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Cuxhaven Ready For Heavy Offshore Wind Loads
Lower Saxony’s Minister of Economics, Labour and Transport Olaf Lies has inaugurated a new berthing space and a new ramp at the port of Cuxhaven’s offshore terminal.
Cuxhaven Ready For Heavy Offshore Wind Loads
Lower Saxony’s Minister of Economics, Labour and Transport Olaf Lies has inaugurated a new berthing space and a new ramp at the port of Cuxhaven’s offshore terminal.
Eni needs more room on Goliat
Eni Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Italian oil company Eni, has been given consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Floatel Endurance accommodation rig on the Goliat field in the Barents Sea. Due to the extra work on the Goliat field, Eni requires more cabin capacity, and h
UK: North Sea safety leaders hailed at Offshore Safety Awards
Oil & Gas UK, in association with Step Change in Safety and Maersk Oil, has handed out awards in six categories during the Offshore Safety Awards held at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre to people and companies excelling in North Sea safety. During the event which took place on Wednesda
Alphaliner: Global Container Volumes on the Rise in H1
During the first six months of this year, the global container port throughput rose by 6.7 percent and the growth is on track to hit over 6 percent for the full year, a six-year high, according to Alphaliner. The estimate was made based on the survey results from over 250 ports, with a combined annu
Wood Group six-month profit plummets
Aberdeen-based LNG engineer Wood Group reported a plunge in profit for the first six months as challenging conditions continue in the North Sea market.
Umoe Rapid Debuts for Statoil
Umoe Rapid has completed its first charter at world’s first floating wind farm, the 30MW Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, and at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm for Statoil.
Umoe Rapid Debuts for Statoil
Umoe Rapid has completed its first charter at world’s first floating wind farm, the 30MW Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, and at the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm for Statoil.
Over 1,300 Seafarers Abandoned in Five Years
Over the last five years, 12 to 19 crew abandonment incidents were reported annually and 1,013 seafarers were involved in total, the International Labour Organization (ILO) told World Maritime News. Furthermore, figures from this year, as of July 31, show that 28 abandonment cases were reported, inv
EU approves aid for Czech alternative fuel stations network
The European Commission has approved €45 million ($52.9 million) for the Chech plan to develop a network of refueling and recharging stations for vehicles running on alternative fuels.
SOCAR, Gazprom, Rosneft hold gas talks
Gazprom’s head Alexey Miller discussed the issues of related to the natural gas supplies to Azerbaijan with Rovnag Abdullayev, president of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR).
Total buying Maersk Oil in $7.45 billion deal
French oil giant Total is set to acquire its Danish rival Maersk Oil and Gas for $7.45 billion dollars. Danish Maritime giant Maersk A/S informed on Monday it had entered into an agreement to sell its subsidiary Mærsk Olie og Gas A/S to Total S.A. for $7.45bn in a combined share and debt transaction
Richard Sadler named GasLog, GasLog Partners’ COO
GasLog and its New York-listed spinoff GasLog Partners named Richard Sadler as the chief operating officer following the retirement of Graham Westgarth from the position.
Israeli JV to return offshore licenses to government
An Israeli partnership has decided to return the Daniel East and Daniel West offshore oil and gas exploration licenses to the Israeli Government due to a lack of investors, among other reasons. In Sunday’s statement, Modiin Energy, one of the companies in the joint venture, said the license operator