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GALLERY: Maersk Supply takes delivery of second Starfish vessel
Danish offshore vessel provider Maersk Supply Service has taken delivery of the Maersk Mariner, the second of six Starfish anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels being built in Norway. Maersk Supply said on Thursday that the Starfish anchor handler Maersk Mariner was delivered on that day by Klev
Eagle LNG files for export permit from Maxville facility
Eagle LNG requested the United States Department of Energy to grant a long-term export authorization from its Maxville facility currently under construction in Jacksonville.
NSRI Medevacs Bulker Crewman off Port Elizabeth
A Filipino crewman was medevacked from the bulk carrier Cape Orchid off Port Elizabeth on June 30, South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) informed. As explained, NSRI Port Elizabeth launched a sea rescue craft to rendezvous with the bulker to evacuate the medically ill 41-year-old seafa
MMA completes Dampier base sale
Australian offshore vessel owner MMA Offshore has completed the sale of its Dampier Supply Base to Toll Group. MMA Offshore will used the net proceeds from the sale of the supply base to reduce debt. Also, the sale of MMA’s 50% share of the Toll Mermaid Logistics Broome Supply Base to Toll completed
Port of Milford Haven gets new chairman
The United Kingdom’s Port of Milford Haven where the South Hook and Dragon LNG terminals are located named Chris Martin as its new chairman, effective August 1.
U.S. cuts royalty rates for Gulf of Mexico lease sale to reflect market conditions
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has decided to set the royalty rate at 12.5 percent for leases located in water depths less than 200 meters in the proposed Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Sale 249. BOEM said on Thursday that the new rate was lower than the 18.75 percent royalty rate for shall
Gallery: Four Nabucco Makes A Stop at Port of Palm Beach
Image Courtesy: Port of Palm Beach Bulk carrier Four Nabucco visited the Port of Palm Beach’s Berth 14 on Friday, June 30. The 34,400 dwt vessel was docked for the weekend to unload shipments of steel. Built at SPP shipyard in South Korea in 2010, the Handy bulk carrier has a length of 180 meters an
Australia: Gladstone LNG exports up in June
LNG exports from the three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island offshore Gladstone reached 1.7 million mt during June, according to the data from the Gladstone Ports Corporation.
Eco Atlantic upbeat over Tullow’s Namibia farm-out
Eco Atlantic has welcomed the news on Tullow Oil’s farm-out of a portion of a stake in an offshore license in Nambia to India’s ONGC. As Offshore Energy Today has reported, ONGC Videsh has reached a binding agreement with Tullow Oil to buy 30 percent interest in Namibia Petroleum Exploration License
Expertise Hub on Offshore WIND
Offshore WIND marked the beginning of this month by posting the first videos from its latest Expertise Hub series on Monday, 3 July, and our team decided to add a new batch of interviews each week with the final Expertise Hub interviews scheduled to go online by the end of August.
Expertise Hub on Offshore WIND
Offshore WIND marked the beginning of this month by posting the first videos from its latest Expertise Hub series on Monday, 3 July, and our team decided to add a new batch of interviews each week with the final Expertise Hub interviews scheduled to go online by the end of August.
Total: Ichthys LNG project unaffected by SHI shipyard accident
France’s Total said the start-up of Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project in which the company owns a 30 percent interest, in unaffected following a tragic accident at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea.
Timor-Leste shoreline could hold world-class resources
Timor-Leste’s national oil company Timor Gap has said that the country’s offshore areas could hold “world-class” oil and gas resources. The company has received encouraging interpretation of its 2016 Crocodile seismic survey carried out by BGP Prospector, a 12 streamer seismic vessel over the PSC TL
GNF, Petronieves open public LNG station in Barcelona
Spanish LNG operator Gas Natural Fenosa opened the first public LNG-fueling station in Barcelona’s Zona Franca with the energy company Petronieves.