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  • Shell to commission two new subsea wells on Draugen

    29 April 2016

    Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has granted its approval to the oil giant Shell to use two subsea wells on the Draugen field, offshore Norway.  Shell is the operator of the Draugen oil field at Haltenbanken located in block 6407/12 in the Norwegian Sea, around 150 kilometres north of Kristiansund. Production from the […]

  • DOF finds work for its vessels

    21 December 2015

    Norway’s DOF and DOF Subsea have been awarded several IMR and subsea installation contracts in the Asia Pacific and Atlantic regions, with a total contract value of around NOK 270 million ($30.8 million). In Asia Pacific, OMV New Zealand has awarded DOF Subsea an IMR contract, where the scope of work includes inspection and work on […]

  • ‘Safe Boreas’ sailing towards Lundin contract

    22 January 2015

    Safe Boreas, a newly built offshore accommodation rig owned by Prosafe, is on its way to Norway. The rig was named at a ceremony in Singapore in October last year. According to the owner, Prosafe, the flotel was delivered from Jurong Shipyard in Singapore earlier this month. The rig is currently sailing through the Strait […]

  • Woodside postpones Browse FEED

    16 December 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Australian oil and gas company Woodside, as operator of the Browse FLNG Development, has advised that a revised schedule into front-end engineering and design (FEED) entry has been agreed by the Browse Joint Venture.  To remind, Woodside is progressing floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) as the preferred development concept to commercialise “globally significant” resources in the Browse Basin, located approximately 425 km offshore north of […]

  • Total gets nod for North Sea Well

    28 May 2014

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Total E&P Norge AS a drilling permit for well 34/6-3S, in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. Well 34/6-3S will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig, after concluding drilling of wildcat well 35/9-6 S for RWE Dea Norge AS in production licence 420. The drilling […]

  • Technip scoops FEED job for Peterhead CCS project

    5 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Technip will provide FEED for world’s first commercial gas carbon capture and storage project in Scotland.

  • Norway: PSA Inspects Emergency Preparedness for Knarr FPSO

    13 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of Teekay Petroljarl’s (TKPJ) planning and establishment of emergency preparedness for Knarr FPSO on 29 May 2012. As part of the development of the Knarr field outside western Norway, BG Norge has awarded TKPJ a contract for construction and operation of a floating production facility (FPSO). […]

  • UK: Centrica Awards AMEC East Irish Sea Contract

    28 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by Centrica Energy Upstream to provide engineering, construction and project support services for their East Irish Sea onshore and offshore gas production assets. The 5-year contract is valued at £75 million (USD 117.4 million). AMEC’s scope of work includes project support, core operations and […]

  • Norway: Talisman Gets Approval to Use MSV Regalia on Yme Offshore Field

    20 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Talisman Energy Norge AS (TENAS) consent to use the MSV Regalia mobile living quarters facility on the Yme field.  About Yme Yme is an oil field in the southeastern part of the North Sea, 110 km southwest of Egersund. The field has previously been in production, but […]

  • Norway: Statoil Ends Search for Missing Person

    9 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    Statoil ends the search for the 48-year-old man who was reported missing on the Visund platform in the North Sea on Thursday 6 October. The search of the seabed around the platform was unsuccessful. Boats and helicopters have been involved in the search for the missing man. A search party and dog have searched the […]

  • BG Group Announces Another Gas Discovery Offshore Tanzania

    1 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    BG Group today announced that its second Tanzanian exploration well, Chewa-1, has also discovered gas. The well, located in Block 4 approximately 80 kilometres offshore southern Tanzania in a water depth of around 1 300 metres, is some eight kilometres north-west of BG Group’s Pweza-1 gas discovery announced in October*. Chewa-1, operated by Ophir Energy […]

  • Niras Wins Contract for Tanzania’s Tanga Port

    29 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    Niras to develop Tanga oil terminal and the national port masterplan for Tanzania.

