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Top news of the week September 25-30
Edison in 20-year deal to buy US LNG from Venture Global Edison, the Italian energy group owned by France’s EDF, signed a long-term deal to buy 1 million tons per year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass facility in Louisiana. Keppel and Shell in 1st commercial Singap
Shell working to resolve Corrib output disruption (Ireland)
Oil major Shell and Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) are working to resolve a gas disruption problem at one of the most significant engineering projects ever undertaken in Ireland, the Corrib offshore gas development. According to a Thursday report by Reuters, unodorized gas entered the network from the c
Jan De Nul Completes Turbine Installation at Blyth OWF
Jan De Nul installed the fifth and final MHI Vestas 8.3MW turbine at the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Project site yesterday, 28 September.
KNOT Offshore closes deal for Lena Knutsen shuttle tanker
Shuttle tankers operator KNOT Offshore Partners has completed its acquisition of the ownership interests in the company that owns and operates the shuttle tanker Lena Knutsen (KNOT Shuttle Tankers 26). KNOT Offshore announced the deal to buy the shuttle tanker back in August this year. The acquisiti
First EOWDC Jacket Top Sections En Route to Newcastle
Mandora Logistics has loaded out the first two jacket top sections built at Smulders fabrication yard in Hoboken, Belgium, for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC).
India’s GAIL seeks four LNG cargoes for Nov-Dec delivery
India’s gas utility GAIL has reportedly issued a tender seeking four cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for delivery across November and December. The first delivery is due November 10-30, with the remainder split between the first and the second half of December, Reuters reported on Friday citi
Hyundai Mipo gets LR nod for LNG cargo handling system
South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has received approval in principle from Lloyd’s Register for a cargo handling system design for a 6,600-cbm LNG bunkering vessel. Hyundai Mipo and the Hyundai Heavy Industries Corporate Research Centre jointly developed the cargo handling system design based on th
World’s largest FSRU named in South Korea
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has named its MOL FSRU Challenger during a ceremony held at the Okpo shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd in South Korea. The company claims the FSRU to be the largest in the world. MOL president and CEO Junichiro Ikeda named the vessel on Thursday, Septe
OEEC: Meet Onboard, the maritime internet of things
The long awaited Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) annually held in Amsterdam is just around the corner. Apart from the exhibition and conference program, the event, celebrating its tenth anniversary, will this year for the first time host a start-up zone, where 11 start-up companies
K2 Management Bags New Deutsche Bucht Contract
Northland Power has awarded K2 Management with a lump sum service agreement involving full scope construction management on the 252MW Deutsche Bucht (DeBu) offshore wind farm in the German sector of the North Sea.
Petrobras scoops six offshore blocks in 14th bidding round
Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras has acquired seven blocks in the 14th Round of Bids under the Shared Production regime, six of which offshore and one onshore Brazil. The bidding round was held on Wednesday by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). The ANP said earlier this we
Photo of the Day: Arkona’s Transition Pieces at Mukran Port
The Mukran Port in Sassnitz on the island of Rügen has published a photo of the transition pieces for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm.
Emas, Perisai still at loggerheads over SJR Marine put option
Singapore’s offshore vessel provider Emas Offshore, and Malaysia’s counterpart Perisai Petroleum are still at loggerheads over a put option agreement entered into in 2012. Perisai owns a 51 percent stake in SJR Marine, a company which owns the ‘Enterprise 3’ derrick lay barge, with Emas owning the r