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Offshore WindForce Using LDD’s Pre-Piling Template at Wikinger
LDD, in collaboration with its sister companies from Acteon Group, UTEC and MENCK, has delivered a subsea Pre-Piling Template (PPT) to Offshore WindForce (OWF), which is installing 70 foundations at the Wikinger offshore wind farm. LDD’s PPT is being used by OWF, a joint venture between Boskalis and
Update: French LNG terminal strikes end
(Updated with a further comment by an Elengy spokeswoman to say that two LNG tankers have been redirected due to the strikes) Workers at Elengy’s three LNG terminals have called off their almost four week-long strikes. France has been hit by a wave of strikes aimed at forcing President Francois Holl
Scottish Renewables, WWF Welcome Nigg Energy Park Deal
Scottish Renewables and WWF Scotland have responded to news that Global Energy Group and Siemens have signed a contract securing the use of Nigg Energy Park for the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm project. Lindsay Roberts, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “The contract signed today wi
Siemens to Showcase Its LCOE-Lowering Portfolio at Global Offshore Wind 2016
Siemens will present technologies and services that will help lowering the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) at the Global Offshore Wind 2016 (GOW) trade show, to be held on 21 and 22 June in Manchester. The company will showcase new technologies in wind turbines, grid connection, and operations
Siemens to Showcase Its LCOE-Lowering Portfolio at Global Offshore Wind 2016
Siemens will present technologies and services that will help lowering the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) at the Global Offshore Wind 2016 (GOW) trade show, to be held on 21 and 22 June in Manchester. The company will showcase new technologies in wind turbines, grid connection, and operations
Photo of the Day: Pacific Orca Gearing Up for Rampion at Teesport
Pacific Orca has arrived at PD Ports’ newly redeveloped £35 million quay at Teesport, where it will be berthed at Number One Quay for several weeks while being fitted with a pile gripper that has been constructed on site. The vessel, owned by Swire Blue Ocean, will then sail away to the Rampion offs
GasLog completes bond issuance in Norwegian market
Monaco-based LNG shipper completed the issuance of NOK750 million (approx. US$90 million) new unsecured bonds in the Norwegian market.
Repsol: Synergies from Talisman acquisition grow
Spanish oil company Repsol in May 2015 bought Canada’s Talisman for $8.3 billion. In an update on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Repsol said that the synergies created with the integration of Talisman have grown from an estimated 220 million dollars annually when the acquisition was announced to 400 mill
LNG – Important growth space for the oil and gas sector
GE Oil & Gas and Technip have this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a joint project to explore areas to co-develop digital solutions for the LNG industry, with a particular focus on the design and build phase of new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects. The two companies will work toget
Report: EGAS wins Damietta LNG gas cuts case
The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has reportedly won the case against the Damietta LNG plant at the International Court of Arbitration in Paris.
Flex LNG co-founders call it quits
Flex LNG, the company controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, informed that Jostein Ueland and Trym Tveitnes have resigned from their positions as chief financial officer and chief technical officer. Both Ueland and Tveitnes are co-founders of Flex LNG, which was established in August 2006. They
GE Oil & Gas, Technip to explore digital solutions for LNG industry
GE Oil & Gas signed a memorandum of understanding with Technip aimed at exploring co-development of digital solutions for the liquefied natural gas industry.
IEA: supply cuts and outages decrease oil production forecast
Unexpected outages in OPEC and non-OPEC countries have cut global oil supply by nearly 0.8 mbpd in May, dampening global production forecasts, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Tuesday, in its monthly Oil Market Report (OMR), a publication which provides a view of the state of the intern
DGI Decommissions Hydraulic System Used at Sandbank
DGI has decommissioned the hydraulic system it delivered to Bilfinger for the pile gripper used to install foundations at the Sandbank offshore wind farm site, after the installation works were completed in February. DGI Doedijns supplied the complete Hydraulic System for the Pile Gripper Frame to B