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Woodside’s Karratha gas plant hit by production outage
Australian LNG player Woodside said its Karratha gas plant had suffered an unexpected production outage on Saturday. Work to restart production at the gas plant, which hosts the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project, is underway, Reuters reported on Wednesday citing a Woodside
Keppel Wins Over USD 60 Mn Worth of Modification Deals
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has through its wholly owned subsidiary, Keppel Shipyard, won four contracts worth a total of SGD 85 million (around USD 61.4 million) for the conversion, repair and modification of vessels. “Despite the current challenging market conditions, we continue to
Maersk, Rosneft hit by cyberattack
A ransomware cyberattack named Petya, or NOTPetya according to Kaspersky Labs, has hit organizations around the globe, including the Ukraine government, Denmark’s Maersk Group, and the Russian oil company Rosneft. According to several news reports screens around the world are receiving a ransomware
Photo of the Day: Stemat Spirit and Ndurance in Action at Galloper OWF
VBMS has published a photo of its cable laying vessels Stemat Spirit and Ndurance working at the Galloper offshore wind farm, while Seajacks Hydra is accommodating the personnel at the wind farm site.
James Fisher Marine Services Upgrades Dart Fisher OSV
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has announced the completed refurbishment and upgrade of its offshore support vessel, the Dart Fisher.
Statoil told to improve plans for drilling in Barents Sea South-East
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority, has identified improvement points during an audit of Statoil’s planning process for exploration drilling of well 7435/12-1 in the Barents Sea South-East area. According to the regulator, Barents Sea South-East is a new area for explorat
BOEM done with GOM lease sale evaluation. 10 bids rejected
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) completed its required evaluation of offers received for offshore blocks in Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 247, held on March 22, 2017. The sale offered 9,118 unleased blocks, covering 48 million acres. During Sale 247, 28 companies pa
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Malaysia’s Sapura Energy completes Prelude job
Sapura Energy of Malaysia has completed a light well intervention campaign at Shell’s Prelude FLNG development off the coast of Western Australia. Awarded in June 2016, the campaign marks the first official project for Shell in Australia and is the first of the five-year call-off service agreement t
Japan says no to destination clause for new LNG contracts
The Japanese Fair Trade Commission on Wednesday said that all new contracts for liquefied natural gas (LNG) must not contain restrictions on the resale of cargoes after it completed a formal investigation into the destination clauses. The anti-monopoly regulator late last year ordered Japan’s LNG bu
China’s LNG imports surge in May
China’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose 104 percent in May as compared to the same month in the year before, according to the data by the General Administration of Customs. The world’s largest energy consumer imported 2.91 million mt of the chilled fuel last month as compared to 1.43 mil
Sapura Energy unplugs Prelude wells
Malaysia’s Sapura Energy has completed the Shell Prelude Light Well Intervention (“LWI”) Campaign – plug removal activity for Shell in the Browse Basin, Australia. The campaign was part of the Shell Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Project. Awarded in June 2016, the campaign marks the first of
Santos: Barossa drilling results ‘positive’
Australian energy company Santos has announced positive results of its two-well appraisal drilling program in the Barossa field, offshore Darwin, Australia. The project is operated by ConocoPhillips. The results has strengthened the field’s position as lead candidate to supply backfill gas to Darwin
Skangas adds new board member
Norwegian LNG supplier and terminal operator, Skangas has appointed Jarmo Honkamaa as a new member of its board of directors. Honkamaa is Chief Executive of the consulting company Tixicon and has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He has earlier worked in senior positions