Bluewater Energy Services has contracted Lloyd’s Register to create a digital twin and assessment of the FPSO Glas Dowr. LR will deliver the structural digital twin model using its proprietary cloud-based technology. It will analyse the vessel’s global and fatigue hull strength for…
The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry’s representative body Oil and Gas UK has welcomed the introduction of the Job Retention Bonus and other moves by the country’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to support trainees and jobs for young people. On the…
To understand why the cancellation of the US$8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline at the start of last week was such big news, consider America’s most important natural gas-producing region. Appalachia is home to the Marcellus shale, a major driver of the fracking boom that’s driven down…
Talos Energy has announced that on the 7th July, the Company received a notice from Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (‘SENER’) instructing the partners of Block 7 and Petróleos Mexicanos (‘Pemex’) to unitise the Zama field. Talos is the operator of Block 7 in a partnership…
Jacobs has been appointed by Hanwha Energy Corporation to deliver owner’s engineer services to support the design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of a new 100 megawatt alternating current (MWac) solar photovoltaic power plant in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia. When complete, the…
Fugro has mobilised two more vessels off the coast of New Jersey to support its ongoing site characterisation work for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Shell New Energies US LLC and EDF Renewables North America. Operating in the Atlantic Shores lease…
Elixir Energy Ltd, Adelaide, has spudded the Nomgon-2 appraisal core hole in its Nomgon IX coal seam gas (CSG) production sharing contract (PSC) area in southern Mongolia close to the border with China. The company expects to reach total depth near the end of…
Biggest Uncertainty for UK Insurers Remains Around Business Interruption Claims: BoE The biggest uncertainty now facing insurers is whether they will have to pay for a raft of business interruption claims, the Bank of England said, as a court prepares to rule on whether existing…
Lloyd’s names Núñez country manager and general rep for Spain & Portugal Lloyd’s has named Jose Núñez as its new country manager and general representative for Spain and Portugal. Axis hires GCube’s Woolley as senior construction underwriter Axis Insurance has named Anna Woolley as…
Premier Oil has announced that its creditors have approved the ‘Stable Platform Agreement’. As a result, the Company’s financial covenants have been waived through to 30 September 2020 whilst discussions continue over the proposed amendments to the Group’s existing credit facilities. Original article…
