The U.S. Department of Energy announces the approval of two long-term applications to export additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Lake Charles LNG Liquefaction Project in Lake Charles, LA. Additional exports in the amount of 0.33 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas are approved from Lake Charles’s proposed liquefaction facility.
Mitigating uncertainty and determined to help Cairn Energy (Capricorn Senegal Limited) to get the assurance they need to succeed in their offshore plans covering 400 square kilometers, Lloyd’s Register begins field development surveys in the Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore license blocks.
The economic cost of maritime piracy is on the rise once again as Somali pirates resume attacks on ships and resorting to old tactics of ransoming crew for money. The State of Maritime Policy Report 2016, released last month by Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP), states the economic cost of piracy caused by groups out of Somalia increased to $1.7 billion in 2016, from $1.3 billion in 2015.
EnQuest confirms that first oil from the Kraken development was delivered on 23 June 2017. During the initial ramp-up period, the 13 wells that have been drilled and completed to date, comprising 7 producers and 6 injectors, are being brought online in a phased manner, to maximize long term productivity and value.
Royal Dutch Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility left the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea last week, marking a significant milestone for the project.
At 17.02 CET on 30 June, Statoil started production on the Gina Krog oil and gas field in the North Sea.
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation announces it has been awarded a contract for the supply of elastomeric bearings to Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup oil field, Norway's largest offshore development in the past three decades.
The overall operational support to Johan Castberg will have considerable spinoffs in North Norway.
Totaling between 25 and 50 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents, the discovery may provide valuable additional volumes for the Johan Castberg development. The discovery also opens other exploration opportunities in the same area.
On Thursday, June 29, 2017, Port Canaveral welcomed back a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster after its successful June 23 launch and landing aboard the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You. This was the most challenging launch for the 229-foot-tall rocket to date. The first stage rocket soared to an altitude of 44 miles before successfully separating from an 8,150-pound BulgariaSat 1 satellite.
Add Energy, an international energy consultancy provider, has been awarded a maintenance build contract with BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC for work on the Angelin gas field, a development located 60 km offshore Trinidad and Tobago’s east coast.
GE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) has signed a long-term agreement to collaborate with Eni East Africa (EEA), on the offshore Mozambique developments it operates.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) completed its required evaluation to ensure the public receives fair market value for tracts leased in Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 247, held on March 22, 2017. The sale offered 9,118 unleased blocks, covering 48 million acres.
M2 Subsea, the global independent provider of ROV services, has been awarded a raft of industry certifications from DNV-GL for its management system standards, just seven months after starting up.
It is estimated that damaged ship sterntubes are leaking some 57 million tonnes of lubricating oil in to the oceans every year, but by replacing these seals when the damage is first discovered, Hydrex in-situ repairs not only help towards reducing the environmental impact but can also save shipowners time and money.
SBM Offshore announces that ExxonMobil has formally confirmed the award of contracts for the next phase of the Liza project in Guyana. Under these contracts, SBM Offshore will construct, install, lease and operate a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). This follows completion of front-end engineering studies and the final investment decision on the project by ExxonMobil.
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