Archer inks deal for late life and P&A work on Repsol’s UK assets
Norwegian offshore service provider Archer has signed a five-year contract with Spanish oil and gas firm Repsol for work on their UK offshore assets.The agreeme...
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Close to one in five VLCCs trading today are over 20 years old
Today, there are around 130 VLCCs over 20 years old still trading, compared to fewer than 20 five years ago, according to data from Tankers International, which...
Bill looking to permanently ban oil and gas activities off California
Democratic Party Representative Salud Carbajal has reintroduced the California Clean Coast Act into the US Congress.The California Clean Coast Act would permane...
Final Geneva Dry tickets for sale
With delegate passes selling at a rapid clip, and overall participation already up by 26.67% over last year’s inaugural edition, the organisers of Geneva Dry ...
Noble rig to extend Colombia stay by 390 days
Brazilian state-owned giant Petrobras has exercised an option for one of Noble Corporation’s semisub drilling rig.The 2009-built Noble Discoverer rig has been...
House bill targets staged truck crashes
WASHINGTON – Fraudsters who stage truck accidents with the goal of suing trucking companies for millions of dollars will face stiff penalties if Congress ...
Art of truck wraps; Nintendo’s Vietnam bet backfires; automating 36M breakdowns | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
On episode 822 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is catching up with Total Truck Branding’s Stephanie Burueana and Mario Lekovic to talk about the art of truck wrap...
Liberation Day tariff hangover
Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter presented by Truckstop. In this issue: Liberation Day tariff aftermath and more.The tariffs are here … now wh...
BW Offshore gets $36m in court case settlement
Floater specialist BW Offshore and Prio Comercializadora, previously known as Petro Rio, have settled an arbitration case dating back to 2021.In September 2021,...
A.P. Moller Holding moves to take Svitzer private
Denmark’s A.P. Moller Holding (APMH) has made an all-cash offer to take towage operator Svitzer private.The offer, valued at about $1.3bn, comes at nearly a 3...
Iowa “driver shortage” bill backlash; Women in trucking; Science of Sales | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
On episode 820 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking about the Strengthening Supply Chains Through Truck Driver Incentives Act, a new bipartisan bill in Iowa t...
US federal judge blocks offshore lease sale over impact on Rice’s whales
A federal judge has blocked an oil and gas lease sale in Gulf waters off the coast of Louisiana after finding that authorities did not take into account the imp...