Statoil to change its name to Equinor
MARCH 15, 2018 — Statoil reports that its board is proposing to change the name of the company to Equinor. It says that the name change supports the company’s strategy and development
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GE to develop world’s largest offshore wind turbine
MARCH 1, 2018 — GE Renewable Energy (NYSE:GE) today unveiled its plan to develop the largest, most powerful offshore wind turbine yet: the Haliade-X. Featuring a 12 MW direct drive generator and
Rynd named new President & CEO of Tidewater
FEBRUARY 16, 2018 — Publicly traded Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) announced it has appointed former Hercules Offshore executive John T. Rynd as the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer and a
Two oil majors announce major U.S. GoM deepwater finds
FEBRUARY 1, 2018 — Oil majors Shell and Total have each announced major oil discoveries in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Shell Offshore Inc. yesterday announced what it called “one of
Administration seeks to open 90% of OCS to offshore drilling
JANUARY 5, 2018 — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has announced what he called “the next step for responsibly developing the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Euronav sells its oldest VLCC for FPSO conversion
DECEMBER 5, 2017 — Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) has sold the VLCC Flandre (2004 – 305,688 dwt) for $45 million to a global supplier and operator of offshore floating
GOM rig activity returning to normal after Harvey
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017— The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) reports that offshore oil and gas operators in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are re-boarding platforms and rigs and beginning to
Harvey: Oil & gas industry starts to assess the hit
AUGUST 29, 2017 — Analysts are attempting to predict the longer term impact as Tropical Storm Harvey continues its rampage through America’s oil and gas industry heartland taking a toll on production,
Canada’s Horizon Maritime emerges as buyer of Kleven Yd No. 379
AUGUST 14, 2017 — Mystery solved: Canada’s Horizon Maritime Services has emerged as the buyer of the Marin Teknikk MT 6015 design offshore multipurpose vessel whose sale was recently announced by Norwegian
DONG Energy, Dominion developing Virginia wind farm
AUGUST 3, 2017— Dominion Energy Virginia recently signed an agreement and strategic partnership with Denmark’s DONG Energy to build two 6 MW turbines about 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach in