Nissos Kea, a recently delivered scrubber-fitted gas-ready crude carrier, managed to avoid damage after being targeted by explosions that took place on October 21 while the vessel was loading at an oil terminal in Ash Shihr in Yemen. “In the afternoon of 21 October 2022, while the vessel had called
Norway’s PGS is set to mobilize the seismic vessel Ramform Titan for a new 3D exploration acquisition project offshore Namibia. PGS did not reveal any details about the project but did state that it had secured the contract with a “major energy company”. Ramform Titan will mobilize for the survey an
Dolphin Drilling’s Blackford Dolphin rig is heading to Las Palmas, Spain where it will be prepared for its upcoming contract in Nigeria.
The U.S.-based Coastline Exploration has received the go-ahead to move forward with its hydrocarbon exploration programme off Somalia.
Danish shipping giant Maersk, German energy firm Siemens Energy and the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) have met to discuss green hydrogen projects ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) summit in Egypt. During the meeting, the parties discussed the framework of the fea
Local wind measurement tops the priority agenda of wind-assisted ship propulsion manufacturers as the key requirement that would enable the companies to further optimize their solutions. A survey conducted jointly by Finish measurement technology company Vaisala and the International Windship Associ
London-based Panoro Energy has agreed to farm-in into the Kosmos Energy-operated Block S offshore Equatorial Guinea.
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won an order for the construction of two very large gas carriers (VLGCs) worth approximately $190 million (KRW 270.7 billion). The company behind the order is an undisclosed shipowner based in Africa, according to a stock exchange filing. T
The green transition of the shipping industry is picking up pace with shipowners starting to invest in vessels that are technologically prepared to burn alternative fuels such as ammonia and hydrogen. Uptake of alternative fuels has continued to progress, with 4.8% (2021: 3.7%, 2017: 2.3%) of the fl
Two organizations have launched a campaign calling on TotalEnergies to renounce its offshore oil & gas projects in South Africa.
A semi-submersible drilling rig considered to be the largest of its type in the world is heading to the UK for its upcoming job in the North Sea.
Offshore wind capacity could grow 56-fold until 2050, driven by a growing need for decarbonisation and energy security, and decreasing costs. Regarding the latter, bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind levelised costs of energy (LCoE) are forecast to drop by 39 per cent and 84 per cent, respective
