Offshore

Mr Folarin said the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010, provided that 70 per cent of divers in offshore energy projects must be Nigerian The Senate on Thursday decried the dominance of foreign operators in the employment...

Norway is taking the helm to develop technology that will be used to send unmanned vessels to sea on assignments without a crew on board. The researchers face some daunting challenges, such as determining what kind of control systems are...

The Hyperbaric Medical Practitioners Society of Nigeria (HMPSN) on Wednesday disclosed plans to partner with the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research  (NIMR) in a study that will determine the lung function of underwater divers who have survived COVID-19. President of the group, Dr Kayode Ogunleye...

Singapore has put the bunker tanker New Ocean 6, operated by Palmstone Tankers & Trdg Pte Ltd, under quarantine and banned it from operating until further notice, Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore said. The move is being made...

Scotland became the latest country to embrace the hydrogen sector issuing a policy statement in support of the emerging technology and committing to broad investments. The policy calls for investment in offshore wind and tidal energy in the development...

SEACOR Marine Holdings, a provider of marine and support transportation services to offshore oil and natural gas and wind farm facilities worldwide, announced that it is selling Windcat Workboats which operates a fleet of 46 crew transfer vessels supporting...

The American energy major, Chevron, has announced it will cut capital spending by 26% next year and make deep cuts through the middle of the decade, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic’s industry-wide reappraisal of fossil fuel investment. Chevron...

Australia’s Woodside is exercising its right to pre-empt the sale by FAR Senegal to ONGC Videsh Vankorneft of FAR’s interest in the Rufisque, Sangomar and Sangomar Deep (RSSD) joint venture. FAR has a 13.67% interest in the Sangomar exploitation area...

The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has threatened to withhold the balance of the contract fees of the Deep Blue Project if all the terms of the project were not met soon. Speaking during an inspection tour of the equipment...

Norway’s Equinor is looking at opportunities in the offshore wind sector in Brazil, the company’s chief executive, Anders Opedal, said this according to Reuters. While Equinor signed an MOU with Petrobras in 2018 to look for offshore wind projects in...