As Tropical Storm Harvey makes its way across east Texas and into Louisiana, about 18% of oil production and 19% of natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico remains shut in. According to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, based on data…
Global heavy-lift specialist ALE has signed a deal with steel constructor VDS Staalbouw (VDS) in Flushing to store equipment at its yard. ALE said on the 30th August that this gave it a local footprint in the Zeeland area of The Netherlands and made…
The UK government has committed to maximising economic opportunity in the North Sea at meetings between industry officials and politicians held on the 30th August. The UK new Energy Minister Richard Harrington has told oil and gas leaders they have the ‘full support’ of…
Baker Hughes, a GE company, has announced a second “major contract” for Eni’s Coral South FLNG development, offshore Mozambique. The company said on the 30th August that the contract was awarded in second quarter this year by a joint venture formed by TechnipFMC and…
A federal judge deciding whether to shut down the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline while more environmental review is done is allowing national energy and manufacturing trade groups to have a say. US District Judge James Boasberg, in Washington, DC, granted the request on…
Damage inflicted in Texas by tropical storm may be more than Hurricane Sandy – and many victims are likely to be uninsured With the catastrophic Texas floods triggered by the former Hurricane Harvey expected to worsen, early estimates suggest the financial damage it has…
More than 18 percent of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico was shut in on the 29th August due to Harvey, the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said. That equates to some 319,523 barrels of oil per…
With global offshore wind expenditure expected to rise to over £350 billion between now and 2026, there is a huge opportunity for subsea companies to step up and play their part in helping to meet the world’s renewable energy targets. This will see a…
Damen’s 3307 patrol vessel has been delivered to Homeland Integrated Offshore Services, increasing the company’s fleet of vessels protecting O&G offshore activities in Nigeria to three. The vessel Guardian 3, along with its sister ships Guardian 1 and 2, now provides security and support…
French oil major Total has started production at the Edradour & Glenlivet gas and condensate fields in the West of Shetland. The fields are located in about 300 to 435 metres of water in the West of Shetland area, close to the Laggan-Tormore fields…
