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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
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A Sea of Trouble Testing BP’s Mettle Draws $10 Billion ONGC Bet

By Debjit Chakraborty and Saket Sundria (Bloomberg) — India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp. is wading into deep waters where energy giants BP Plc

March 22, 2017
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Maersk Reaches Key North Sea Tax Deal with Denmark
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Maersk Reaches Key North Sea Tax Deal with Denmark

By Teis Jensen COPENHAGEN, March 22 (Reuters) – Shipping and oil company A. P. Moller-Maersk on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Danish state that

March 22, 2017
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Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Yields $274 Million in High Bids
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Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale Yields $274 Million in High Bids

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced that Wednesday’s lease sale for all available oil and gas parcels in the central Gulf of Mexico yielded

March 22, 2017
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Banker Queries Delay Hapag-Lloyd-UASC Merger

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The delay in the merger between Hapag-Lloyd and UASC is due to some of the Gulf carrier’s creditor banks “seeking

March 22, 2017
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U.S. Navy Commanders Say Iranian Navy Endangering Freedom of Navigation in Gulf
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U.S. Navy Commanders Say Iranian Navy Endangering Freedom of Navigation in Gulf

By Sami Aboudi ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, March 22 (Reuters) – U.S. Navy commanders accused Iran of jeopardizing international navigation by

March 22, 2017
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Shell Gets Access to Key Oil Hub in Panama -Sources
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Shell Gets Access to Key Oil Hub in Panama -Sources

By Elida Moreno and Marianna Parraga PANAMA CITY/SAN ANTONIO, March 22 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell agreed to lease capacity at a large oil terminal in

March 22, 2017
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South Korea to Raise Sunken Ferry if Test of Lift Goes Well
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South Korea to Raise Sunken Ferry if Test of Lift Goes Well

By Heekyong Yang SEOUL, March 22 (Reuters) – Salvage experts in South Korea prepared on Wednesday to begin raising a ferry that sank nearly three years

March 22, 2017
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Container Shipping Companies Ordered to Testify in U.S. Antitrust Probe
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Container Shipping Companies Ordered to Testify in U.S. Antitrust Probe

By Jonathan Saul and Keith Wallis LONDON/SINGAPORE, March 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has ordered top executives from several container

March 22, 2017
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
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Two Missing After Russian Tanker Collides With Fishing Vessel Off Barcelona

A major search is underway in Spain for two people still missing after a Russian tanker collided with a fishing vessel off the coast of Barcelona on

March 21, 2017
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History Doesn’t Bode Well For New Commercial Cargo Preference Bill
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History Doesn’t Bode Well For New Commercial Cargo Preference Bill

By J. Michael Cavanaugh, Eric Lee (Holland & Knight) – Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), joined by Reps. John Duncan (R-Tenn.) and Duncan Hunter

March 21, 2017
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Crowley Launches First LNG-Powered ConRo, El Coquí
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Crowley Launches First LNG-Powered ConRo, El Coquí

Crowley Maritime Corp. has announced the launch of its first Commitment-class ship the El Coquí, one of the world’s first combination

March 21, 2017
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Shipping Confidence Holds Steady Despite Industry and Political Pressures

(Moore Stephens LLP) – Shipping confidence held steady in the three months to end-February 2017, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey

March 21, 2017
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Statoil Confirms Johan Sverdrup Oilfield Cost Estimate as Project Moves to Phase 2
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Statoil Confirms Johan Sverdrup Oilfield Cost Estimate as Project Moves to Phase 2

OSLO, March 21 (Reuters) – Statoil confirmed on Tuesday its cost estimate for developing Norway’s Johan Sverdrup oilfield, the largest North Sea

March 21, 2017
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Regional Anti-Piracy Chief in Somalia Says He’s Been Fired Over Illegal Fishing Comments
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Regional Anti-Piracy Chief in Somalia Says He’s Been Fired Over Illegal Fishing Comments

By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASSO, Somalia, March 21 (Reuters) – The head of anti-piracy operations in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia said he

March 21, 2017
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Monday, March 20, 2017
Ship Photos – 1,000 Vessels Through the Expanded Panama Canal
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Ship Photos – 1,000 Vessels Through the Expanded Panama Canal

The Panama Canal has marked the 1000th Neopanamax vessel to use the waterway since the inauguration of the Expanded Canal less than nine months ago.

March 20, 2017
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Somali Security Forces Urge NATO for More Action on Piracy

By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASSO, March 19 (Reuters) – Somali officials whose forces freed a hijacked oil tanker and its eight Sri Lankan crew said on Sunday

March 20, 2017
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Oil Drops as U.S. Drilling Growth Threatens to Counter OPEC Cuts

By Mark Shenk (Bloomberg) — Oil fell as a U.S. drilling revival undermines the potential for OPEC output curbs to rebalance the market. Futures

March 20, 2017
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Rival Drilling Tycoons Place Bets on Offshore Oil Rig Recovery
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Rival Drilling Tycoons Place Bets on Offshore Oil Rig Recovery

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Billionaire John Fredriksen and his former top adviser Tor Olav Troim may not see eye to eye anymore, but they agree

March 20, 2017
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Borr Drilling to Buy Transocean’s Jack-Up Fleet for $1.4 Billion
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Borr Drilling to Buy Transocean’s Jack-Up Fleet for $1.4 Billion

Newly established Borr Drilling has announced plans to scoop up Transocean’s entire fleet of high specification jack-up rigs in a deal worth nearly $1.4

March 20, 2017
Total Views: 188

Drillship Walkthrough: See What It’s Like Inside an Ultra-Deepwater Drill Rig [VIDEO]
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Drillship Walkthrough: See What It’s Like Inside an Ultra-Deepwater Drill Rig [VIDEO]

Ever wonder what it’s like inside a modern ultra-deepwater drillship. Well, here you go: The video was filmed in the Gulf of Mexico aboard a 2010-built

March 20, 2017
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