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Cheniere CEO Fusco unveils new executive team The new chief executive of Houston-based LNG export player Cheniere, Jack Fusco on Monday announced his new executive leadership team. Report: Yamal LNG unaffected by low oil prices Yamal LNG’s output is less sensitive to oil price movements due to the p
Teekay Offshore Partners Lands North Sea Shuttle Tanker Contracts
Teekay Offshore Partners has been awarded new three-year shuttle tanker contracts of affreightment (CoA), plus extension options, with BP plc, Royal Dutch Shell and OMV Group. The new CoAs cover the transportation of the oil produced from the new Glen Lyon FPSO, part of the Quad204 development locat
Meet the Offshore WIND Team at WindEnergy Hamburg
With WindEnergy Hamburg due to open its doors next week, we would like to invite you to report your news, or just drop by for a chat with Dick Hill, Armin Fazlic and the rest of our team. Knowing that many companies attending WindEnergy are showcasing their innovations, products, services and expert
Meet the Offshore WIND Team at WindEnergy Hamburg
With WindEnergy Hamburg due to open its doors next week, we would like to invite you to report your news, or just drop by for a chat with Dick Hill, Armin Fazlic and the rest of our team. Knowing that many companies attending WindEnergy are showcasing their innovations, products, services and expert
Lukoil days away from first oil at Caspian Sea project
Lukoil, Russia’s largest privately-held oil company is set to produce first oil from its Caspian Sea project. More than a decade since making the discovery, the company now expects to bring its Vladimir Filanovsky field online within days. According to Tass news agency, which cited Azat Shamsuarov,
Iveco delivers first LNG-powered truck to German logistics company
Iveco said it has delivered the first LNG truck in Germany to Ludwig Meyer on Thursday. According to Iveco’s statement, the Friedrichsdorf-based Ludwig Meyer will soon be operating 20 Stralis NP trucks for the purposes of fresh food logistics and distribution in the Berlin area. Meyer Logistik is al
Offshore safety body spots irregularities on Statoil’s Oseberg Øst
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found several irregularities during an audit of Statoil’s management of major accident and working environment risk at the Oseberg Øst (East) platform, offshore Norway. PSA said on Friday that the audit was conducted from Apri
Gazprom hits gas in Sea of Okhotsk
Russian giant Gazprom made a new gas and condensate discovery in the Yuzhno-Lunskaya structure within the Kirinsky prospect in the Sea of Okhotsk.
Total targeting further savings
French energy giant and LNG player Total intends to cut its Capex guidance by another US$2 billion from 2017 due to low and volatile oil and gas prices, according to its new outlook.
Unite members say ‘Yes’ to Wood Group proposal
Members of Scotland’s biggest offshore union, Unite, have voted to end their dispute with oil services company, Wood Group, that led to the first North Sea strike in a generation. As a reminder, Offshore Energy Today reported back in July that over 400 members of RMT and Unite unions went on a 24-ho
Hurricane Energy keeping fingers crossed for ‘significant’ resource upgrade at Lancaster
Hurricane Energy, a UK-company working to bring online one of the largest undeveloped fields in the UK North Sea – the Lancaster – has said that the field could be much bigger that initially estimated. This was said by the company’s CEO Robert Trice, who said Thursday that the first well showed the
Preps underway to ship Transocean Winner rig from UK to Turkey
The moment is nearing for the sailaway of the recently grounded Transocean drilling rig in Scotland. The rig, currently moored in the Broad Bay, offshore Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, will be taken aboard a heavy lift vessel and shipped to Turkey. According to the UK Maritime and Coast Guard agency, the
Economist Films: New Power Generation Disrupting Oil and Gas Industry
Economist Films, part of the renowned magazine The Economist, has produced a documentary investigating how new energy technologies are disrupting the fossil fuel industry. The last part of the documentary shows how the offshore wind technology has advanced and how oil and gas companies are using the