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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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News

India’s ONGC Said to Hold Top Bid for $6 Billion Mozambique Gas Stake

April 30 (Bloomberg) — State-backed Oil & Natural Gas Corp. and Oil India Ltd. are the leading joint bidders for the stake in a Mozambique gas field

May 1, 2013
Total Views: 36

Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Shell to Name New Arctic Head – Source
Offshore

Shell to Name New Arctic Head – Source

Shell to name Ann Pickard as head of its Arctic operations, moving her from the helm of the company's Australian

April 30, 2013
Total Views: 29

Greeks Bet Ship Rout Ending with Surge in Orders

Greeks Bet Ship Rout Ending with Surge in Orders

Greek shipping companies are ordering the most new iron-ore carriers since 2008, betting the five-year rout in charter rates may be nearing an

April 30, 2013
Total Views: 39

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News

Cheaper and Faster: Woodside Signs Initial Plans for Floating LNG at Browse

(Bloomberg) — Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia’s second-largest oil producer, signed an initial accord with Royal Dutch Shell Plc to enable the

April 30, 2013
Total Views: 33

Monday, April 29, 2013
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News

Ore-Ship Rates Climb to a One-Month High as Charters Increase

(Bloomberg) Costs to haul iron ore and coal on Capesize ships, the largest carriers of the commodities, rose for a third session to a one-month high after more

April 29, 2013
Total Views: 23

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Collision

2 Killed, 8 Missing After Ship Collision off Greece

(Bloomberg) Two Syrian sailors were killed and another eight are missing after a cargo ship carrying fertilizer collided with a container vessel early today

April 29, 2013
Total Views: 132

Friday, April 26, 2013
technip flng
News

Highest-Paid Workforce Drives Floating LNG Offshore Australia

(Bloomberg) — Escalating costs to build liquefied natural gas plants on land in Australia, where energy workers earn the highest salaries in the world,

April 26, 2013
Total Views: 651

Thursday, April 25, 2013
Hercules Profits on Shallow Water Rig Shortage in U.S. Gulf
Offshore

Hercules Profits on Shallow Water Rig Shortage in U.S. Gulf

A growing shortage of shallow-water rigs in the Gulf of Mexico is providing an unexpected profit boost for Hercules Offshore Inc. and Ensco Plc as customers

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 112

Grain Ships Have Biggest Fall This Year as Cargo Demand Slows
News

Grain Ships Have Biggest Fall This Year as Cargo Demand Slows

(Bloomberg) — Rates for dry bulk carriers hauling grains and minerals fell the most in a single session this year as demand for cargoes slowed. Day rates

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 12

Kawasaki Heavy Talks M&As to Thin Shipbuilding Ranks
Shipbuilding

Kawasaki Heavy Talks M&As to Thin Shipbuilding Ranks

Pressure on Japanese companies has risen in the face of competition from lower-cost producers in China and South

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 55

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Engineering News

Technip’s Q1 Profit Rises Amid Big Offshore O&G Project Orders

(Bloomberg) — Technip SA, Europe’s second-largest oilfield-services provider, increased first-quarter profit and hit a new record for orders as

April 25, 2013
Total Views: 34

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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Navy

China Plans New Generation of Carriers as Sea Disputes Grow

China unveiled plans to build more aircraft carriers after commissioning its first last

April 24, 2013
Total Views: 72

Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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News

Billions at Stake in the LNG Export Race, U.S. Must Get Moving Says Dominion

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. needs to act quickly to take advantage of overseas demand for its glut of natural gas or lose market share to international

April 23, 2013
Total Views: 28

Littoral Combat Ship Network Can Be Hacked, Navy Probe Finds
Navy

Littoral Combat Ship Network Can Be Hacked, Navy Probe Finds

The computer network on the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship is vulnerable to hacking, a new report has

April 23, 2013
Total Views: 115

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News

ExxonMobil Charters Pair of VLCCs at Lowest Rates of 2013

April 22 (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the world’s biggest energy company by market value, booked two tankers to haul oil to the U.S. Gulf Coast

April 23, 2013
Total Views: 66

Monday, April 22, 2013
Clarkson Publishes New Ship Rates and Alters Old Ones for Fuel
News

Clarkson Publishes New Ship Rates and Alters Old Ones for Fuel

Clarkson Plc, the world’s largest shipbroker, began publishing new shipping rates, discontinued others, and revised historical ones to reflect changes

April 22, 2013
Total Views: 24

Mitsui Shipbuilding Gains 21 Percent on Report of Merger Talks with KHI
Engineering News

Mitsui Shipbuilding Gains 21 Percent on Report of Merger Talks with KHI

(Bloomberg) — Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. surged to 5 1/2-year high on a Nikkei report it plans to hold merger talks with Kawasaki Heavy

April 22, 2013
Total Views: 35

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News

Petronas Pulls $3 Billion Bid for MISC Berhad, Shares Tumble

(Bloomberg) — MISC Bhd., the world’s second- largest shipper of liquefied natural gas, tumbled the most in 14 years in Kuala Lumpur stock trading

April 22, 2013
Total Views: 127

Friday, April 19, 2013
Canada’s Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Seen Helping Tanker Market
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Canada’s Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Seen Helping Tanker Market

A pipeline proposed for Canada’s west coast would boost demand for tankers carrying oil exports to the U.S. and Asia, according to E.A. Gibson

April 19, 2013
Total Views: 15

BP Faces Uncertainty on Third Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Offshore

BP Faces Uncertainty on Third Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Disaster

BP Plc faces the third anniversary of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico tomorrow with no sure knowledge of how much more it will have to

April 19, 2013
Total Views: 232