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Pemex plant blast death toll reaches 32
The death toll in the Pemex petrochemical plant explosion has risen to 32 after the discovery of four more bodies…
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Ocean Rig buys ex-Schahin drillship at auction
Ocean Rig has bought the sixth-generation ultra-deepwater drillship Cerrado at auction for $65m. The drillship was formerly owned by the…
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CMA-CGM postpones megaship calls to US west coast ports
French container giant CMA-CGM has postponed plans to send some of its so-called megaships on routes to US west coast…
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Subsea 7 awarded EPIC contract by Apache North Sea
Subsea 7 has announced that it has secured an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract from Apache North Sea…
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AWO members ask US legislators to protect the Jones Act
Representatives of the tugboat, towboat and barge industry met with members of the US Congress to express their concerns and…
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Shipping firms owed nearly $1bn in late-return fees for containers in Venezuela
Shipping firms are owed nearly $1 billion by Venezuela in fines for unreturned and late-returned containers, according to Reuters. The…
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Death toll from Pemex blast rises to 24 with 18 missing
The death toll from Wednesday’s huge explosion at a Pemex petrochemical plant rose from 13 to 24 late on Thursday,…
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Schlumberger cuts 2,000 more jobs
Multinational oilfield services provider Schlumberger cut another 2,000 jobs in the first quarter of this year, according to Bloomberg. With…
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Helmerich & Payne lays off employees after contract cancellation
Helmerich & Payne International Drilling has announced the closure of its H&P 100 platform rig in the Gulf of Mexico…
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Death toll climbs to 13 from Pemex plant blast
The death toll from Wednesday’s explosion at a Pemex petrochemical plant has jumped to 13, Mexican government officials announced on…
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Sete Brasil files for bankruptcy
Brazilian oil rig operator Sete Brasil has filed for bankruptcy protection with the approval of a majority of its shareholders…
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Explosion at Pemex oil plant in Mexico kills 3, over 100 injured
An explosion occurred at a major petrochemical facility of Mexican state run oil company Pemex in the port city of…
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Canada enacts moratorium on offshore oil and gas activity in Georges Bank
Canada announced on Wednesday that it has enacted a statutory moratorium on offshore oil and gas activity in Canada’s portion…
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Viking Supply closes Newfoundland office
Viking Supply Ships will close its office in St. John’s, Newfoundland next week as part of ongoing cost-cutting measures. After…
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NYK LPG tanker given first slot for transiting the expanded Panama Canal
The honour of being the landmark first vessel to transit the expanded Panama Canal in late June will fall to…
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Cox Oil Offshore acquires Chevron’s shallow water assets in the Gulf of Mexico
Dallas-based independent oil and gas firm Cox Oil Offshore has completed the purchase from Chevron of all the supermajor’s shallow-water…
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Crewman found dead as tugboat capsizes on Houston area river
A crewman from a capsized tugboat was found dead in the San Jacinto River near Houston on Tuesday morning. Four…
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Repsol Sinopec Brasil, Petrobras and Statoil strike oil offshore Brazil
Repsol Sinopec Brasil and Petrobras, along with European partner Statoil, announced on Monday that they have struck oil in the…
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Seadrill to lay off 112 in Houston
John Fredriksen’s Seadrill is planning to layoff 112 employees in Houston from May 1, according to a notice to the…
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Four more families of El Faro crew settle with Tote
Another group of El Faro victims’ families reached legal settlements with the sunken cargo ship’s owner Tote Maritime, it was…
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