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India Delays 24 LNG Shiploads from Qatar

Jul 30, 2015

India has deferred taking deliveries of at least 20 shiploads of expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its main supplier Qatar and wants a rate cut matching the 60 per cent fall in international rates, as global gas prices slumped, reports Reuters…

MARAD Support for Hydrogen Fuel Cell R&D

Jul 29, 2015

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today announced that it is providing $500,000 to support a feasibility study for the design, construction, and operation of a high-speed passenger ferry powered by hydrogen…

BG Group Recognised by FTSE4Good Again

Jul 29, 2015

BG Group has been recognised for its long-term commitment to and investment in sustainability for 15 consecutive years on the FTSE4Good index. The index is an independent measure of a company’s environmental, social and corporate governance performance…

'Kayaktivists' to Launch Blockade of Shell Icebreaker

Jul 29, 2015

A small group of protesters and activists are gathering at the Cathedral Park boat ramp in Portland, preparing to stay for a 24-hour vigil as they wait for Royal Dutch Shell Oil's icebreaker ship, the MSV Fennica, to depart from Portland for the Arctic…

Offshore Wind Shift to Drive Vessel Services Cooperation

Jul 28, 2015

Evolving procurement processes for U.K. Round 3 offshore wind farms will require a greater number of work streams, personnel with new and differing skills, and the ability to provide a larger suite of services, according to offshore energy support firm Seacat Services…

BHP Shedding 100 HQ Jobs Amidst Commodities Rout

Jul 28, 2015

BHP to cut jobs in Melbourne HQ; cuts to be made gradually over 'coming years.'Global mining giant BHP Billiton intends to cut about 100 jobs at its Melbourne headquarters in coming years as it strives to lower overheads and streamline corporate operations amid a crash in minerals prices…

ABB hands over Germany’s DolWin1

Jul 28, 2015

DolWin1 integrates 800 megawatts (MW) of clean energy into the German transmission gridABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has successfully commissioned and handed over the DolWin1 offshore wind grid connection to the Dutch-German transmission system operator TenneT…

NewLead Holdings Announces Commercial Competency of MT Sofia

Jul 28, 2015

NewLead Holdings Ltd.announced today a review of the commercial competency of one of its bitumen tanker vessels, the MT Sofia since the vessel was delivered to NewLead's fleet.The Sofia is a 2008-built bitumen tanker vessel of 2,888…

Scorpio Tankers to Acquire Product Tanker

Jul 28, 2015

Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase an MR product tanker.The Company reached an agreement with an unrelated third party to purchase an MR product tanker that was built in 2014 at SPP Shipbuilding Co…

Carrier for Kansai Electric Power Named LNG FUKUROKUJU

Jul 28, 2015

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today took part in a naming ceremony for the newbuilding liquefied natural gas carrier LNG FUKUROKUJU, which is co-owned by MOL and Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. at Sakaide Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd…

Nominations Open for OPITO’s Safety Awards

Jul 27, 2015

Employers and training providers working to achieve the highest safety standards in the oil and gas industry are being invited to submit their nominations for the sixth annual OPITO Safety and Competency Awards 2015.The accolades will be…

ABB to Increase Norway’s Grid Capacity

Jul 27, 2015

ABB transformer technology supports Norway’s push to increase the volume of clean energy it can transport reliably over its grid using existing transmission corridorsABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order…

Seabed Geosolutions Bags Two Contracts

Jul 27, 2015

Seabed Geosolutions will soon mobilise for the variation order that was signed today by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) with CGG to conduct a shallow water seabed survey.The survey is over the Ghasha-Butini field, will take around 12 months and has a value of around USD 125 million…

Chinese Navy Plays Down S. China Sea Exercises

Jul 26, 2015

The Chinese navy played down recent military drills in the South China Sea and criticised other countries for 'illegally' occupying islands in the area, the official Xinhua news service reported on Saturday.China has launched a naval drill in waters to the east of Hainan island…

Navig8 Amessi joins the Delta8 Pool

Jul 26, 2015

Navig8 Chemicals is pleased to announce the delivery of Navig8 Amessi, the eleventh of eighteen ECO 37,000dwt chemical tankers constructed at Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard ('HMD'). We welcome the latest addition to our growing pool:Vessel…

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