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

World’s Largest Shipbuilder Reports $2 Billion Loss in 2014

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, has reported operating loss of KRW 3.25 trillion in 2014, or about USD $2.96

February 13, 2015
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Viking Supply Ships to Close Aberdeen Office

Swedish shipowner Viking Supply Ships (VSS) will be shutting down their Aberdeen office as of 1 July 2015, according to a statement by the company today.

February 13, 2015
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Seadrill Erases $1.1 Billion Worth of Brazilian Offshore Drilling Work

Seadrill reports today contract extensions with Petrobras for their ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs West Taurus and West Eminence will likely

February 13, 2015
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LNG Tankers Lie Unused Around Singapore as Gas Downturn Turns to Crisis

Over a dozen liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers are parked, many idle, in and around Singapore - a sign that the slowdown engulfing world gas markets may be

February 13, 2015
Total Views: 98

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Johan Sverdrup: Statoil Gives Go Ahead for $29 Billion Oil Project

Norway's Statoil is moving ahead with plans to develop a giant $29 billion oil field, Europe's costliest offshore energy

February 13, 2015
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
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Jobs

Global Oil Layoffs Top 100,000

The promise of plentiful jobs and salaries as high as a quarter-million dollars a year lured Colombia native Clara Correa Zappa and her British husband to

February 12, 2015
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A Tour of Kroonborg, Wagenborg’s New Walk-to-Work Vessel

This week, Royal Wagenborg’s new ‘Walk-to-Work’ vessel Kroonborg was christened in the port of Delfzijl.  She was built last year by Royal Niestern

February 12, 2015
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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
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ILWU President: What Gridlock? Don’t Listen to PMA’s Bulls***!
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ILWU President: What Gridlock? Don’t Listen to PMA’s Bulls***!

International Longshore and Warehouse Union President Robert McEllrath has released a strongly-worded video message to the ILWU membership on

February 12, 2015
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E.ON Signs 20-Year LNG Shipping Deal with MOL, Newbuild Order Placed
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E.ON Signs 20-Year LNG Shipping Deal with MOL, Newbuild Order Placed

EGC SE, the energy trading arm of gas and power company E.ON signed a 20-year agreement with Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K Line (MOL) for their role

February 12, 2015
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Video: Fascinating Engineering Facts About the RMS Titanic
Engineering News

Video: Fascinating Engineering Facts About the RMS Titanic

Bill "Engineer Guy" Hammack shares some fascinating images and information about the RMS Titanic learned from the 1909 to 1911 editions of the Journal The

February 12, 2015
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Total to Curb Spending, Exploration as Profit Sinks on Oil

Total SA will reduce spending, cut jobs and curtail exploration this year after the crash in crude prices lowered fourth-quarter profit 17

February 12, 2015
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Sembcorp Marine in Talks with Sete Brasil Over Delayed Payments
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Sembcorp Marine in Talks with Sete Brasil Over Delayed Payments

Sembcorp Marine said it is in talks with Sete Brasil over delayed payments worth millions of dollars on orders that the Brazilian company has placed with the

February 12, 2015
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ONGC Awards Swiber Major Contract to Build 8 New Offshore Gas Platforms

Singapore-based offshore energy construction contractor Swiber Holdings Ltd reported today their second largest contract ever from India’s Oil and

February 12, 2015
Total Views: 177

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Long Beach is Beginning to Look Like Singapore [HD PHOTO SPECIAL]

“I was on a flight back from SFO to LAX on February 9th and we flew over the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach before turning in to

February 12, 2015
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
USCG Icebreaker ‘Polar Star’ Sent to Rescue Vessel Stuck in Ice Off Antarctica
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USCG Icebreaker ‘Polar Star’ Sent to Rescue Vessel Stuck in Ice Off Antarctica

The U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star’ has been called on to respond to a 207-foot fishing vessel with 27 people aboard that is stuck in

February 11, 2015
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Containers and ships sit idle at the Port of Long Beach in this file photo
Ports

Shippers to Temporarily Suspend Vessel Loading and Unloading at 29 West Coast Ports

The Pacific Maritime Association will suspend vessel loading and unloading at all ports starting Thursday, and again on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, amid

February 11, 2015
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Western Port Slowdown a Throwback to an Earlier Era: Justin Fox
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Western Port Slowdown a Throwback to an Earlier Era: Justin Fox

The labor struggle brewing at the West Coast’s ports feels like an episode from another

February 11, 2015
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Baltic Dry Index Hits New Record Low

A measure of shipping costs for commodities collapsed to a record as China curbs coal buying at a time when a the largest-ever fleet is competing to haul

February 11, 2015
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