(marinelink)  The unified response to the collision and oil spill from the tankship
Eagle Otome continues.  To date, more than 9,600 barrels of oil/water
mixture has been recovered, evaporated or dispersed naturally of the
11,000 barrels spilled.  Current response assets include 88 oil
skimmers, 6 oil vacuum vehicles and 114,545 feet of containment boom. 
As the majority of the on-water oil has been recovered, the operation
will begin to focus on shoreline clean-up and restoration.  Source

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• Xstrata Coal asks suppliers to cut prices by 20%

    Xstrata Plc, the world’s largest exporter of power-station coal, said its coal unit has asked suppliers to operations in Queensland, Australia, to cut prices by 20 percent if possible. The majority of those contacted are long-term suppliers whose contracts will remain in place, Xstrata Coal spokesman James Rickards wrote in

• Dubai Star has full insurance to cover liability

    The technical managers of Dubai Star, a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker that caused a major oil spill in the San Fransisco Bay area on Friday, said they have the insurance to cover any liability.

• Alaska primed for new emergency resources

    T&T BISSO has deployed new vessel emergency response resources around the Cook Inlet and Alaska areas in its efforts to meet the Coast Guard’s new Salvage and Marine Firefighting Regulations. Specialising in vessel emergency response, salvage and marine firefighting services,… Read at Alaska primed for new emergency response resources

• EBDG includes series of barge designs for Harley

     Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) recently announced that the final barge in its 31,500-barrel class design for Harley Marine Services (HMS) has entered service. Four hulls were constructed to this design, with EBDG working with the shipyards to provide detail engineering. According to HMS project manager

• Braemer Marine: Notice of availability to participate in the hotel (Haiti)

    We have been busy yesterday responding to enquiries from Clients and business contacts concerning the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. The Braemar group of companies understands the magnitude of this situation, and in addition to performing our professional duties, we will endeavor to assist in the relief effort. Our first response

• Asia Crude-India BPCL Embassies 2nd Sweet November Offer

    India’s state-run refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) has not made any award in its tender to buy more sweet crude for lifting in November, a company official said on Thursday. “We have enough inventories,” the official said without elaborating. In a previous tender, BPCL bought 3 million barrels of sweet grades

• Uganda to produce 100,000 barrels of oil a day

    Uganda’s oil discoveries in three blocks have the potential to produce 100,000 barrels per day for the next 25 years, the Energy Ministry said. The East African country has so far discovered deposits of about 2 billion barrels of crude, of which 600 million barrels can be recovered, Robert Tugume,

• Asia Crude-India BPCL buys Sept Seria, Saharan Blend

     India’s Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) bought 2 million barrels of Algerian Saharan Blend crude for September lifting, its first purchase of the Mediterranean grade via tender in six months, plus 600,000 barrels of Brunei’s Seria Light crude, traders said on Monday. State-run refiner BPCL purchased the Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC)

• Statoil: Consistent delivery

    Net income in the third quarter of 2009 was NOK 6.6 billion and was mostly influenced by lower crude oil and gas prices and a gain on financial items. Adjusted earnings after tax was NOK 9.3 billion in the third quarter of 2009

• Rio Tinto sees metals demand was doubling in 15 years

    Economic growth in China and India is likely to double global demand for aluminium, iron ore and copper over the next 15 years, requiring a big response from miners, a Rio Tinto official said on Wednesday.

• Oman to boost oil production in order for the second consecutive year

    Non-OPEC producer Oman is on track to boost oil output for the second consecutive year and beat its target for 2009 of around 800,000 barrels per day (bpd), official data showed on Monday.

• COSCO sees recovery in demand in the shipping

    Shipping demand has recovered as the global economy has come through the worst of the downturn, the head of the world’s largest dry bulk ship operator said on Monday. Wei Jiafu, president and chief executive of China Ocean Shipping Group (COSCO), described the ups and downs in the Baltic Exchange’s

• Gulf members of OPEC for oil slows

    Core Gulf Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) members are delivering over 90 per cent of the oil supply curbs the organisation agreed last year, a Kuwait oil official told state news agency Kuna yesterday. “Compliance is good, especially in Gulf countries where compliance exceeds 90 per cent,” Nawal Al Fuzaia,

• T \ u0026amp, T Bisso Refloats Grounded Ship

     T&T BISSO, an industry leader in vessel emergency response, salvage and marine firefighting services, successfully refloated a bulk carrier that ran aground near Gwadar Port in Pakistan. Led by Salvage Master V. Seva, T&T BISSO mobilized a salvage team that included a naval architect and dive team, along with a

• Coast Guard person recovers from Old Orchard Beach

     (coastguardnews) The Coast Guard working with other local authorities recovered a person in the water off Old Orchard Beach Sunday at 10 a.m.  Source