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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Mexico’s Top Oil-Export Terminal Shut as Summer Demand Jumps
Shipping

Mexico’s Top Oil-Export Terminal Shut as Summer Demand Jumps

By Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — Petroleos Mexicanos shut down the country’s largest oil-exporting terminal because of a leak, adding to a string of

August 1, 2023
Total Views: 2156

Monday, August 15, 2022
Keppel Lands $2.9 Billion Contract to Construct One of the World’s Largest FPSOs
Offshore

Keppel Lands $2.9 Billion Contract to Construct One of the World’s Largest FPSOs

Singaporean shipbuilder Keppel Offshore & Marine has won a $2.9 billion contract to construct one of the world’s largest FPSOs for Brazil’s

August 15, 2022
Total Views: 6269

Monday, February 21, 2022
Trinity Spirit FPOS
Fire Incidents

Nigeria’s Deadly Exploding FPSO Has Peers All Over The World

By Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) Trinity Spirit, the decades-old, oil-storage ship that blew up off the coast of Nigeria recently — killing some of its

February 21, 2022
Total Views: 4784

Thursday, February 3, 2022
Major Disaster Unfolding as FPSO Explodes Off Nigeria
Accidents

Major Disaster Unfolding as FPSO Explodes Off Nigeria

By William Clowes (Bloomberg) — An oil production ship exploded off the coast of Nigeria in what may prove to be the nation’s second major

February 3, 2022
Total Views: 20245

Monday, June 21, 2021
Maersk Supply Services Maersk Maker
Offshore

Maersk Supply Service Wins Major Contract in Brazil

Maersk Supply Service has announced a major contract win that involves pre-laying mooring anchors for the newbuild Mero 2 floating production storage and

June 21, 2021
Total Views: 1774

Tuesday, May 11, 2021
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Offshore

Keppel Wins $2.3 Billion FPSO Contract from Petrobras

Keppel Offshore & Marine has been awarded a $2.3 billion contract to build a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for Brazil’s

May 11, 2021
Total Views: 2342

Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Canada Suspends Huskey FPSO Operations Following Close-Call with Iceberg
Offshore

Canada Suspends Huskey FPSO Operations Following Close-Call with Iceberg

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has suspended petroleum-related operations conducted by the SeaRose Floating,

January 17, 2018
Total Views: 15

Thursday, November 2, 2017
World’s Largest FPSO Departs Samsung Heavy Industries
News

World’s Largest FPSO Departs Samsung Heavy Industries

The world’s largest Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel left the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea under tow

November 2, 2017
Total Views: 1572

Monday, April 17, 2017
Photos: Western Isles FPSO Arrives in Rotterdam
Maritime News

Photos: Western Isles FPSO Arrives in Rotterdam

The giant floating production, storage and offloading unit for Dana Petroleum’s Western Isles development project in the North Sea has reached Rotterdam

April 17, 2017
Total Views: 179

Friday, December 2, 2016
Samsung Heavy Industries Shipbuilding (Geoje, South Korea)
News

Samsung Heavy Says $776 Million order for FPSO Facility Cancelled

SEOUL, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd said on Friday that a 907.6 billion won ($776.8 million) order for a substructure for a

December 2, 2016
Total Views: 9

Sunday, August 21, 2016
Ghana Opens The Valves On A $1 billion FPSO
Offshore

Ghana Opens The Valves On A $1 billion FPSO

  By Kwasi Kpodo (Reuters) Ghana began pumping crude from a second offshore field operated by British company Tullow Oil on Thursday,

August 21, 2016
Total Views: 39

Monday, May 11, 2015
Interesting

Ship Photos of the Day – Dockwise Vanguard Loads Gargantuan Cargo in Rotterdam

Dockwise Vanguard, the world’s most capable semi-submersible heavy lift ship, was in the Port of Rotterdam this weekend to load the Armada Intrepid

May 11, 2015
Total Views: 180

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Teekay’s Petrojarl Knarr FPSO Hit by ‘Small Fire’
News

Teekay’s Petrojarl Knarr FPSO Hit by ‘Small Fire’

Teekay's Petrojarl Knarr FPSO has been hit by a small fire less than a week after producing its first oil from the Knarr field in the North Sea offshore

March 24, 2015
Total Views: 57

Thursday, March 5, 2015
Video Shows Aftermath of FPSO Cidade de São Mateus Explosion
News

Video Shows Aftermath of FPSO Cidade de São Mateus Explosion

The following video was filmed aboard the FPSO Cidade de São Mateus after an explosion that killed nine people on 11

March 5, 2015
Total Views: 262

Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Remaining Victims Recovered from Cidade de São Mateus FPSO Off Brazil
Maritime News

Remaining Victims Recovered from Cidade de São Mateus FPSO Off Brazil

BW Offshore has confirmed that the remaining three missing crew have been recovered from its Cidade de São Mateus FPSO, bringing the total official number of

March 3, 2015
Total Views: 27

Tuesday, February 17, 2015
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Maritime News

Giant Goliat FPSO Sets Off for World’s Longest Piggyback Ride [VIDEO]

ENI’s Goliat FPSO, sitting atop the world’s largest heavy lift vessel Dockwise Vanguard, has just begun its 60-day voyage from Hyundai Heavy

February 17, 2015
Total Views: 181

Friday, February 13, 2015
Brazil Oil Regulator Pushed Petrobras to Boost FPSO’s Output Before Accident
News

Brazil Oil Regulator Pushed Petrobras to Boost FPSO’s Output Before Accident

Brazil's oil regulator ordered state-run oil company Petrobras to study ways to boost output on a floating natural gas and oil production ship a week before a

February 13, 2015
Total Views: 13

Thursday, February 12, 2015
Cidade de Sao Mateus
News

Five Killed, Four Missing in Petrobras FPSO Accident – UPDATE

Five people were killed and four are missing following an explosion Wednesday aboard a FPSO in Brazil.

February 12, 2015
Total Views: 208

Tuesday, January 13, 2015
WATCH: North Sea FPSO Withstands Hurricane-Force Storm
Interesting

WATCH: North Sea FPSO Withstands Hurricane-Force Storm

It's that time of year... when hurricane-force storms churn across the north Atlantic before hitting the North

January 13, 2015
Total Views: 274

Sunday, January 11, 2015
ERISAI KAMELIA FPSO
News

London Marine Consultants to Supply Turret for Libra’s EWT FPSO

London Marine Consultants (LMC), a subsidiary of Singapore-based offshore contractor Ezra Holdings Ltd announced today the receipt of a contract by Jurong

January 11, 2015
Total Views: 36
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