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Azerbaijan: Seismic vessel crashes into offshore platform
Five offshore workers have reportedly been injured after a seismic vessel crashed into an offshore platform in the Caspian Sea. ABC.AZ, citing Socar, Azerbaijan’s national oil company, said the incident happened on Wednesday afternoon with a vessel named Arya 141 involved. According to the company,
GeoSea and Buss Team Up on Merkur
The Buss Orange Blue Terminal signed a contract with offshore wind farm constructor GeoSea N.V. for the handling and storage of the transition pieces for the fundamental structures of the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm.
Boskalis Starts Prepping Finesse for Offshore Wind Work
Singapore-based Keppel Shipyard has secured a contract from Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V for the conversion of a semi-submersible heavy lift vessel, Finesse, to a crane vessel.
Statoil to get rid of emergency response vessel at Snorre A
Norwegian oil company Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to remove the emergency response vessel at Snorre A platform, offshore Norway. The Snorre field lies in the Tampen area in the northern sector of the North Sea. The field has been developed using two facilit
UK: OGA seeks to cut decommissioning costs by at least 35 pct
UK’s industry regulator Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has provided a new cost estimate for offshore oil and gas decommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf as it seeks to bring it down by at least 35 percent. The regulator on Thursday published a report which provides the new cost estimate. With a sha
Fluxys merges with its finance unit
Belgium-based LNG operator Fluxys has merged with its wholly owned subsidiary Fluxys Finance that was in charge of the centralised management of cash funds and financing within the group. These activities will now be carried out by Fluxys itself. The transaction simplifies Fluxys’ organisational str
Nordsee One Turbines Halfway There
The rotor for the 27th wind turbine was successfully installed last week at the Nordsee One construction site, marking the halfway point for turbine installation at the 332 MW wind farm.
Nordsee One Turbines Halfway There
The rotor for the 27th wind turbine was successfully installed last week at the Nordsee One construction site, marking the halfway point for turbine installation at the 332 MW wind farm.
Maersk, Rosneft hit by cyberattack
A ransomware cyberattack named Petya, or NOTPetya according to Kaspersky Labs, has hit organizations around the globe, including the Ukraine government, Denmark’s Maersk Group, and the Russian oil company Rosneft. According to several news reports screens around the world are receiving a ransomware
Photo of the Day: Stemat Spirit and Ndurance in Action at Galloper OWF
VBMS has published a photo of its cable laying vessels Stemat Spirit and Ndurance working at the Galloper offshore wind farm, while Seajacks Hydra is accommodating the personnel at the wind farm site.
James Fisher Marine Services Upgrades Dart Fisher OSV
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has announced the completed refurbishment and upgrade of its offshore support vessel, the Dart Fisher.
Statoil told to improve plans for drilling in Barents Sea South-East
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority, has identified improvement points during an audit of Statoil’s planning process for exploration drilling of well 7435/12-1 in the Barents Sea South-East area. According to the regulator, Barents Sea South-East is a new area for explorat
Skangas adds new board member
Norwegian LNG supplier and terminal operator, Skangas has appointed Jarmo Honkamaa as a new member of its board of directors. Honkamaa is Chief Executive of the consulting company Tixicon and has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He has earlier worked in senior positions
Finland’s Port of Helsinki releases LNG bunkering manual
The Port of Helsinki announced on Tuesday that, in response to liquefied natural gas becoming an increasingly popular marine fuel, it has published instructions for the safe LNG bunkering of ships. With the expansion of the sulphur emission control area of the Baltic Sea, LNG is becoming an increasi