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Australia: ConocoPhillips completes Barossa appraisal campaign
Houston-based energy giant ConocoPhillips and its partners announced positive results from the two-well appraisal drilling campaign in the Barossa field off Northern Territory, strengthening the field’s position as lead candidate to supply backfill gas to the Darwin LNG plant. Well logs and pressure
Wartsila to supply engines for Indonesian gas-fired power plant
Finnish engine maker Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide engines for PLN’s peaking power plant in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia. The national utility PLN has appointed a consortium between PT WIKA and TSK Electronica Y Electricidad S.A. to deliver the power plant. The power plant will be powered by 13
Finland’s Port of Helsinki releases LNG bunkering manual
The Port of Helsinki announced on Tuesday that, in response to liquefied natural gas becoming an increasingly popular marine fuel, it has published instructions for the safe LNG bunkering of ships. With the expansion of the sulphur emission control area of the Baltic Sea, LNG is becoming an increasi
FORESEA Opens New Call for Offshore Renewable Energy Tech
The FORESEA (Funding Ocean Renewable Energy through Strategic European Action) programme opened its third call for support package applications on Wednesday. Support packages will help commercialize offshore renewable energy technologies by giving free access to FORESEA’s network of test sites. The
MacGregor, ESL Shipping to test cranes on LNG-powered bulkers
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, and ESL Shipping, part of Aspo Plc, have agreed to jointly develop and test an autonomous discharging feature on MacGregor bulk handling cranes. The cranes will be fitted on board ESL Shipping’s two new LNG-powered handysize bulk carriers. “Autonomous crane operation imp
Medvedev congratulates Shell on 125 years in Russia
Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev has sent a letter to Shell, congratulating the oil giant’s 125th anniversary in Russia. You can read the full letter below. Dear friends, 2017 is a special year for your company, as it marks 125 years since Shell first came to Russia. Please accept my sincere c
Number of Ships Berthing in Oman Soars after Qatar Crisis
Oman seems to have benefited considerably on the back of the Qatar-Gulf Crisis as it has seen the number of vessels berthing in the country jump by 75 pct during the same week as the diplomatic fallout, CargoSmart’s data shows. Specifically, prior to the dispute the highest number of recorded vessel
Pirates Board Tanker off Malaysia, Steal Diesel Oil
Armed pirates attacked a tanker off Malaysia on June 23, stealing the ship’s diesel cargo, the IMB piracy reporting center informed. The attack occurred some 33 nautical miles northeast of Kuantan while the tanker was en route from Singapore to Songkhla, Thailand. After approaching in a speed boat,
Report: USS Fitzgerald Failed to Respond to Warning Signals before Collision?
USS Fitzgerald, a US Navy warship which collided with the Philippine-flagged containership ACX Crystal in Japanese waters on June 17, did not respond to warning signals and change the course moments before the incident, Reuters said, referring to a report from the boxship’s captain. The warship coll
LDT books additional capacity at Lithuania’s LNG terminal
Lithuania’s natural gas supply and trading company Lietuvos Dujų Tiekimas has booked additional capacity at the country’s first LNG import terminal in the port of Klaipeda. Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of the LNG import facility, said Tuesday it concluded a deal with LDT under which the latter gets
Petrel in arbitration with Woodside over Irish seismic program
Irish oil & gas explorer Petrel Resources is in arbitration with the Australian energy company Woodside Energy due to alleged breach of contract related to a seismic program over a license offshore Ireland. Petrel and Woodside were partners in two Irish Atlantic licenses, FEL 3/14 and FEL 4/14, afte
Technical Session: Asset Integrity
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Product Tanker Grounds off Kenya
The 1988-built product tanker Theresa Arctic, which ran aground off the coast of Kilifi in Kenya on June 20, could soon be refloated, according to local media. The Netherlands-based SMIT Salvage, as well as the local salvage company Alpha Logistics were reportedly hired to undertake the refloating o
Six Turbines Up at Tahkoluoto OWF
The sixth Siemens 4.2MW turbine was installed at the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm this morning (27 June).