Offshore

There was a brisk wind blowing off Canada’s Pacific coast as the small boat approached the beach on its perilous mission. Cold, salty sea-spray was blowing back, stinging the faces of the volunteers as they were trying to steady...

Shell has suspended seismic exploration activity off South Africa’s east coast, terminating a contract for the Amazon Warrior survey vessel after a High Court ordered it to pause work after a legal challenge by environmental groups. “As legal hearings about...

The General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Mr Damilola Emmanuel, on Thursday said the Lagos State Government had trained 100 youths at Ijede in Ikorodu area on how to create wealth by recycling water hyacinth. Emmanuel disclosed this during...

An aging bulker and its crew have been abandoned off of a far-flung foreign port, according to the International Transport Workers’ Federation, and this particular case is worse than most: the location is inside of the Somali piracy high-risk...

A member of the House of Representatives, Babatunde Hunpe, has said that the proposed Badagry deep seaport project is still on course. Hunpe, who represents Badagry Federal Constituency in the lower legislative chamber, said this on Friday on the sidelines...

The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre said a total of 37 incidents of armed robbery against ships comprising 35 actual incidents and two attempted incidents were reported...

A charity group on Tuesday asked the European Union to find a port where it can dock to disembark hundreds of migrants it has rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea over recent days. Some 572 people, including 183 minors, are...

International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), Nigeria chapter, has hinted at slight market recovery going by the rig counts, stressing the need for prioritisation of training and retraining of members to meet industry’s standards. It, however, noted that a...

One of the largest topside removal projects of its kind is beginning in the North Sea involved the removal of the platform from one of the area’s largest oil and gas wells after the crew left the platform nearly...

Nigeria has signed an offshore oil deal with Shell, Exxon, Total and Eni, that the state says will generate millions, settle disputes and open the way to a $10 billion investment. The “Execution of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118 (Bonga)...