  • New Dolphin Drilling’s Drillship Named at HHI Ulsan Yard (South Korea)

    19 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based Dolphin Drilling Ltd, one of the oldest and largest independent drilling contracting companies in the North Sea, attended a naming ceremony recently to unveil the identity of a brand new state-of-the-art drillship to be operated by the company. The ceremony for the751ft long ultra deepwater asset – now known as Bolette Dolphin – took […]

  • Egypt: Fairmount Sherpa Tows Jack-up Rig Baharia I to Gulf of Suez

    30 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Tug Fairmount Sherpa has successfully towed jack-up drilling rig Baharia I to her new position in the Zeit Bay oil field in the Gulf of Suez. The Fairmount Sherpa is one of five supertugs owned by Rotterdam based Fairmount Marine. The rig move for Egyptian oil company Zeitco came just after delivering the semi-submersible drilling […]

  • Report: New Carrier SM Shipping Starts First Service in March

    21 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    SM Shipping, a new container carrier established by South Korea’s Samra Midas (SM) Group after the group acquired Asia-US route from bankrupt Hanjin Shipping, plans to start its first service on March 8 along the East and the South China Sea, Korean news site Pulse informed.  The service will depart Busan in South Korea and stop in […]

  • G6 Drops More Californian Port Calls

    15 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    After Seattle and Los Angeles, members of G6 Alliance decided to omit calls at the Port of Oakland amid ongoing congestion. Ten-to-fifteen ships are anchored in San Francisco Bay daily awaiting berths at Oakland marine terminals as the port struggles to handle record numbers of containers. According to a customer advisory, the Alliance will be […]

  • Freight Rates About to Plunge Again

    6 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    Freight rates are likely to fall further as carriers stand firm in their reluctance to reduce capacity on the Asia-Europe and transpacific trades in the winter slack season, Alphaliner warned. The overcapacity-plagued market coupled with upcoming delivery of newbuilds are expected to exert further pressure on the rates. According to Alphaliner,  60 new vessels capable […]

  • Towage Workers Discuss Industry Struggles

    22 July 2014

    More than 35 tugboat workers from around Australia have descended on the Maritime Union of Australia’s (MUA) specialised training facility at St Georges Basin to kick-off the 2014 Towage Conference.   Joining the Australian contingent was a special guest from Seattle – America’s Inland Boatmen’s Union President – Alan Cote. Cote gave delegates a more […]

  • MOL to Start Test Operation of NOx-Reducing SCR System

    8 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced plans to install the Selective catalytic Reduction (SCR) system – jointly developed by MOL, Yanmar Co., Ltd., and Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. on all three power generators of an MOL-operated oceangoing freighter for a demonstration test. This test demonstrates NOx denitration under the actual operation of freighter, to meet […]

  • Afri-Can Signs Charter Agreement for MV DP The Explorer

    5 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Afri-Can Marine Minerals Corporation has signed a charter agreement for the vessel mv DP The Explorer with International Mining and Dredging Holding Ltd. (“IMDH”) to carry out a diamond-sampling program on the Exclusive Prospecting Licence (“EPL”) 3403 Marine Diamond Concession in Namibia. The program is expected to start on or about November 25th, 2012, and […]

  • Inchcape Shipping Announces Ambitious Expansion Plan for Canada

    12 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Inchcape Shipping Services today announced an ambitious three year plan to expand its logistics and supply chain business within the Canadian marketplace whilst ramping up its east & west coast marine service business. “ISS is already a world leader in maritime support services and it is a logical next step to expand into end to […]

  • The New World Alliance to Launch New Trans-Atlantic Service

    19 January 2012
    Business & Finance

      The New World Alliance (TNWA) – APL Co. Pte Ltd (APL), Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) today announced the launch of a new Trans-Atlantic service connecting Europe and the UK with the US East Coast and Panama. The Americas Europe Express (AEE) service is TNWA’s third dedicated Trans-Atlantic service. It […]

  • Fitch: Gas Prices Likely to Be Range Bound

    15 August 2013

    Natural gas prices are likely to stay in a range between $3-$4.50 per thousand cubic feet (mcf) during the next few years, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch expects prices to remain volatile due to weather impacts, but should continue to be a range bound over the next several years due to the substantial amount of […]

  • BG Group Announces Another Gas Discovery Offshore Tanzania

    6 December 2010

    BG Group recently announced that its second Tanzanian exploration well, Chewa-1, has also discovered gas. The well, located in Block 4 approximately 80 kilometres offshore southern Tanzania in a water depth of around 1 300 metres, is some eight kilometres north-west of BG Group’s Pweza-1 gas discovery announced in October. Chewa-1, operated by Ophir Energy […]

  • Awilco LNG’s losses deepen

    10 May 2019

    Norwegian LNG transportation provider Awilco’s losses deepened quarter on quarter for the first three months of the year.