Marine Insurance – Offshore Energy

• Nigeria orders oil and gas companies to extend offshore rotations, reduce staff March 31, 2020
  The Nigerian oil and gas regulator has ordered oil and gas companies to reduce their offshore workforce and to move to 28-day staff rotations as part of measures to curb the spread of …..
• Equinor orders longer shifts for offshore staff March 20, 2020
  Oil company Equinor is extending its employees’ shifts at offshore platforms to 21 days, from 14 days, to reduce the risk of a spread of Covid-19, it said earlier this week ….
• Covid-19 hits offshore oil rig March 13, 2020
  Norway-based energy firm Equinor has reported the oil industry’s first coronavirus infection on an offshore installation. The company reported on Wednesday March 11th that a …..
• Scots oil rig worker put in isolation after ‘presenting symptoms’ of coronavirus February 19, 2020
  A Scottish oil rig worker is being treated by medics on board the Tern Alpha platform off Shetland after returning from a holiday in Thailand. He is being tested for suspected coronavirus ….
• Libya’s oil revenues drop to zero February 13, 2020
  Libya's oil revenues fell to zero in January, the central bank said on Monday. Forces and tribesmen allied to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar have successfully blocked major ….
• FPSO P-70 ‘stable’ after storm pushes it near coast February 12, 2020
  Brazilian oil company Petrobras said on Friday February 7th that the recently delivered FPSO P-70 was stable after a storm that hit Rio de Janeiro on January 30th pushed the FPSO near a …..
• Turkey receives invitation from Somalia to explore offshore oil January 27, 2020
  Turkey has said that it has been invited by Somalia to explore oil in Somalian waters from Somalia. The move follows reports that last year Turkey had signed a maritime delimitation …..
• Marine accident round-up : 21st January 2020 January 21, 2020
  Cargo ship MSC Adelaide (IMO 9618290) struck a moored pilot boat while approaching Gioia Tauro during the late morning of January 18th, having arrived from Genoa. The boat sank after being ….
• PDVSA permits JV partners to take over day-to-day oilfield operations January 8, 2020
  Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has begun letting some joint venture partners take over the day-to-day operation of oilfields, reports Reuters. PDVSA's own capacity had dwindled due to …..
• Hornsea 1 wind farm to pay millions as a result of blackout January 8, 2020
  Orsted-run Hornsea 1, the world’s largest operating offshore wind farm, will pay £4.5m ($5.9m) as a result of its part in a massive blackout that left more than a million people in the ….