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GEOS Wins UK, Norway Contracts for Energy Duchess Offshore Vessel

Mar 17, 2023

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Golden Energy Offshore Services AS (GEOS) has secured bring to work (B2W) contract for its offshore vessel  Energy Duchess and a medium-term contract in direct continuation.The 83.4-meter vessel of Ulstein PX121…

Malaysia: Petra Energy Wins Work for Accommodation Workboat

Mar 17, 2023

Bursa Malaysia-listed Petra Energy has secured a contract with Petronas Carigali to provide accommodation workboat Petra Galaxy.The value of the contract is based on work orders issued by PCSB throughout the contract duration, Petra Energy said Friday…

NATO's Stoltenberg, EU's von der Leyen Travel to North Sea Platform

Mar 17, 2023

The heads of NATO and the European Commission flew on Friday to a North Sea platform bigger than the Eiffel Tower in a visit underlining Norway's importance for gas supplies since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The Troll A platform extracts gas from Norway's biggest gas field…

Multiple Failures Led to Pacific Khamsin Drillship Fatality

Mar 16, 2023

Multiple training and personnel safety failures led to a 2020 worker casualty on board the Pacific Khamsin drillship in the Gulf of Mexico, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said in a recent report..A rig crewmember was killed on August 23…

Deteriorated Bollard Caused Drillship Breakaway and Collision

Mar 16, 2023

A deteriorated bollard led to a Valaris drillship breaking away and colliding with a bulk carrier in Pascagoula, Miss. last year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday.On March 12, 2022, the mobile offshore drilling unit…

Norway's Loke Buys UK Deep-sea Mining Firm from Lockheed

Mar 16, 2023

Norway's Loke Marine Minerals has acquired deep-sea mining firm UK Seabed Resources (UKSR) from Lockheed Martin, the companies said on Thursday.UKSR holds a 100% interest in two deep sea mineral licences in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the Pacific Ocean…

Bibby Marine Appoints Woodcock as Non-executive Director

Mar 16, 2023

U.K. based vessel owner and operator Bibby Marine announced it has appointed Howard Woodcock as non-executive director.Howard has more than 35 years’ experience across the maritime and offshore energies sectors, having held senior executive…

Nord Stream Owners Looking to Seal and Drain Damaged Gas Pipeline to Halt Corrosion

Mar 16, 2023

Shareholders of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline operator are discussing how to seal and empty the damaged gas pipeline to halt corrosion from sea water, said the chief financial officer of E.ON, one of the owners.The chief financial officer of E…

Rebuild, Reuse, Recycle: Norwegian Yard Completes Two Retrofit Projects for Brazilian Offshore Vessel Owner

Mar 16, 2023

Norway's Green Yard Kleven has completed and delivered two retrofit projects for the Brazilian shipowner Oceanica. Oceanicasub Vlll and Oceanicasub lX have been rebuilt from offshore supply vessels to advanced offshore vessels for ROV- and crane operations…

Keel Laid for Olympic's CSOV in Poland

Mar 16, 2023

A keel laying ceremony was held earlier this week for a Construction Service Operation Vessel ordered by Olympic in 2022 from Ulstein.The ceremony was held on March 14 at the hull yard CRIST. This is vessel number two, yard number (yno) 319…

Exxon Considers Selling Stake in LNG Terminal Offshore Italy

Mar 16, 2023

Exxon Mobil Corp is considering selling its majority stake in Italy's main regasification terminal as part of a wider strategy to divest from non-core assets, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The Rovigo liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

Golar LNG Buys NFE's Stake in FLNG Hilli

Mar 15, 2023

Golar LNG has acquired New Fortress Energy's (NFE) stake in FLNG Hilli - also known as Hilli Episeyo. 'In return for NFE’s 50% Common Unit holding in Golar Hilli LLC, Golar has transferred its remaining 4.1 million NFE shares to NFE, paid NFE $100 million in cash…

Putin Says Nord Stream Blasts Carried Out on 'State level'

Mar 15, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that last year's blasts on the Nord Stream gas pipelines had been carried out on a 'state level', dismissing the idea an autonomous pro-Ukraine group was responsible as 'complete nonsense.'The…

Offshore Vessel Charging System Passes Harbor Tests

Mar 15, 2023

UK-based marine electrical engineering company MJR Power and Automation on Tuesday announced the successful harbor trials of its platform-mounted automated offshore power and charging system.The offshore power and charging system is designed…

Rem Offshore Announces New PSV Contracts

Mar 14, 2023

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Rem Offshore on Tuesday announced it has secured multiple contracts for several of its platform supply vessels (PSV).Rem Cetus, Rem Insula and Rem Server have been extended for one year with Apache North Sea Limited in the U…

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