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Air Products to build Saudi Arabia tech center
US-based LNG equipment maker, Air Products signed an agreement with Dhahran Techno Valley Company to build and develop a technology center to serve Saudi Arabia and the Middle East region. Air Products’ new technology center is currently being designed and is expected to be fully operational by 2019
Canada Fines Coast Guard Ship for Violating Speed Limit Rule
Transport Canada has issued another CAD 6,000 penalty to the Canadian Coast Guard ship Sir William Alexander for an alleged non-compliance with the temporary mandatory slow down aimed at preventing whale deaths. The vessel owner has 30 days to pay the penalty or to ask the Transportation Appeal Trib
Gazprom pens LNG sales deal with GNPC
Gazprom’s unit Gazprom Global LNG signed a 12-year gas sales agreement with Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) starting in 2019.
Brazil: 32 oil firms taking part in 14th bidding round next week
Brazil is organizing a bidding round in which it is set to offer 287 blocks to oil and gas companies for exploration and production of oil and natural gas in nine sedimentary basins. Of the 287 blocks to be offered on September 27, 110 will be offshore. A separate round will be held in October [&hel
Energy Transfer Partners allowed to continue Rover pipeline operations
Energy Transfer Partners received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to resume horizontal directional drilling (HDD) operations along the Rover pipeline project.
LNG futures contract trading for Dubai, Kuwait, India spot cargoes starts in Singapore
Singapore Exchange has started trading the futures contract for liquefied natural gas (LNG) delivered to Dubai, Kuwait and India.
OEEC Community Square: Full program revealed
Community Square on the Offshore Energy exhibition floor – this year at the front of Hall 2 – will offer an exciting free to attend program of ON AIR talk-shows and Knowledge Café meetings on industry transformation. A wide range of stakeholders of E&P companies and utilities, supply chain companies
NADL gets NYSE boot
North Atlantic Drilling, a subsidiary of offshore driller Seadrill, is set to be delisted from the New York Stock exchange, following recent restructuring news. Namely, the harsh-environment subsidiary of Seadrill has received a written notice from NYSE Regulation that its common stock is no longer
Report: Petronas hires ultra-deepwater drillship at $170k per day
Cash-strapped Pacific Drilling has reportedly found work for its Pacific Santa Ana drillship which has been out of work since January. The driller, recently suspended from trading in New York for not fulfilling the required trading conditions, has, according to VesselsValue found employment for its
SyncHoist Keeps Tahkoluoto Foundations In Line
Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, a Finnish-based wind power production company, has used a SyncHoist load positioning system from Enerpac Heavy Lifting Technology for the installation of gravity base foundations at the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in Pori, Finland.
Germany Wants to Transform Ports into Digital Hubs
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure has launched the second call for applications as part of the Funding Program for Innovative Port Technologies. With the program, entitled Förderprogramm für Innovative Hafentechnologien (IHATEC), the ministry supports projects which
Klaipedos Nafta begins LNG reloading station commissioning
Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of the first Lithuanian LNG terminal, started commissioning works at the LNG reloading station following the initial cargo delivery by Shell.
Equatorial Guinea, Burkina Faso pen LNG MoU
Equatorial Guinea’s ministry of hydrocarbons has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Burkina Faso to supply the West African country with LNG and build critical infrastructure to import, store and transport gas. According to a statement by E. Guinea’s hydrocarbons’ ministry,
Safety body finds room for improvement on Statoil’s Visund A
Norwegian oil and gas safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found several non-conformities and improvement points during an audit of drilling and well operations on Statoil’s Visund A. PSA said on Monday that the audit of Visund A, conducted from March 29 to April 7, was focused on