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U.S. to offer over 1 million acres in Cook Inlet lease sale
The U.S. authorities will offer more than a million acres for exploration in Alaska’s Cook Inlet in a lease sale in June. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said on Thursday around 1.09 million acres will be offered off Alaska’s southcentral coast. The lease sale “Cook Inlet Oil & Gas Leas
Dynagas LNG Partners agrees $480 mln loan
Dynagas LNG Partners, a partnership formed by Dynagas, said its unit, Arctic LNG Carriers secured a $480.0 million loan.
Ex-Chevron executive Melody Meyer joins BP’s board
Melody Meyer was elected as a non-executive director for UK-based energy giant BP at the company’s annual general meeting on Wednesday. Meyer has extensive experience in the global oil and gas industry, with 37 years of service with Chevron, including senior leadership roles internationally. Meyer w
Barrier management probe finds irregularities on Statoil’s Kristin
Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found five non-conformities and several improvement points during an audit of Statoil’s barrier management at the Kristin platform off Norway. PSA said on Friday that the audit revealed regulatory non-conformities relating to approp
Ezra extends ‘Lewek Connector’ charter
Ocean Yield has secured a contract extension for its Lewek Connector subsea vessel with Singapore’s Ezra Holdings. The extension, at an unchanged dayrate of $40.000, is for three months. Ezra, which has recently filed for bankruptcy protection, will have an option to extend for up to two months, at
EIA: Sabine Pass ships four LNG cargoes, Henry Hub climbs
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass liquefaction terminal in Louisiana, currently the only such a facility to ship U.S. shale gas overseas, has exported four cargoes of the fuel in the week ending May 17, according to the Energy Information Administration. Four vessels with a total LNG-carrying capacity of 13.8
Intesa set for more Russia deals after winning Putin’s favor over Rosneft
Italian lender Intesa Sanpaolo took on a deal rival banks had turned down when it advised on the sale of a stake in sanctioned Russian oil major Rosneft last year, and by pulling off the sale it won favour from the Kremlin.
Spotted: Libra FPSO Reaches Brazilian Waters
In today’s spotted we bring you an image of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Pioneiro de Libra which arrived in Brazilian territorial waters on May 17. Libra FPSO set sail on March 28 from the Singapore-based Jurong shipyard where the conversion of the unit has been taking pla
PSA Inspects Statoil’s Riser Replacements
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Statoil’s management of riser replacements. The audit took place initially at Statoil’s offices in Fornebu and later at the premises of the supplier, NOV, in Kalundborg and Brøndby, Denmark. The audit was based on previous follow-up
Top Six Largest Boxships
Starting with the latest addition to the global fleet of super-sized containerships, the recently-christened 21,413 teu OOCL Hong Kong has taken the title of the largest ship in the world based on its advertised nominal container intake. However, the sea giant features 191,317 in dwt capacity, consi
Tellurian cancels share sale
Tellurian, the company developing the 26-mtpa Driftwood LNG export facility, and an associated pipeline canceled its plans to sell company shares.
GALLERY: Eni’s Jangkrik development offshore Indonesia
Following the start of gas production at Eni’s Jangkrik development off Indonesia, Offshore Energy Today has obtained images of the project made by one of the workers involved in the project execution. This deep water project was brought online on Monday, May 15, which was ahead of schedule and thre
Six Crew Kidnapped from Cargo Ship off Nigeria
Six crew members have been kidnapped from a general cargo vessel off Nigeria, according to ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) report. Pirates boarded an unidentified ship while it was underway around 21 nautical miles south of Nigerian Coast on May 17. Following the attack, pirates escaped. T
Hebron waiting for ice to pass
Exxon’s giant Hebron platform in Canada, christened back in April, has yet to sail away to its offshore location. During the platform launching ceremony held at Nalcor Energy’s Bull Arm Fabrication site, it was said that the sailaway to the Atlantic waters offshore Canada was “imminent.” It’s been a