooperate in the production, transportation and marketing of small and medium-scale LNG in Japan, as well as LNG bunkering in the Sea of Japan, according to
EnQuest shaves off $100 million of Kraken costs
UK-based oil and gas company EnQuest has further cut costs on its Kraken development in the UK sector of the North Sea by $100 million. In its half year results on Thursday, EnQuest confirmed it had reduced Kraken’s full cycle gross project capex by a further c.$100 million, down to $2.4 billion, 25
Azinor hires Interocean for offshore rig positioning
UK-based Interocean Marine Services has been hired Azinor Catalyst to provide an integrated package of rig move, mooring and positioning services. The company is currently supporting a drilling program on board Ocean Guardian in the North Sea. Interocean’s Keith Nelson said: “We are delighted with t
CHC’s new helicopter makes first flight from Aberdeen to Shell rig
Offshore helicopter transportation services provider CHC Helicopter has made the inaugural flight of its new Airbus H175 super-medium aircraft to the Ocean Patriot drilling rig. The Diamond Offshore-owned semi-submersible drilling rig, Ocean Patriot, is currently under a three-year contract with She