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Top News of the Week, 12 – 18 February 2018
Top News of the Week, 12 – 18 February 2018
Popular news, February 12 – 18, 2018
Offshore Energy Today’s most popular news of the past week.
Top news of the week February 12-17
Two contractors shortlisted to build LNG Canada’s Kitimat export plant Shell-led LNG Canada said it had short-listed two international consortiums for the engineering, procurement and construction of its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia. USA: Cheniere
300 Kg of Cocaine Found on Danaos Boxship in Genoa
Italian authorities seized up to 300 kg of cocaine from a containership berthed at the Port of Genoa.
SeaBird terminates seismic vessel charter
Marine seismic acquisition provider SeaBird Exploration has terminated an agreement for the charter of the Munin Explorer seismic vessel.
GasLog posts profit in 2017, orders another LNG carrier at SHI
Monaco-based LNG shipper GasLog reported a profit for the full-year of 2017 as compared to a net loss in the previous year. Profit attributable to GasLog owners reached $15.5 million last year as compared to a loss of $21.4 million the year before. Revenues were $525.2 million for the year ended Dec
Maersk CEO: Unmanned Containerships Not in My Lifetime
Skou doesn’t expect crewless containerships in his lifetime.
Poland’s PGNiG in small-scale LNG push
Poland’s state-owned gas company PGNiG is looking to boost the number of users of trucked liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the country. PGNiG is in charge of all the LNG supplies coming to Poland’s import terminal in Świnoujście operated by Gaz-System’s unit Polskie LNG. The company said in a statemen
DEME’s Cable Layer Hit by Fire
A fire broke out on board DEME’s cable layer Living Stone on Wednesday afternoon in Santurzi, Spain.
DEME’s Living Stone Catches Fire in Santurtzi
DEME Group’s advanced cable lay vessel Living Stone caught fire while under construction in a shipyard in Santurtzi, Spain.
Cocaine Found on board Boxship in Santos, Brazil
Drug traffickers continue to target commercial ships for hiding their illicit shipments.
Dynagas LNG Partners posts lower profit in Q4
Dynagas LNG Partners, a limited partnership formed by the Greek shipowner Dynagas, reported fourth-quarter net income of $5.6 million, down 63.7 percent year-on-year. Earnings per common unit for the three months ended December 31 were 11 cents share. The US-listed LNG shipper that operates a fleet
Eni swings to profit in 2017
Italy’s state-controlled energy giant Eni on Friday said it swung to a net profit last year on the back of higher oil and gas prices and an increase in production. Eni reported a net profit of 3.43 billion euros ($4.3 billion) for the full year of 2017, compared to a 1.46 billion euros loss in the y
Russia’s Gazprom to build two small-scale LNG plants to fuel locomotives
Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Thursday it plans to build two small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities to fuel locomotives owned by Russian Railways. To remind, a unit of Gazprom began supplying LNG last year to three locomotives owned by Russian Railways. However, according