Category: uae

  • Early dark fleet leader quits shipping

    Early dark fleet leader quits shipping Radiating World Services, one of the more recognisable names linked to the so-called dark fleet, has exited VesselsValue’s fleet database.  A vessel most closely associated with the outfit has meanwhile changed hands twice in short order. The ship in question is the 2006-built LR2 tanker Eastern Pearl (115,300 dwt),…

  • McDermott takes on EPCI job at ADNOC’s oil expansion project

    McDermott takes on EPCI job at ADNOC’s oil expansion project McDermott has landed a major assignment, worth between $750 million and $1 billion, for an expansion project designed to boost offshore oil production at a development operated by the United Arab Emirates-headquartered energy heavyweight Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). The post McDermott takes on…

  • ADNOC casts the die for gas project as FID seals path to development

    ADNOC casts the die for gas project as FID seals path to development The UAE’s energy heavyweight Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has put the pen to paper for its ambition to boost its natural gas arsenal by propelling a gas project off the coast of Abu Dhabi, UEA, into execution phase with a…

  • Wan Hai fire-hit boxship towed toward Middle East after 11 weeks adrift without refuge

    Wan Hai fire-hit boxship towed toward Middle East after 11 weeks adrift without refuge The fire-damaged Wan Hai 503 is being towed across the Arabian Sea toward the Middle East after spending nearly 11 weeks stranded without a port of refuge, following rejections from both Sri Lanka and India. The 4,333 teu containership (built 2005)…

  • Vopak marks ‘inaugural’ biofuel bunkering operation in the UAE as done

    Vopak marks ‘inaugural’ biofuel bunkering operation in the UAE as done Vopak Horizon Fujairah Limited, a UAE-based subsidiary of Dutch energy storage operator Vopak, recently […] The post Vopak marks ‘inaugural’ biofuel bunkering operation in the UAE as done appeared first on Offshore Energy. Sara Kosmajac Go to offshore energy biz

  • Samsung E&A secures $1.7 billion deal to build UAE’s first methanol plant

    Samsung E&A secures $1.7 billion deal to build UAE’s first methanol plant TA’ZIZ awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract worth $1.7 billion to Samsung E&A for UAE’s first methanol plant. The post Samsung E&A secures $1.7 billion deal to build UAE’s first methanol plant appeared first on Offshore Energy. Ajsa Habibic Go to…

  • With first bunkering operation under the belt, Monjasa pioneers LNG as marine fuel in UAE

    With first bunkering operation under the belt, Monjasa pioneers LNG as marine fuel in UAE Marine fuels supplier Monjasa has completed the UAE’s first LNG bunkering operation. The post With first bunkering operation under the belt, Monjasa pioneers LNG as marine fuel in UAE appeared first on Offshore Energy. Ajsa Habibic Go to offshore energy…

  • ADNOC ceding stake in huge LNG project to subsidiary for $5 billion

    ADNOC ceding stake in huge LNG project to subsidiary for $5 billion (ADNOC) intends to transfer its entire stake in the low-carbon Ruwais liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, currently under development in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to its affiliate ADNOC Gas. The post ADNOC ceding stake in huge LNG project to subsidiary for $5…