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RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said late Friday that total crude oil and

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Six waivers have been approved to allow some buyers of crude oil in the government’s emergency sale to use foreign-flag

Pirate attacks on the world’s seas totalled 266 in the first six months of 2011, up from 196 incidents in the same period last year, the International

The British Parliament’s Energy and Climate Change Committee, chaired by Tim Yeo MP, launched an inquiry last week to investigate the potential for

This week marks the 23th anniversary of the worst offshore oil disaster in history. The Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by

At a recent news conference Monday, Gen. Chen Bingde, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, questioned the purpose of U.S.

Following the launch of Austal’s Wind Express series in mid 2010, Austal is pleased to announce the award of a contract for the design and construction

AMSTERDAM (Dow Jones)–SBM Offshore NV (SBMO.AE) said Thursday that contracts for the twenty year charter and operation of FPSO Cidade de

  SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Sembcorp Marine Ltd. (S51.SG) said Thursday its unit, SMOE Pte. Ltd., has secured a contract close to S$600 million to

Image by Kjetil Alsvik –Average production of 60,000 barrels equivalent a day to be lost as result of shutdown –Accident to be investigated by

This is all in Russian, but the video speaks for itself… Essentially the Russian Navy boarded a pirate ship and freed some Russian seafarers who had just

Last month, Hess Energy announced that they will be withdrawing plans for an LNG facility in Fall River, Massachusetts. Many opponents of the facility boasted

The Coast Guard Cutter Haddock transits to the starting location for the San Diego Bay Parade of Lights, Sunday, Dec. 20, the event at which the fatal

This weeks interesting ship is the next generation MARLIN 2000 Blue feeder ship.  The Cardiff-based Graig Group has ordered a series of up to 26 of these new

Two yachtsmen owe their lives to the fliers of 771 Naval Air Squadron after a dramatic rescue in a gale 100 miles off Cornwall. Aircrewman Sgt Tony Russell RM

Image courtesy of Stena Bulk SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–High availability of vessels is pressuring Asia crude tanker markets, while rates for ships that carry

USS Iowa fires a full broadside, July 1984, US Navy Image By Gordon England,  GEN James L. Jones, USMC (ret), and ADM Vern Clark, USN (ret) All our citizens,

Image from minnesotansforglobalwarming.com PERTH (Dow Jones)–State-owned China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co. said Monday that oil-price speculators are

(Dow Jones)–The French government announced Monday the launch of a EUR10 billion tender offer to build five off-shore wind farms, in a bid to muscle up

(Dow Jones) Three Somali men accused of hijacking a sailboat in the Indian Ocean and killing the four Americans on board could face the death penalty, rather

U.S. Coast Guard photo By Doug Pine I recently took a temporary job as master of the tug Aries with a freight barge from Seward to Chignik, Alaska then

By Jeremy Page, The Wall Street Journal BEIJING—Tensions in the disputed waters of the South China Sea threaten to distract Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of

The Cardiff University, in collaboration with the Economic and Social Research Council, have just released a research film on what is considered the most

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Transocean Ltd. (RIG) said Thursday that the deep-water drilling rig off Ghana that was evacuated Wednesday after it took on water

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