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Photo of the Day: Offshore Wind Components at Sif’s Maasvlakte Site
Sif Group has published a photo of its new site at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam accommodating, among others, piles for the Beatrice offshore wind farm foundations and monopiles for the Rentel offshore wind farm.
Oil up for seventh session but set for worst first half since 1998
By Karolin Schaps LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices climbed for a seventh straight session on Friday thanks to a weaker U.S. dollar in their longest bull run since April but were still set for their worst first-half performance since 1998. Lingering worries about oversupply have knocked 16 percent off B
Valmet nets Gasum LNG automation contract
Finland’s Valmet secured a contract to supply automation services for Gasum’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations in the Nordic countries. With Valmet’s automation solutions, all measurement data connected to the LNG terminal operations of Gasum’s subsidiary Skangas will be collected and controll
Siport21 Studies Safety Conditions in Foundations Transport and Installation
Siport21, a Madrid-based port-maritime consultancy company, has presented the “Methodology of the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic analysis of fixed and floating structures for the offshore wind industry”, which allows studying the safety conditions during transport and installation of the support struc
Siport21 Studies Safety Conditions in Foundations Transport and Installation
Siport21, a Madrid-based port-maritime consultancy company, has presented the “Methodology of the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic analysis of fixed and floating structures for the offshore wind industry”, which allows studying the safety conditions during transport and installation of the support struc
Rosneft closes Verkhnechonskneftegaz $1.1 bln sale
China’s Beijing Gas Group has completed the $1.1 billion purchase of a 20 percent stake in Rosneft subsidiary Verkhnechonskneftegaz. As a result of the transaction, the duo will create a vertically integrated system of cooperation, Rosneft said on Thursday. The Chinese company acquires a stake in on
Eni cleared for underwater ops at Goliat
Eni Norge, a Norwegian entity of the Italian oil major Eni, has received consent to perform manned underwater operations on the Goliat field off Norway. Goliat is an oil field in the Barents Sea, around 85 kilometers northwest of Hammerfest. The field has been developed using a cylindrical FPSO. The
Global Industry Alliance Launched to Support Low Carbon Shipping
A new Global Industry Alliance (GIA) has been launched, with the aim to support transitioning shipping and its related industries towards a low carbon feature. The GIA was officially inaugurated on June 29 at a launch ceremony held at the margins of the first meeting of the IMO Intersessional Workin
DNO completes Origo acquisition
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, has completed the the acquisition of Origo Exploration Holding AS, a privately-held oil and gas exploration company with a focus offshore Norway and the United Kingdom. The transaction has been approved by regulatory authorities in both Norway and the Uni
China: First steel cut for OOS International’s new SSCV
The construction of OOS International Group’s newbuild semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) has kicked off with a steel cutting ceremony in China. Being built by China Merchants Industry Holdings, the vessel – to be named OOS Serooskerke – is the first of two units OOS ordered from the Chinese back
Denmark Signs Hong Kong Ship Recycling Convention
Denmark has become the seventh country to accede to the international Hong Kong Convention in an effort to ensure better protection of people and the environment when ships are recycled. In mid-June the International Maritime Organization confirmed that Denmark expresses the wish to accede to the Ho
Oil prices rise to two-week high on dip in U.S. output
By Karolin Schaps LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose to a two-week high on Thursday, extending a rally into a sixth straight session after a decline in weekly U.S. production eased concerns about deepening oversupply. Crude prices slipped to the lowest in 10 months last week but have since rebounded
PitPoint.LNG says to build Germany’s 1st LNG bunkering station
PitPoint.LNG said it will set up Germany’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering station in the harbor of Cologne. PitPoint.LNG is a joint venture formed by Dutch PitPoint clean fuels and Primagaz Nederland. The new station will facilitate the bunkering of LNG-powered inland vessels that sail
Shell takes delivery of LNG-powered barge
Energy giant Shell has taken delivery of a dual-fuel inland barge that will mainly run on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The 110 meter long LNG-powered barge named RPG Stuttgart is the first out of fifteen vessels Shell Trading Rotterdam chartered from Antwerp-based Plouvier Transport and its Swiss un