Marine Insurance – Offshore Energy
- Eni files fraud complaint against fired head of oil trading July 19, 2019Italian oil major Eni has filed a fraud complaint against its former head of trading and operations, Alessandro Des Dorides, over a suspect Iraqi crude oil shipment. There were concerns ….
- Turkey says fourth research ship will be sent to Cyprus EEZ July 18, 2019Turkey Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Tuesday July 16th that the country would be sending a fourth ship to the Eastern Mediterranean near Cyprus to conduct seismic research for oil …...
- Turkey will continue drilling off Cyprus July 16, 2019Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that the country would continue drilling for gas in waters off Cyprus if the Greek Cypriot government did not accept a cooperation ….
- BP rig finally reaches destination after Greenpeace causes several delays June 21, 2019BP drilling rig Paul Loyd JNR reached its destination in the North Sea on Wednesday June 19th, having suffered 11 days of delays because of Greenpeace activity. The 40,000 tonne ….
- Cromarty Firth rig re-occupiers are arrested June 18, 2019Greenpeace members who re-occupied an oil rig in the Cromarty Firth, north of Inverness, only hours after police moved in to end the protest, have been arrested. Two men had been …..
- Offshore tensions between Cyprus and Turkey increase June 17, 2019Cyprus has confirmed that it has issued arrest warrants for crewmembers of Turkish drillship Fatih, which was currently operating within the Cypriot EEZ area. Turkey …..
- Two Greenpeace activists film themselves boarding oil rig June 11, 2019Two members of Greenpeace filmed themselves approaching and boarding 27,000 tonne Transocean rig Paul B Loyd Jr on Sunday evening June 9th ….
- Norwegian oil platform evacuated after collision June 10, 2019More than 200 people were evacuated by helicopter from Norwegian oil platform Statfjord A after offshore support vehicle Sjøborg (IMO 9591923) ….
- Equinor resumes loading at Statfjord A platform May 30, 2019Equinor has resumed loadings at its Statfjord A platform as an investigation continues into a spill that occurred during oil transfer operations on ...
- BIMCO to publish offshore decommissioning contract May 21, 2019BIMCO's Documentary Committee has approved DISMANTLECON, an international standard contract for offshore decommissioning projects ….