Leviathan Platform Starts Voyage to Israel
The gas platform for the Leviathan natural gas field is on its way to Israel from the Gulf of Mexico, the partners in the project said on Sunday.The first of four barges transporting the production…
Bangladesh Shelves LNG Projects as Others Ramp Up
Bangladesh has put aside two smaller liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects with trading houses Gunvor and Vitol to focus on two larger LNG import terminals, one of which is already in use while…
Inpex to Ship First Ichthys LNG Cargo by End of September
Inpex said it expects to ship first cargo from its Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia by the end of September after safety issues have been resolved, maintaining an earlier…
Bangladesh Drops Trafigura in LNG Talks as Gunvor Advances
Bangladesh has terminated talks with Swiss-based commodity trader Trafigura to install a small floating liquefied natural gas (LNG ) import terminal due to delays in agreeing terms, while rival…
Statoil Works to Restart Troll A Gas Platform
Norway's Statoil is working on start-up procedures to restore gas production from its Troll A platform in the North Sea, which was shut on Tuesday following a power outage and a related gas leak, the firm said on Wednesday.
Statoil Shutters Troll A Output After Power Outage
Norway's Statoil has shut down production at its Troll A gas platform in the North Sea following a power outage, the company said on Tuesday. "The production has been closed down due to the…
Shell Staff Return to GoM Platform after Harvey
Royal Dutch Shell staff have returned to a major oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico in preparation to restart production one week after its shutdown due to Hurricane Harvey, industry sources said on Wednesday.
Gas Starts Flowing from BP's New Offshore Fields
BP has started producing gas from two new projects offshore Trinidad and Tobago and Australia, the company said on Monday, further boosting output that is helping the company to turn a corner after a bruising market downturn.
Drilling Rig in Norway Gets All its Power from Land to Cut Emissions
An offshore drilling rig hired by Norwegian oil and gas producer Aker BP is getting all its power from electricity produced onshore, the firm said on Thursday, in a move that cuts carbon emissions and could be a world first.
Hempel: New Coatings for Offshore Structures
Hempel has launched two new advanced coatings specifically developed to protect the vulnerable “splash zone” areas of offshore structures. The “splash zone” is the area of an offshore asset (oil & gas platform or wind turbine…
MOL Invests in Self-Elevating Platform Vessel Operator
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced a plan to acquire a 5% share in Seajacks International Limited (Seajacks) Group, which owns and operates five Self-Elevating Platform vessels(*1), from Marubeni Corporation.
Lift Boat Crew Rescued in US Gulf
Four crewmembers aboard the lift boat Superior Trust were rescued after the vessel became unstable near Southwest Pass, La., Wednesday. U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received…
TOCFO Completes Fabrication of Juniper Topsides
Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Unlimited (TOFCO) said it has recently completed work for the Juniper offshore gas platform topsides at its facility in La Brea, Trinidad. The project marks a…
Partial Shutdown at North Sea Platform, Storage Outage Drive Up Prices
British wholesale gas prices rose on Monday as a partial shutdown of the Elgin-Franklin platform in the North Sea and an extended outage at a gas storage facility tightened supplies, traders said.
Statoil Restarts Gullfaks A after Gas Leak
Statoil said on Monday production at its Gullfaks A oil and gas platform offshore Norway had restarted late on Sunday after the platform had been shut due to a gas leak. The incident at Gullfaks…
Maersk Pressures Danish Government with Gas Field Closure
Maersk to shut Tyra field if no viable solution found this year. A.P. Moller-Maersk's oil subsidiary said on Monday it will shut Denmark's largest gas field in 2018 if it cannot find an economically…
Technip Confirms Losing Dong Energy Contract
French oil services firm Technip said on Tuesday it had been informed by Dong Energy <IPO-DONG.CO> that the Danish utility had terminated a contract to build an oil and gas platform for its Hejre field.
DONG Postpones Major Oil Project Offshore Denmark
DONG Energy <IPO-DONG.CO> has terminated a contract to build an oil and gas platform for its Hejre field, postponing indefinitely the major development offshore Denmark, the Danish majority state-owned utility said on Tuesday.
Three Workers Missing in Offshore Platform Accident
Three workers are missing after an accident at an offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan, Azeri state energy company SOCAR said on Friday. SOCAR said a small cabin, where workers were living…
Baltic States Look to Cut Energy Cord with Russia
Baltic states are looking to synchronise their electricity grids with Nordic countries, away from Russia, in a move that has angered the Kremlin and could cost hundreds of millions of euros, government and energy officials said.
