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  • As calls for more UK-produced energy lock horns with outcries to ban new oil & gas, all roads lead to renewables

    7 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Renewables are seen as the UK’s road to net-zero, but many feel this should be a gradual shift in investment rather than casting new oil & gas aside right away.

  • Trump offshore drilling ban a ‘Hail Mary’ to swing Florida votes in his favour

    15 September 2020
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vision

    U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent oil ban on offshore drilling in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina is a last-ditch effort to swing votes in his favour ahead of November elections and get some environmentalist voters to switch from his Democrat opponent Joe Biden.

  • Offshore Engineering Global and China Marine Industry Report Available

    21 December 2011

    Reportlinker announced that the new market research report is available. The skyrocketing oil price during 2007-2008 sparked globally investment fever in marine engineering industry. However, from 2009 onwards, seeing globally economic recession and sluggish demand, many small and medium-sized marine engineering enterprises have taken a heavy toll on revenue in the wake of the nosedive […]

  • Emirates Boat Show International to debut in Abu Dhabi in November

    28 August 2008

    WORLD’S RICHEST CITY TO ATTRACT GLOBAL MARINE INDUSTRY Knotika Holding, a market leader in the regional leisure marine industry and organiser of prominent boat shows in Kuwait and Bahrain have announced the launch of the Emirates Boat Show International (www.emiratesboatshow.com) in Abu Dhabi from 25th to 29th November 2008. Under the patronage of H.H. Dr. […]

  • Shell Canada Limited Receives Regulatory Approvals For Duvernay Oil Corp. Acquisition

    21 August 2008

    Shell Canada Limited (“Shell Canada”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announced today that it has received the approval of the Minister of Industry under the Investment Canada Act for its offer to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Duvernay Oil Corp. (“Duvernay”) (including common shares issuable upon the exercise […]

  • DNV GL: COVID-19 alone not enough to hit Paris climate goals

    1 July 2020
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    The coronavirus pandemic will have a dramatic impact on energy supply and demand in the short term and will have lasting impacts once the pandemic dissipates but on its own will not be enough to advance the world’s progress towards the Paris climate ambitions, classification society DNV GL said.

  • UN Report: Trade Tensions, Uncertainty Hurt Global Maritime Trade

    31 October 2019

    Maritime transport sails stormy seas against political and structural headwinds.

  • In focus: Offshore energy, shipping look to CCS and alternative fuels as they ramp up decarbonization efforts

    14 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    The offshore energy and shipping industries are essential components of global trade and commerce, responsible for transporting goods and powering homes and businesses around the world. However, they are also significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. As the world’s focus on reducing carbon emissions intensifies, there is a growing need for these industries to transform […]

  • EU’s Green Deal Industrial Plan sets the stage for faster green transition of shipping

    2 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    The European Union has rolled out A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age, which is being described as the EU version of the US Inflation Reduction Act. The plan aims to provide a more supportive environment for the scaling up of the EU’s manufacturing capacity for the net-zero technologies and products required to […]

  • World’s first use of SNG in commercial shipping cuts GHG emissions

    7 April 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    A 1,036 TEU containership has reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 27% by operating on a blend of climate-neutral, synthetic natural gas (SNG) and conventional liquefied natural gas (LNG), compared to LNG alone.

  • MIT: New Design for Nuclear Plants Built on Floating Platforms

    18 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Jacopo Buongiorno and others at MIT’s Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering are working on a new floating nuclear power plant concept that could provide enhanced safety, easier siting, and centralized construction. When an earthquake and tsunami struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant complex in 2011, neither the quake nor the inundation caused the ensuing […]

  • Creating Job Openings through Energy Production (USA)

    25 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee have been advancing legislation to put Americans back to work and unlock access to the U.S. energy resources. Expanding American energy production, both onshore and offshore, is one of the best ways to create over a million new jobs and spur economic growth. “The American people don’t want […]

  • UK: PNA to Attend Multimodal 2012 as Major European Port

    24 April 2012

    Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA) will introduce itself as a major European port in the offshore-wind-farm and tidal-energy field of renewable marine energies at Multimodal 2012, in Birmingham (UK), from 1 to 3 May 2012. More particularly, Cherbourg is set to be used as the industry-and-assembly hub for the wind-farm consortium led by EDF and Alstom, […]

