The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded a 40 MW extended engineered equipment supply contract for a power plant in Shwe Taung, southern central part of Myanmar. The baseload power plant will feed the national grid and will help to alleviate the country’s ongoing…
Offshore vessel operator Swire Pacific Offshore has informed that seven crew members aboard its Pacific Warden anchor handler were kidnapped by pirates offshore Equatorial Guinea last week. “Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) confirms that the Pacific Warden, an Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS), was…
Natural gas is the cleanest, most versatile, and most flexible fossil fuel. Gas emits 50 percent less CO2 than coal and 30 percent less than oil, not to mention having near zero local pollutants that cause smog. In addition, in contrast to coal…
Nexans has been awarded a major two-year contract by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to supply Windlink cables for its onshore and offshore wind turbines. Leading the way forward in the renewable energy sector, Siemens Gamesa provides cleaner, more reliable and more affordable wind power….
Sudan has undergone a tumultuous ten years, from the loss of much of its oil production with the breaking away of South Sudan, to the recent and dramatic change of government. country faces a number of challenges but perhaps its most pressing is its…
Qatar Petroleum (QP) will raise Qatar’s LNG production from the current 77 million tpy to 126 million tons/year (tpy) by 2027, an increase of 64%. The company also announced that North field’s productive layers extend well into Qatari land in Ras Laffan, paving the…
Gazprom Neft Shelf has taken a lease on the 2018-built multi-purpose icebreaker Sayan Polaris. The vessel will support operations at the Prirazlomnoye project in the Barents Sea, bringing in supplies while also acting as a floating hotel and, if necessary, performing emergency response and rescue operations. …
A Solar, a world-leading manufacturer of high-performance photovoltaic products, has announced that it supplied all high-efficiency PERC double-glass modules for a 67MW dc Mafraq I solar plant and a 67MW dc Empire solar plant in Jordan. Both Mafraq I and Empire solar plants are…
Lloyd’s marine manager Murlowski to exit Christopher Murlowski, manager for marine and energy at Lloyd’s, is set to depart from his role at the Corporation Lloyd’s Register announces key appointments to well management team Lloyd’s Register (LR), the specialist energy consultancy, has bolstered its…
Dutch marine contractor Boskalis has now fully acquired the UAE-based Horizon Group, a company specialising in the provision of marine geophysical surveys and geotechnical services. Boskalis said on the 25th November it had acquired the remaining 37,5% of the shares, following the initial acquisition of…
