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DMA: New Project to Help Digitize Ship Registration Process
The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) revealed it has launched a pilot project to shed light on the long-term possibilities of digitizing the entire ship registration process. As disclosed, the project has been created in order to promote digitalization in Denmark as shipowners are still required nowa
Emergency preparedness probe finds flaws on Statoil’s Troll C
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found nine non-conformities at Statoil’s Troll C platform off Norway during a probe into emergency preparedness management, logistics, and employee participation. The Troll field is located in the northern part of the Norwe
Netherlands to get first US LNG cargo
The Netherlands is to expected receive a cargo from Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana, the first ever US LNG cargo produced from shale gas to reach the country. The 140,000-cbm Arctic Discoverer is scheduled to arrive at the Dutch Gate terminal in the port of Rotterdam around J
Safety body looks into Statoil’s Valemon control room solution
Norway’s offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found several improvement points during an audit of Statoil’s new control room solution for the Valemon platform in the North Sea. The PSA said on Monday that even though no non-conformities were found, the safety authority ide
LNG specialist joins Stephenson Harwood
Law firm Stephenson Harwood said a ship and offshore finance specialist lawyer with experience in LNG sector, Dean Norton, joined the company as a partner in London.
Gazprom’s gas reserves additions outperform production
Gazprom’s gas reserve addition rates have overshot the company’s production rates for the twelfth year in a row.
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Four Scottish Offshore Wind Projects Back in Business The Inner House of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, has overturned the ruling which halted further development of four wind projects with a total capacity of 2,284MW in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. France Pre-Selects
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Chevron stops production at Gorgon Train 1 US-based energy giant Chevron has shut down the first liquefaction train at its multi-billion Gorgon LNG plant on Barrow Island in Western Australia. Report: DSME loses LNG boil-off patent battle to compatriots A three-year-old boil-off gas reliquefaction t
BPA: New EU State Aid Rules Could Create Uneven Playing Field
The British Ports Association Chief Executive Richard Ballantyne warned against the distortion of competitive port markets with major public subsidies in response to the European Commission formally adopting the new General Block Exemption Regulations (GBER) on state aids which now cover EU ports. O
Race Bank Update: 4 Turbines Up, 87 to Go
The fourth wind turbine has been installed at the Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK, A2SEA’s spokesperson told Offshore WIND this morning (19 May).
Norway hikes oil production in April
Norway’s oil production in April 2017 was 4.2 percent higher than oil production in the same period last year, according to a Friday report by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The regulator’s preliminary production figures for April 2017 show an average daily production of 2 111 000 barrel
Dynagas LNG Partners agrees $480 mln loan
Dynagas LNG Partners, a partnership formed by Dynagas, said its unit, Arctic LNG Carriers secured a $480.0 million loan.
Ex-Chevron executive Melody Meyer joins BP’s board
Melody Meyer was elected as a non-executive director for UK-based energy giant BP at the company’s annual general meeting on Wednesday. Meyer has extensive experience in the global oil and gas industry, with 37 years of service with Chevron, including senior leadership roles internationally. Meyer w