Tanker News – Captain Joseph Hazelwood, Former Master of the Exxon Valdez, Passes Away – July 2022
Captain Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood, the Master of the crude oil tanker EXXON VALDEZ when she ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound near Valdez, Alaska on 24th March 1989, has passed away at the age of 75. The EXXON VALDEZ spill is the second largest in U.S. waters, after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in […]
Offshore – Drillship STENA CARRON spuds Bulletwood-1 well off Guyana for ExxonMobil – January 2021
Oil major ExxonMobil has started drilling at the Bulletwood-1 well site on the Canje Block located offshore Guyana. Westmount Energy, an indirect partner in the Canje Block, cited a statement by the Maritime Administration Department of Guyana from 1st January 2021 that the drillship STENA CARRON arrived on location of the well and has started […]
Offshore News – SEVEN ANTARES joins NigerStar7 Fleet – April 2019.
The 2009 built PAN flag pipelay vessel SEVEN ANTARES has joined the fleet of Nigerian offshore construction company NigerStar 7 a joint venture company created by Jagal and Subsea 7. NigerStar 7 was awarded a large deal by a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, for the production uplift pipeline projects (PUPP) in shallow water, offshore Nigeria. Subsea […]
