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Merger of Technip and FMC gets the nod in Brazil
Brazil’s antitrust body CADE (Administrative Council for Economic Defence) has given its consent to the merger of French energy industry…
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Magnolia LNG plant given OK to export to countries without free-trade deals
Magnolia, a firm which is well on the way to getting all required approvals for a liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
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Block offshore Peru has potential to yield close to 900m barrels
UK-based and South America-focused Baron Oil has announced that a block it is a partner in offshore Peru potentially contains…
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USCG issues first BWMS type-approval certificate
In a landmark move the US Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Safety Centre on Friday issued its first ballast water management…
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BP commits to $9bn investment in phase two of Mad Dog field in Gulf of Mexico
BP announced on Thursday that it has given the thumbs up to invest $9bn in pressing on with the second…
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Mexico sets bar low for offshore block auction
Mexico’s Energy Minister has said that the country will consider its much-hyped deep-water oilfield rights auctions a success if just…
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Shell buys Centrica stake in Trinidad & Tobago field
British gas and electricity supplier Centrica announced on Wednesday it has reached a deal to sell its gas fields offshore…
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NTSB set to release audio transcript from El Faro VDR
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on Wednesday it will soon release the transcript of the audio recording…
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Petrobras to pay down debt with sale funds
Brazil’s troubled state oil firm Petrobras announced it was able to pay off $1.25b it owed to the National Bank…
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OSG downgraded on eve of company split
New York-based tanker owner and operator Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) on Tuesday was downgraded by Moody’s rating agency. The decision…
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ILA and employers set meetings for February
The labour union and bosses for most of the US seaport industry are planning informal meetings in February as a…
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Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will see increased tanker traffic for southern BC
The waters off southwest Canada and the northwest US could be getting much busier with oil tankers in coming years…
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Port Arthur LNG project files for authorization from FERC
The planned Port Arthur LNG facility in southeastern Texas took another step nearer being realized on Tuesday when the parent…
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Brazil port workers set for one-day strike
Brazil’s ports face nationwide industrial action on Wednesday with unionized workers planning a 24-hour stoppage, according to Reuters. The union’s…
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Peruvian dockworkers being killed by cocaine gangs
Peru’s anti-narcotics agency Devida says dozens of dockworkers at the country’s ports have been murdered after being ensnared in illegal…
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Mexico reveals firms pre-qualified for December auctions for JV drilling rights
Mexico’s oil industry regulator CNH (Comisio Nacional de Hidrocarburos) on Monday revealed the companies and consortiums that are pre-qualified to…
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USCG evacuates injured crewman from bulker off Pacific Northwest
A crewman with an injured right arm was medevacked from a bulk carrier off the Pacific Northwest by US Coast…
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Boskalis wins Brazilian contract at Acu
Dutch maritime services firm Royal Boskalis Westminster announced it has earned a contract to expand the oil transshipment terminal at…
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Panama ports close as Hurricane Otto bears down on Central America
Hurricane Otto, the seventh hurricane of the Atlantic season, prompted ports in Panama to close and harbour movements throughout the…
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BGP starts geological survey offshore Cuba
China-based BGP, one of the world’s leading geophysical services companies, announced it has begun work offshore Cuba compiling 25,000km-worth of…
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