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All Dudgeon Foundations In Place
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s Oleg Strashnov has installed the last of the 67 foundations for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm, Statoil, the owner, developer and future operator of the wind farm, reports. Oleg Strashnov carried out the inshore loading, transportation and installation of the monopile foundati
Amec Foster Wheeler names chief information officer
LNG engineer Amec Foster Wheeler said Wednesday it has appointed Rod Carr to the newly created position of chief information officer with effect from 2 August. Based in London, UK, and reporting to Jonathan Lewis, CEO of Amec Foster Wheeler, Carr will be a member of the company’s leadership team, Am
Offshore safety body looks into Total’s Martin Linge development
Norway’s offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found several non-conformities and improvement points during the audit of Total’s Martin Linge development, offshore Norway. Total E&P Norge (Total) is the operator of the Martin Linge field, located near the British part of th
Sabine Pass Train 2 produces first LNG, Genscape says
The second train at Cheniere’s Sabine pass liquefaction and export plant in Louisiana has started producing liquefied natural gas, according to analytics firm Genscape, that has infrared cameras pointed at the facility. “Genscape’s IR cameras witnessed the methane stacks come online with the increas
Dunkirk LNG postpones 2nd commissioning cargo
France’s Dunkirk LNG terminal said Tuesday it has postponed its second commissioning cargo after an incident last week which led to the evacuation of the terminal’s workers. The arrival of the second commissioning cargo “initially planned on August 7th, is postponed to the first half of September,”
UK Detains Three More Foreign Ships in July
Three more foreign-flagged vessels were detained in UK ports during July 2016 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection, the country’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said. In addition, four vessels remained under detention from previous months. Vessels detained during the previous mont
Japan’s JGC mulls building small LNG plant in Sakhalin
Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp is considering building a small liquefied natural gas plant on Russia’s remote Sakhalin island, according to a statement by the Sakhalin region government. The Sakhalin Island is the home of Russia’s only producing LNG plant, Sakhalin-2, with a capacity of about 10
GasLog Partners plans to raise $54 million in public offering
New York-listed GasLog Partners, the master limited partnership focused on owning, operating and acquiring LNG carriers, has on Monday announced a public offering of its common units to raise up to US$53.6 million. GasLog Partners said in a statement it plans to issue 2,750,000 common units at a pri
Europa gets extension of two licenses offshore Ireland
Europa Oil & Gas has received notification from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE) that Phase 1 of Frontier Exploration Licenses (FEL) 2/13 and 3/13 in the South Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland, has been extended by one year. The company said on Tuesday that t
Oilfield services firm Petrofac finds no evidence of bribery by Unaoil
UK oilfield services provider Petrofac said on Monday its investigation of bribery allegations has found no evidence that implicate it in a global bribery scandal related to Monaco-based service provider Unaoil. To remind, the Huffington Post and its Australian partner, Fairfax Media, earlier this y
Offshore safety in UK shows signs of improvement, report says
Oil & Gas UK’ Health & Safety Report has indicated that personal safety performance across oil and gas operations on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) continued to improve in 2015. Oil & Gas UK, a body representing the oil and gas players in the UK, stated in the report published on Monday, August 1 t
France’s Dunkirk LNG terminal back on track, 2nd comissioning cargo coming from Peru
France’s fourth LNG import terminal in the port of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) has resumed activities following an incident last week which led to the evacuation of the terminal’s workers. The Dunkirk LNG terminal, that is currently in commissioning phase, was put into safe conditions last Monday due to “LN
Baltic Sea pipeline to shut down for maintenance works
Nord Stream AG will be conducting its annual maintenance work on the twin gas Baltic Sea pipeline system between August 9 and 17. Nord Stream is a consortium of five companies established in 2005 for the planning, construction and subsequent operation of two 1,224-kilometre natural gas pipelines thr
Oil rises after month of steady decline but oversupply still weighs
By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil rose on Monday, driven by new orders as traders staked out positions at the start of the new month, but the market remains dogged by plentiful crude supplies, a flood of refined products, and a weakening economic outlook. Brent crude was at $43.72 per b