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ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil terminate Maersk drillship contract
A pair of Houston-based companies, ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil announced on Thursday that they have signed an early termination agreement…
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First export of ethane from US Gulf Coast planned for August
Houston, Texas-based midstream company Enterprise Products Partners announced on Thursday that in August it will export a load of ethane,…
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Hess takes legal action against Schlumberger for effects of alleged defective valves
New York-based Hess Corporation announced on Wednesday it is going to take legal action against oilfield services provider Schlumberger to…
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US court finds asphalt company liable in 12-year-old oil spill on Delaware River
A US federal district court in Philadelphia has reversed a six-year-old decision in the case of a 2004 oil spill…
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NewLead ship auction to close another ugly chapter of crew neglect
The bulk carrier, arrested in Massachusetts in April, is set to be auctioned off on August 8, bringing to an…
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New contracts for Pangea Logistics Solutions
US dry bulk firm Pangaea Logistics Solutions has reported the expansion of a current contact of affreighment (COA) deal as…
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Deep Down seals $3m contract for Gulf of Mexico projects
Houston-based oilfield services company Deep Down has secured a contract worth $3m for work in the Gulf of Mexico. It…
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Houston Ship Channel temporarily closed after sulfur dioxide leak from Petrobras-owned refinery
A section of the Houston Ship Channel was closed to traffic for less than three hours after a sulfur dioxide…
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BOEM plans next offshore lease sale by internet to avoid protests
The US government’s Bureau of Ocean Energy management (BOEM) is moving to avoid repeats of disruptive demonstrations by environmentalists by…
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Shell to cut 25% of its deep water Gulf of Mexico workforce
Royal Dutch Shell intends to axe around 25% of its workforce in offshore US Gulf of Mexico projects by the…
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US Customs beefs up Jones Act enforcement
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the largest agency within the Department of Homeland Security, has created the National Jones…
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ConocoPhillips to axe 1,000 more jobs worldwide
Houston-based ConocoPhillips is to cut 1,000 more jobs around the world as it continues to contend with the drop in…
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Schlumberger sheds 16,000 jobs in first half
Oilfield services company Schlumberger has revealed in its latest results report the shedding of 16,000 jobs during the first half…
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Sacked Horizon whistleblower awarded more than $1m in damages
A court in the US has awarded more than $1m to a former Horizon Lines master who was sacked in…
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Paragon Offshore wins new work, stacks another two vessels
Paragon Offshore has won new term employment for two of its drilling rigs, but contract terminations by Petrobras have forced…
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Magellan to build Pasedena product terminal
Magellan Midstream Partners will construct a new high-capacity marine terminal along the Houston Ship Channel in Pasadena, Texas to handle…
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Matson acquires Span Alaska Transportation
US owner Matson has announced that its subsidiary, Matson Logistics, will acquire Span Alaska Transportation for $197.6m. The transaction is…
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OSG may spin off its international business
US-based Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) is considering separating its domestic and international businesses into two standalone publically traded companies. The…
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Aegean and three engineers indicted over alleged pollution conspiracy
Two subsidiaries of Greece’s Aegean Group on Friday were indicted in Charleston, South Carolina, on pollution conspiracy and obstruction of…
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NewLead vessel to be sold at auction
A US court has ordered an arrested handymax bulk carrier owned by Greece’s NewLead Holdings to be sold in an…
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