Oslo-listed BW Energy has executed a sale and leaseback agreement with China’s Minsheng Financial Leasing for the MaBoMo production facility on the Dussafu Licence offshore Gabon. The agreement will provide $150m of gross sales proceeds under a ten-year lease term with an option to repurchase the...
https://splash247.com/bw-energy-enters-150m-sale-and-leaseback-deal-for-gabon-platform/
Offshore is one of the industries with the biggest risk profiles in the world. When bad things happen in offshore, people die, often there are explosions and sinkings, fires and oil spills, and the environment can be badly polluted, killing seabirds, fish, dolphins and coral, and inflicting...
In an industry is awash with cash and record profits, it is tragic to see five people confirmed dead in an accident on a Perenco platform offshore Gabon, and one other worker still missing, presumed also killed, as per the most recent update. Last Wednesday, there was a fire on the Becuna platform...
An incident on Perenco’s Becuna platform offshore Gabon has resulted in five worker fatalities with one worker still missing. An incident involving fire occurred at the Becuna platform on Wednesday, March 20, at approximately 3:25 pm local time. The area has since then been secured, the fire has...
https://splash247.com/fire-on-perenco-platform-off-gabon-leaves-five-dead-and-one-missing/
Barring new evasive techniques by Kremlin technocrats, the rapid rise in Russia’s shadow tanker fleet since the Ukraine war may be reversing as pressure is brought to bear on India and other countries that have discreetly helped Russia beat oil and gas shipping sanctions. The agency waging its own...
Gabon, a small Central African nation on the Atlantic coast, was last year’s fastest-growing shipping registry. In the opening days of 2024, its growth has been phenomenal thanks to a massive reflagging operation conducted by Russia’s top shipping concern, Sovcomflot. Last year, the Gabon flag...
Movements in and out of Gabon have been closed down after a group of senior military officers announced a coup following the country’s presidential election result. Operations at the Libreville port have halted and no vessels have entered or departed the port since the coup announcement, according...
https://splash247.com/ships-caught-up-in-gabon-military-coup/
Sometimes you wonder whether a country that has hit rock-bottom can fall any further. In the case of Venezuela, it seems there is always worse to come. The death of the i ..
Three seafarers have been reported missing from Grebe Bulker, a bulker vessel managed by […]
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Authorities in Malaysia have reported that three people have gone missing after a commercial oil tanker caught fire in the southern part of the country on Monday, May 1. ..
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