Swedish Trelleborg has teamed up with Italian oil and gas industry contractor, Saipem, to develop a new LNG tandem offloading system. Derived from existing and proven technologies, the latest development in cryogenic LNG floating hoses is set to become a key component in offloading systems for future offshore FLNG projects. By enabling offshore transfer of LNG [...]
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Eleven leading companies in Europe have joined forces in the newly established North Sea Power to Gas Platform to further develop the concept of Power-to-Gas (P2G): the conversion of renewable power into gas. P2G will play an increasingly important role in our future energy system, as it reduces temporal surpluses of renewable power by converting [...]
Bob Dudley, BP Group Chief Executive and Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) met with the Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dr Veerappa Moily in Delhi today. They updated the Minister on their joint future plans in India, including the KG D6 block enhancement plan designed to increase [...]
Nexus Energy Limited (Nexus) advises that, further to the operational update issued on 14 January, in which the company announced that production at the Longtom gas processing facility has been suspended as a result of an electrical fault, an offshore intervention program will commence shortly. A vessel with the capability to inspect and potentially rectify the [...]
Singapore’s largest offshore rig builder, Keppel Corporation, has announced that in 2013 it will be completing a record of 22 newbuild units. The company says it aims to deliver the newbuilds on time, on budget and safely to their customers. For the whole of 2012, Keppel Offshore & Marine secured S$10 billion in contracts from [...]
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TAQA has begun the process of restoring the flow of an estimated 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in the Brent pipeline system following a precautionary shutdown on Monday. The pipeline system, which is operated by TAQA and runs through the Cormorant Alpha platform, was halted after a small hydrocarbons release in one [...]
The European Union yesterday introduced a new project which will boost security and the safety of maritime routes across seven African countries in the Gulf of Guinea. The Critical Maritime Routes in the Gulf of Guinea Programme (CRIMGO) will help governments across West and Central Africa to improve safety of the main shipping routes by [...]
Noble Corporation has announced that it is working cooperatively and diligently to rectify deficiencies and maintenance issues raised by the U.S. Coast Guard during a recent inspection of the Company’s drillship, the Noble Discoverer. The inspection followed a successful drilling season in offshore Alaska. The Coast Guard has identified several components and systems aboard the [...]
TAQA Bratani has reported that production on North Cormorant, Tern and Eider is in the process of being restarted. The company on Sunday evacuated 92 workers from the North Cormorant platform in the UK North Sea due to a gas leak on the facility. “TAQA will begin re-manning of North Cormorant as soon as logistically [...]
OMV has today confirmed that it will drill the Matuku-1 well in PEP 51906. Octanex, which owns 35% in the licence has informed that OMV is continuing extensive search and evaluation process in an effort to secure a semi- submersible rig to drill the well. OMV is planning to drill a number of wells in [...]
