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Lempke to Lead Newport News’ Energy Programs

Jun 14, 2016

Michael Lempke has been appointed vice president of energy programs for Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, succeeding Pete Diakun, who will retire at the end of the year after 31 years of service. Lempke…

Stokes & Spiehler Announces Management Promotions

Jun 14, 2016

Petroleum engineering and consulting firm Stokes & Spiehler has made several promotions to its management team, the company’s president Bruce Jordan, P.E. announced. Blair LeBlanc, P.E., has been named Vice President – Offshore Operations…

GE, Technip Ink LNG Project Deal

Jun 14, 2016

TGE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) and Technip (Euronext: TEC) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a joint project to explore areas to co-develop digital solutions for the LNG industry, with a particular focus on the design and build phase of new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects…

Nippon Yusen to Invest in EMAS Chiyoda Subsea Services JV

Jun 11, 2016

Japanese shipper Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has agreed to invest in EMAS Chiyoda, a subsea services joint venture between oilfield services firm Ezra Holdings Ltd and Chiyoda Corp, Ezra said in a statement late on Friday.Singapore's Ezra…

Helengi Unveils LNG Bunkering Vessel

Jun 11, 2016

Greece's LNG engineering solutions provider, Helengi has revealed its LNG bunker feeder vessel Amaltheia during the recent Posidonia exhibition held in Athens. 'A state of the art vessel is the result of years of intensive engineering studies…

Offshore Wind to Compete with Fossil Fuels -DONG CEO

Jun 09, 2016

DONG Energy's Chief Executive Henrik Poulsen said renewable energy like wind will be produced at a lower cost in the future. 'I have no doubt that costs of offshore wind and solar energy over time will come down and be at same level as fossil fuels…

Engelbrecht Appointed CFO, Beach Energy

Jun 09, 2016

Beach Energy Ltd has appointed Mr Morné Engelbrecht as its Chief Financial Officer, effective 29 August 2016.Mr Engelbrecht is a Chartered Accountant with experience in the oil, gas and resource sectors across various jurisdictions, including Australia…

Norway's Oil Wage Talks to Start June 30 in Bid to Avert Strike

Jun 08, 2016

Norwegian oil firms and their employees will begin a final round of wage negotiations on June 30 in a bid to avoid a strike that would limit the output of oil and gas from western Europe's top producer, the Industri Energi labour union said on Wednesday…

InterMoor completes Chain Tensioning, Cutting on FPSO in GoM

Jun 08, 2016

InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully completed the final tensioning and chain cutting operations on the FPSO Turritella for the Shell Stones project, located in the Walker Ridge protraction area in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The…

McClain Appointed MD of Braemar Engineering

Jun 08, 2016

Braemar Shipping Services Group PLC is pleased to announce that Sheila McClain, Executive Vice President of Braemar Engineering, has been appointed Braemar Engineering's new Managing Director.  Sheila will continue to be based in Houston, Texas…

COSCO Launches World's Largest Oil Tanker Fleet

Jun 07, 2016

China's largest shipping company by fleet size China COSCO Shipping Co has officially launched COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation Co in Shanghai on Monday, creating the world's largest oil tanker fleet in terms of both ship numbers and deadweight tonnage…

CWind CEO Resigns, Andrews Steps up as MD

Jun 06, 2016

Offshore wind services provider CWind announced that its CEO, Chris Randle, has decided to leave the group to pursue opportunities outside the company.  Lee Andrews has accepted the position as Managing Director for CWind, moving up from…

Esvagt Deepens Relationship with Hess

Jun 06, 2016

Purpose built ESVAGT vessel to perform additional tasks for Hess at the South Arne field. ESVAGT and Hess, who have collaborated at the South Arne field for 17 years, have agreed to extend their relationship for an additional twelve years…

GTT Settles in China

Jun 06, 2016

6 June 2016. GTT has inaugurated, on June 3rd, its office in Shanghai: GTT China. Several officials from Chinese companies in the transport and industry of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sectors attended the ceremony, in the company of Adnan Ezzarhouni…

Maersk to Use Drones to Resupply its Fleet of Tankers

Jun 06, 2016

Global shipping and logistics firm Maersk is looking at ways to use drones for delivering equipment to ships and is planning to conduct a test later this year, after using the technology in January for delivering cookies to a tanker at sea…

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