The Interior Department has approved its first post-BP spill environmental review for a deepwater exploration plan in the Gulf of Mexico.
NATO is warning that although the recently hijacked MV SINAR KUDUS is now moving south towards the Somali coast, it can still conduct pirate mother-ship operations in the Arabian Sea area.
Saudi Aramco and China National Petroleum Corp. agreed to build a 200,000 barrel-a-day refinery in southern China as producers seek to meet rising fuel demand in the world’s fastest-growing major economy.
The Maersk Constellation is underway and continuing its voyage after having been mistakenly detained by authorities in Angola since Feb. 28 over questions regarding documentation of a portion of the ship’s cargo.
Following the bow to bow collision between the oil tanker Torm Gertrud and the bulk carrier New Flame off Gibraltar on 12th August, Spain has today requested EMSA to send one of its anti-pollution vessels to the area.
On 20 Mar 11 at or about 0210 hrs, a Thailand-registered bulk carrier, Thor Nereus was underway at approximately 12 nm northwest of Pulau Damar, Indonesia
Profit from shipping gasoline to the U.S. from Europe in the second quarter will rise 24 percent as disruptions to Japanese imports divert cargoes across the Atlantic, increasing demand for vessels.
Gulf Keystone said that the Shaikan-2 appraisal well in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and about 9km to the south-east of the Shaikan-1 discovery well has yielded oil.
CMA CGM is pleased to announce the upgrading of its EPIC service between India, Pakistan, the Middle East and North Europe (5 ports served directly) thanks to the following enhancements:
Container shipping will shake off an array of risks from Japan to the Middle East and rates will begin a seasonal recovery in the second quarter, the head of the world's biggest container shipping line said.
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras said on Tuesday that output fell 2.2 percent in February from the prior month as it stopped production at some offshore facilities for scheduled maintenance.
The newbuilding market is heading towards different directions as evidenced by the past week’s data and orders reported. On one hand there’s the falling interest from dry bulk ship owners, whose demand for newbuildings seems to be – finally – waning.
Halliburton has been awarded a $120 million, three-year contract extension by Chevron Thailand for the provision of directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling (MWD) and logging-while-drilling (LWD) services for its ongoing offshore developments in the Gulf of Thailand.
The combined newbuilding order value for the full month of February came to $10.1bn, making record highs since September 2008 when it hit $11bn.
Jiangsu province is the number one shipbuilding base in China in terms of scale, production capacity, ship types and ship-equipment industry, etc.
SBM Offshore is proud to announce the industry’s first fully qualified and certified offshore LNG transfer system – the Cryogenic Offshore Offloading and Loading (COOL™) system.
A joint industry project on the future small scale LNG value-chain in South East Asia has identified noteworthy potential for LNG as fuel for ships in regional trade, and predicts a future market for LNG bunkering in Singapore.
Foster Wheeler AG, announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a detail design contract by Enbridge Offshore Facilities, LLC for the deepwater Walker Ridge Gathering System (WRGS) export gas pipelines and the deepwater Big Foot (BGF) export oil pipeline located in the Walker Ridge (WR) area of the Gulf of Mexico.
In Nanjing, China, Wagenborg Barge 8 was launched on March 13th. This barge, equipped with a pump-system, has a loading capacity of 13.000 ton and she measures 100 x 33 x 7,60 metre. Wagenborg Barge 8, the fourth barge Veka Shipyards B.V., Werkendam has delivered to Wagenborg Sleepdienst, will be put into service end of this year 
The board of Russia's state-controlled Gazprom has extended the contract of its Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller, who has headed the gas giant for almost a decade, for another five years, Gazprom said on Tuesday
Production from the Statfjord platform A is expected to stop in 2014 and the platform to be removed, Norwegian energy company Statoil said on Tuesday. Statoil is currently reviewing operating plans for the platform.
Polarcus Limited is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a second contract with Providence Resources PLC, for a 200 square kilometer 3D seismic acquisition project in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. This new survey will commence in Q3 2011 immediately following completion of the Company's two prior 3D seismic acquisition projects offshore Ireland, previously announced by Polarcus on 07 March and 16 March 2011. This latest survey is expected to run for approximately 15 days.
Ithaca Energy Inc. has temporarily suspended drilling of the J03 well on Jacky due to mechanical issues on the Energy Enhancer jackup drilling rig. Additionally, the Beatrice Alpha workover well, A28, is now anticipated to return to stable production in early April.
Maersk Oil Norway AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 6406/3-9T in the Norwegian Sea using the mobile facility Transocean Winner.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today approved a fourth deepwater drilling permit that complies with rigorous new safety standards implemented in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and resulting oil spill.
Polarcus Limited announced that Polarcus Alima AS, a member of the Polarcus Group, took delivery on 21 March 2011 of POLARCUS ALIMA, the fifth 3D seismic vessel to date to join the Polarcus fleet. POLARCUS ALIMA is the sister ship to POLARCUS ASIMA, delivered to the Polarcus Group in August 2010. The vessel was built at Drydocks World - Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and following a short shakedown will transit to India to commence her first contract.
The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) last week accepted delivery of m. t. Desh Samman, an Aframax crude oil tanker.
The surveying team at Meyer Werft, a shipbuilder based in Northern Germany, uses instruments only from Leica Geosystems to ensure high accuracy is maintained at all points of manufacture.
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