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Maersk Group names new CEO
Søren Skou has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of A.P. Møller – Mærsk, replacing Nils S. Andersen, who will leave the Maersk Group, effective July 1, 2016.
Vroon takes delivery of AHTS VOS Challenge
Shipping company Vroon has taken delivery of its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel VOS Challenge in China. According to the company, the vessel left Fujian Southeast Shipyard (FSES) in Fuzhou, China on Thursday, June 23 at the start of her journey to Thailand, where she will be delivered to c
ORPC Ireland Bags Horizon 2020 Funding
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) Ireland has been selected for European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme funding to advance its hydrokinetic technology. Through the MaREI Centre in the environmental Research Institute, University College Cork (UCC), lab testing will be conducted at the Lir Na
UK: OGA’s first hackathon focuses on well plug & abandonment
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has brought operators and the supply chain together to uncover solutions applicable to the Southern North Sea’s (SNS) well plug and abandonment (P&A) market at its first hackathon event held on Thursday in Aberdeen. As oil and gas fields approach end of life, P&A is
Shell slapped with safety improvement notice after North Sea gas leak
Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has been served with an improvement notice by the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over last year’s hydrocarbon leak on the company’s unmanned installation in the UK sector of the North Sea. Following a gas leak on Shell’s Caravel, a fixed, normally-unattended insta
First SOV for Siemens’ Offshore Wind Farms Delivered (Gallery)
Ulstein Verft today delivered a service operation vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte in 2015 to operate on Siemens’ offshore wind projects. The SOV is the first of two being constructed for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service. It will be deployed at the Ge
Stockholm court rejects Lithuania’s Gazprom claim
A four-year-long dispute between Lithuania and Russia’s gas giant Gazprom has ended with the court ruling against the Baltic country, which filed a €1.5bn ($1.7bn) claim over gas pricing.
BIMCO Covers Shipping Contract Novation Loopholes
BIMCO has published three standard novation agreements that provide a legal framework to change one of the original parties to a contract. Corporate changes such as restructuring, sale of a company or sale of part of a company’s interests may make it necessary to replace an original contracting part
Incident probe on Statoil’s Visund finds well barrier breaches
Norway’s offshore security watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has identified multiple regulation breaches during its investigation of the well-control incident at Statoil’s Visund A platform in the Norwegian North Sea. Statoil, who is the operator of the Visund field, shut down producti
Atlas Finds Two Race Bank Site Technicians in Grimsby
Two candidates have signed contracts with Atlas Professionals for DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm, where they will be working as Site Technicians on rotation for two years. In April, Atlas hosted an offshore wind recruitment day on behalf of DONG Energy at the Grimsby Institute in the UK,
Denmark Loses One Kriegers Flak Bidder
A consortium comprising German companies wpd and Stadtwerke München and Danish HOFOR, set up to bid for the development of Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm, has withdrawn from the bidding process, according to the national media and Danish Wind Industry Association (DWIA). The consortium has reporte
Investigation launched after fire breaks out on North Sea platform
An investigation has been launched after a fire broke out on CNR International’s offshore platform Ninian South located in the UK sector of the North Sea. Following reports of a fire on the North Sea platform, Offshore Energy Today reached out to the field operator seeking confirmation and further d
Fire Erupts in Venezia Porto Marghera
Venetian firefighters were called to intervene after a fifteen-meter-high crane caught fire in the port area of Porto Marghera at around 9:30 PM local time Wednesday, according to the Department of firefighters, public rescue and civil defense. The fire quickly engulfed the crane, however, the opera
Noble given go ahead for Leviathan platform FEED deal
Leviathan partners, Delek Drilling and Avner Oil Exploration have authorized Noble Energy, the operator of the Leviathan project to enter into a front end engineering design contract (FEED) for the production platform for the field.