Marine Insurance – Offshore Energy
- Enthusiastic bidding for US west coast offshore wind leases December 8, 2022Bidding commenced enthusiastically on December 6th for the first US offshore wind energy leases on the Pacific Coast, reported the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which is .....
- Supply barge sinks off Trinidad & Tobago December 6, 2022The captain and five-member crew on board a jack-up barge off the west coast of Trinidad & Tobago had to be rescued after the vessel toppled and sank in the Gulf of Paria, with 900 barrels .....
- UK’s Unite union co-ordinates strikes at BP and Repsol sites offshore December 1, 2022UK union Unite has begin co-ordinating industrial action at the offshore energy sites of BP and Repsol as part of its attempt to recapture previous concessions and win wage improvements as .....
- Denmark helps India map sites for offshore wind development December 1, 2022India has published a conceptual plan that identifies 15 priority zones to locate offshore windfarms. The plan will act as a government technical guide for the upcoming auction of offshore .....
- EU now biggest seaborne importer of LNG November 29, 2022The EU has become the world’s largest seaborne importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February this year, and the subsequent need for the .....
- Cost of decommissioning UK oil and gas wells in North Sea could reach $23bn November 29, 2022There are more than 2,000 oil and gas wells in the UK sector of the North Sea will need to be decommissioned over the next 10 years, and this could cost around £20bn, according to a report .....
- Significant damage to Nordstream pipelines, traces of explosives found November 21, 2022Investigators from Sweden and Denmark have discovered traces of explosives at the site of the damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines, providing final confirmation that the destruction in .....
- Nord Stream operator finds ‘technogenic craters’ at damaged pipeline November 15, 2022Switzerland-based Nord Stream AG, the operator of the Nord Stream pipelines that ran from Germany through the Baltic to Russia, said that it had found technogenic craters at the damaged ....
- Norwegian offshore player DOF hits financial difficulties November 14, 2022Norway-based offshore service vessel operator DOF Group, which has a fleet of more than 60 offshore service vessels, looks set to have to undergo a forced restructuring under the Norwegian .....
- German navy is helping Norway protect its oil rigs and pipelines November 7, 2022The German navy is helping Norway to protect critical maritime infrastructure such as oil rigs, undersea cables, and pipelines, and is ready to do the same off the Danish and Swedish coasts ......