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Women – the hidden potential of oil and gas industry’s energy transition
The oil and gas industry has historically been a hard place for female workers. Now, with the oil and gas industry transitioning towards green energy, women workers could be the fresh workforce injection companies desperately need.
Go(ne)ing with the wind: 40 ships to have wind propulsion installed by the end of 2022
Wind-assisted ship propulsion has immense potential for achieving fuel savings and cutting emissions. Even though it is not believed to be THE solution for full decarbonization of the industry and getting to net-zero, it has emerged as an intermediary step which, when combined with other available s
COVID-19: A pivot point for the energy transition
The COVID-19 pandemic has been an eventful time during which many steps were taken by governments, political organizations, the EU, and oil companies to plan a faster, more efficient, and more impactful energy transition. Here we look at a sequence of events working in favour of the transition to gr
Covid-19 crisis setting the stage for restructuring of offshore drilling market
There is a case to be made that the coronavirus crisis has been setting the stage for the restructuring of the offshore drilling market.
Offshore Energy 2019: It’s a wrap!
This was the live blog of Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) 2019 taking place on 8 & 9 October. Europe’s leading gathering of the entire offshore energy industry. Read all the highlights of these days.
Norway boasts 20 development projects as exploration activity rises
As many as 20 development projects are currently under way on the Norwegian Shelf, and 13 exploration wells in the first half of 2018 have yielded six discoveries, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). However, production has been somewhat lower in the first six months of the year
Quijano: We Have Had to Come Out of Our Shell
WMN interviews Administrator of the Panama Canal, Jorge Quijano, anent 2nd anniversary of the canal’s expansion.
Dutch Shipyards Are Looking to the Future
Shipyards, the backbone of the Dutch maritime cluster, have been a breeding ground for innovation for centuries.
Full exclusive interview: Russia’s Novatek aiming for top LNG exporters club
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, Novatek is working on expanding its annual liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity up to 60 million tonnes by 2030, which would place Novatek in a group of world’s largest LNG producers as a single company, according to the company’s finance chi
US offshore wind opportunities in 2018
By: Jason Deign, for New Energy Update The US offshore wind sector ended 2017 on a slightly ironic note. Plans for Cape Wind, which was supposed to have been the country’s first offshore wind farm, were finally shuttered after a long period of uncertainty.[1] But prospects for the rest of the market
Interview: Maersk Supply growing in Aberdeen despite expected company sale
Offshore support vessel operator Maersk Supply Service has seen its Aberdeen team grow in the past two years and is working at becoming more than just a vessel supplier.
MULTRATUG 32
Following successful sea trials, Multratug 32 was recently delivered to her owners Novatug, which will lease her to Multraship. Mutratug 32 is the first tug to be designed around the Carrousel system, taking full advantage of its dynamic towing point. Both Novatug and Multraship are divisions of the
Coralius
On May 22, the naming ceremony of MV Coralius was performed by Johanna Lamminen, Chair of the Board of Skangas and Chief Executive Officer of Gasum. Being the first European built LNG bunker and distribution vessel, Coralius was commissioned for build at Bodewes Shipyards by Sirius Veder Gas AB. The
Interview: Seismic surveys critical part if the U.S. is to harness its energy potential
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in early August published its final programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS), evaluating the environmental impacts of geological & geophysical surveys on marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico region. According to the bureau, the EIS establish
Meriaura Group Introduces Eeva VG EcoCoaster
In December 2014, the Finnish Meriaura Group entered into a contract with Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes for the construction of two 4,700 dwt VG EcoCoasterTM general cargo vessels. The delivery of both vessels was scheduled for autumn 2016: first Eeva VG, and, approximately three months later, the se