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Saturday, August 14, 2021
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Offshore

Schlumberger Withdraws From OTC As Houston Hospitals Near Capacity

By Liz Hampton (Reuters) – Top oilfield services firm Schlumberger NV on Thursday said it had withdrawn staff from next

August 14, 2021
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017
News

Singapore’s Ezra Says it Faces Court Application to Wind Up Unit of Subsea JV

SINGAPORE, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Debt-laden Singaporean oilfield services firm Ezra Holdings Ltd said late on Tuesday that a creditor of a business owned by

February 15, 2017
Total Views: 7

Tuesday, May 3, 2016
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Maritime News

ICS Raises Concerns Over Spanish Supreme Court’s Ruling in Prestige Oil Spill Case

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) strongly criticized the judgement of the Spanish Supreme Court in the ‘Prestige’ Case during a

May 3, 2016
Total Views: 109

Wednesday, March 23, 2016
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News

U.S. Moves to Develop Wind Energy Projects Off California and New York

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has made two major steps recently in the development of offshore wind energy projects in federal waters

March 23, 2016
Total Views: 24

Tuesday, March 22, 2016
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Offshore

Statoil Releases 2015 Sustainability Report

Statoil has published the annual sustainability report and the payments to governments report for 2015. The company delivered annual equity production of 1.971

March 22, 2016
Total Views: 39

Monday, March 21, 2016
Oil Platform
Offshore

U.S. Proposes Stricter Air Standards On Offshore Oil and Gas Operations

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proposing to update 36-year-old regulations to make sure that offshore oil and gas activities do not

March 21, 2016
Total Views: 44

Friday, March 18, 2016
Petrobras FPSO Shutdown After Fire
Offshore

Petrobras FPSO Shutdown After Fire

A Petrobras FPSO in Brazil’s Campos Basin has been shutdown after a fire on the facility on Thursday afternoon. The state-run oil company confirmed the

March 18, 2016
Total Views: 45

Monday, March 14, 2016
Island Dragon
Offshore

Island Offshore Lays Up Two More PSVs as North Sea Lay Ups Top 100 Vessels

Island Offshore has announced the lay ups of its two platform supply vessels (PSVs), Island Dragon and Island Duchess, effectively immediately, pushing

March 14, 2016
Total Views: 61

Oil and Gas Norway
Offshore

Report Estimates 22,000 New Oil and Gas Jobs In Norway

A new report by the International Research Institute of Stavanger showed that oil and gas industry will need to recruit more than 20,000 workers by 2020 in

March 14, 2016
Total Views: 38

Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Wind Turbines
Offshore

Mainstream to Build $2.8 Billion Scottish Offshore Wind Farm

(Bloomberg) — Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd. said it’s in talks with a consortium led by power company InterGen NV to reach a financial close on its

January 26, 2016
Total Views: 2

Wednesday, May 27, 2015
More Offshore Layoffs – World Wide Supply Lay-ups to Impact 48 Crew
Maritime News

More Offshore Layoffs – World Wide Supply Lay-ups to Impact 48 Crew

Norway’s World Wide Supply (WWS) says it is laying up two platform supply vessels operating in the UK spot market amid weak demand for offshore vessels.

May 27, 2015
Total Views: 13

Monday, April 27, 2015
Offshore Market Update |”It’s Natural to be Nervous”
News

Offshore Market Update |”It’s Natural to be Nervous”

The mood in Singapore last week while attending Sea Asia was, for the most part, quite subdued as everyone was looking at each other wondering what the future

April 27, 2015
Total Views: 9

Monday, March 16, 2015
Workers Evacuated from North Sea Oil Platform After Ship Collision
Maritime News

Workers Evacuated from North Sea Oil Platform After Ship Collision

Fifteen workers have been evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a supply vessel collided with the facility Monday

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 167

Friday, October 24, 2014
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News

De Beers Commissions Offshore Diamond Exploration Ship

More than $7 billion has been invested into the search for diamonds since 2000 according to De Beers Group. Much of that has been focused in places such as

October 24, 2014
Total Views: 72

Friday, August 8, 2014
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News

The Five Issues Worrying Oil Executives in the North Sea

On the 50th anniversary of the issuing of the first licenses for the extraction of oil and gas from the UK continental shelf (UKCS), we asked oil executives

August 8, 2014
Total Views: 6

Friday, May 16, 2014
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News

Norway’s Lawmakers Force Statoil to Power Offshore Fields From Land

Mikael Holter and Stephen Treloar May 16 (Bloomberg) — Norwegian opposition parties will force Statoil ASA and other companies to power four North Sea

May 16, 2014
Total Views: 160

Monday, May 12, 2014
optical fiber cable
News

Prelude and Ichthys Projects to Gain 2000km Optical Fiber Link to Shore

Ichthys LNG and Prelude FLNG, major capital projects currently under development by INPEX and Shell, respectively, have announced plans to invest in a subsea

May 12, 2014
Total Views: 15

Friday, May 2, 2014
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Blog

SPOTD: On Station at Grane

In the following image submitted to us by Øystein Osvoll, the supply vessel Havila Foresight maintains station next to the Statoil-operated Grane oil

May 2, 2014
Total Views: 63

Monday, April 28, 2014
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Blog

SPOTD: Cargo Operations at the Shenzi TLP

Ben Moll sends us the following image he took while conducting cargo operations between BHP Billiton’s tensioned-leg platform (TLP) Shenzi and the

April 28, 2014
Total Views: 24

Monday, April 21, 2014
ekofisk oil field
News

SPOTD: Easter at Ekofisk

Christoffer Marstone, 1st Officer on board the Well Stimulation Vessel “Island Commander” sends us this image taken yesterday at the Ekofisk Oil

April 21, 2014
Total Views: 17
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