  • Southeast Asia Remains Main Piracy Hotspot

    9 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Southeast Asia continues to dominate maritime crime incidents globally, with 120 reports of piracy and maritime crime instances occurring in the region since 1st January 2015, an increase of 22% compared to the first six months of 2014, according to Dryad, the UK’s maritime intelligence company. Of these reported incidents, 12 were vessel hijackings – an […]

  • Wintershall: North Sea of paramount importance for EU energy security

    28 August 2014

    Wintershall’s Martin Bachman believes that supply security in Europe, which has traditionally always begun on the continent’s own doorstep, will remain important in the future too.

  • Maine Governor Places Wind Energy Moratorium, Plans Introducing New Permitting Bill

    26 January 2018
    Authorities & Government

    On 24 January, Maine Governor Paul LePage issued an executive order setting up the Maine Wind Energy Advisory Commission and placing a moratorium on new permits to wind energy projects until the newly-established commission releases its report after studying the economic impact wind turbines have on tourism. 

  • LNG 17: Five Hot Trends for LNG Industry in 2013 (USA)

    22 March 2013

    As the world enters an era of tighter gas markets, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry promises hope, with new gas basin discoveries, innovative financing models and technological advances that improve supply to meet growing demand. These developments provide opportunities for trade and a move towards a cleaner energy standard. Industry pundits agree: 2013 will […]

  • UAE: Dana Gas 2011 Revenues Up 42 Pct

    27 April 2012

    Dana Gas, the Middle East’s largest regional private sector natural gas company, held its 2011 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, Chaired by the Company’s Honorary Chairman H.E. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Sultan Al Qasimi. Dana Gas’ Chairman, Mr. Hamid Jafar, reported on the Company’s 2011 business activities and financial performance. The AGM approved the Board […]

  • BIMCO Forecasts Growth in Shadow of Tonnage Overhang

    4 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Today BIMCO publishes its Reflections 2013, a concise, condensed and thought-provoking analysis of the challenges facing the shipping industry, today and during the coming year. Shipping is a key facilitator of world trade, and the performance of this essential sector is completely interdependent with those of the global economy. While there is some optimism that […]

  • BP picks KOTUG and African firm for work at its largest gas project

    1 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    BP has hired two companies, Kotug and its Senegalese partner Maritalia, for the provision of marine services off the coasts of Mauritania and Senegal at a gas project that is said to be the biggest one in the oil major’s portfolio.

  • FAR Announces Quarterly Report, Completes 3D Seismic Survey Offshore Kenya

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    FAR Limited (FAR), an independent Australian Securities Exchange listed oil and gas explorer with high impact assets in West and East Africa has announced quarterly report for the period from 1 April 2012 to 30 June 2012 with the cash balance of $33.7M. FAR also announced the completion of 3D seismic survey over the L6 […]

  • In focus: A case for a European offshore hydrogen backbone

    17 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Storage, Technology, Transition, Vision

    300 terawatt hours (TWh) of green hydrogen could potentially be produced using electricity from offshore wind farms in the North Sea by 2050, and used not only to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors but also to boost the security of energy supply in Europe, a new study has shown. The “Specification of a European Offshore Hydrogen Backbone” […]

  • Energy Sector Faces Unprecedented Challenges in the Long-Term

    11 June 2012

    Confidence for improved margins and higher capital investment has returned to the oil and gas industry this year, according to a group of industry leaders. However in the long-term, the energy sector faces unprecedented challenges that could have a lasting impact for years to come. The comments were among those made at an exclusive roundtable […]

  • World Steel Demand Expected to Grow

    12 April 2013

    The World Steel Association (worldsteel) released on April 11 its Short Range Outlook (SRO) for 2013 and 2014. worldsteel forecasts that global apparent steel use will increase by 2.9% to 1,454 Mt in 2013, following growth of 1.2% in 2012. In 2014, it is forecast that world steel demand will grow further by 3.2% and […]

  • SR Chief Executive: Renewables are power with purpose

    18 December 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today is featuring a piece written by Scottish Renewables Chief Executive Claire Mack who talked about the importance of renewable energy, both for the environment and the economy.