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UAE’s giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has handed out a letter of award (LOA) to a consortium led by National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), a subsidiary of National Marine Dredging Company, for the pre-construction service agreement (PCSA) related to offshore facilities for a giant gas development. According to NPCC, the other consortium members …

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Netherlands-headquartered Fugro has revealed plans to carry out a remotely operated autonomous offshore wind farm inspection, said to be an industry first. Fugro will use its Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV) equipped with the Blue Volta fully electric remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to conduct the inspection early this year. The plan is to control …

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Greece-based shipping companies Empire Bulkers Limited and Joanna Maritime Limited were ordered to pay $2 million ($1 million each) over violations of pollution acts in the U.S. The two companies were convicted for knowing and willful violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and the Ports and Waterways Safety Act related to …

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Höegh LNG’s floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal Hoegh Gannet has arrived at Brunsbüttel’s Elbehafen port near Hamburg, Germany to increase German liquid gas import capacity. RWE, which is responsible for filling the FSRU with LNG, together with companies Uniper and EnBW, said that in the near future, liquid gas from LNG carriers can be …

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Belgium’s tanker shipping company Euronav has held a naming ceremony for two very large crude carriers (VLCCs) being built at South Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI). As informed, the vessels Cassius and Camus were christened at a ceremony that took place on 10 January. The two ships are liquefied natural gas (LNG)-ready and …

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Mahakarya Geo Survey (MGS), an Indonesian provider of marine seismic, underwater services, and geotechnical surveys, has signed a contract with Timor GAP, the national oil company of Timor-Leste, to conduct surveys offshore Timor-Leste as part of the Metinaro survey campaign project. Contract signing of Metinaro Site Survey Campaign (Courtesy of Mahakarya Geo Survey) According to …

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Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs for plugging, drilling and completion activities at a field in the North Sea off Norway. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) revealed on Thursday that it had given Equinor consent to use the Transocean Enabler …

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