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  • Trump looks to Bush-era for new head of U.S. environmental agency

    16 November 2016

    By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s short-list of contenders to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency includes two current energy industry lobbyists who held leading roles there under Republican President George W. Bush, according to two sources with knowledge of the list. The potential choices dovetail with Trump’s vow to slash U.S. […]

  • EU says Gazprom offer to avoid antitrust fines allays worries

    14 March 2017

    By Alissa de Carbonnel BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators said on Monday concessions by Russia’s Gazprom aimed at avoiding fines should allay concerns of market abuse, signalling a thaw in business ties between Moscow and Brussels despite tensions over Ukraine and Syria. The provisional deal, which is subject to feedback from some EU states […]

  • Denmark to end oil and gas era by 2050

    4 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The Danish Parliament has announced that it will cancel all future licensing rounds for new oil and gas exploration and production permits in the Danish part of the North Sea and end existing production by 2050.

  • Seabubbles wants to make the cities flow again

    31 March 2020
    Innovation, Vessels

    What do cities like London, Paris, Cairo, Rotterdam and Hamburg have in common? They are situated on the banks of a river. The vast majority of cities in the world are connected to large bodies of water. This is not because of the nice views. It is because traditionally water plays a vital role in […]

  • In focus: Europe and United States provide glimpse of sustainable energy mix of the future

    29 July 2022
    Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    As the world struggles to ‘catch its breath’ due to unprecedented heatwaves across the globe – a stark reminder of what the future has in store unless we change our ways – the energy majors find themselves in an urgent need to step up their game and provide climate-friendly and affordable energy solutions to remedy […]

  • Baker Botts Reviews Impact of Shale Gas Development in Latin America

    23 August 2013

    Baker Botts partner Hannah Longley reviewed the growing impact Latin American countries are having and could have in the future on the development of shale gas. America’s energy consumption is forecast to grow significantly with natural gas use at 7.6 trillion ft3/d in 2012 and forecast to reach 16 trillion ft3/d in 2040. The US Energy […]

  • AMCS: Who Pays the Real Price for Dredging ? (Australia)

    6 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Casting aside the agendas of politicians and activists, the true, long term implications of dredging spoil material along the Queensland coast are difficult to calculate, announced marineconservation.org. Industry has breathed life into the once-quiet town of Gladstone in the form of booming economic activity, employment and high-visibility wear. When Gladstone Harbour was subject to dredging in […]

  • China building 62% of new ships ordered globally in spite of looming US tariffs

    12 March 2025
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    China has cemented its position as the world’s top shipbuilding nation as it secured orders for 3,454 out of a total of 5,735 vessels in the current global orderbook.

  • USA: Halliburton Profit Rises

    18 April 2012

    Halliburton announced today that income from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2012 was $826 million, or $0.89 per diluted share, excluding $300 million, for an estimated loss contingency related to the Macondo well incident. Income from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2011 was $558 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, excluding […]

  • Fugro Notes Growth in Revenue (The Netherlands)

    10 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The growth in revenue that commenced in the second half of 2010 continued, as expected, in the first months of 2011. This was despite somewhat lower utilisation of the vessel fleet due to such factors as a higher number of planned dry dockings for regular maintenance and the unexpected cancellation of a large offshore project […]

  • China to Host Asia’s Largest Offshore Wind Event

    13 June 2013

    The number of firms in China exiting or reducing their exposure to the wind power sector is expected to significantly level off, as new policies supporting renewable energy being developed at the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC) come on line. At the end of last year, China Longyuan […]

  • NAT: Decreasing Oil Prices Good News for Tankers

    10 March 2020

    Lower oil prices could mean more work for tankers.

  • 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, […]

  • Arctic Fibre Applies for Canadian Submarine Cable Landing Licence

    5 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Arctic Fibre Inc. has applied to Industry Canada for submarine cable landing licences under provisions of the Telecommunications Act, 1993. “Our application for both a terminating cable licence and for a through cable licence reflects the dual purpose of our network” said Douglas Cunningham, President of Arctic Fibre Inc. “We will be transmitting international signals […]

  • Clarksons says alternative fuel ships account for 47 pct of orderbook, projects another 100 LNG carrier orders

    31 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Alternative fuel ships have accounted for around 60% of new orders since the start of 2022 in GT, primarily driven by LNG dual-fuel vessel orders, and increasingly methanol, and now account for 5% of fleet GT and 47% of orderbook, data from Clarksons shows. Looking at the fleet profile, the shipbroker said that ECO ships […]

  • US: ‘Not in my backyard, not in my sea’ – What offshore wind can learn from missteps in other industries

    18 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Securing community acceptance is a business-critical task, according to a new report on potential costly effects that public opposition to building offshore wind infrastructure could have on projects, looking at the experiences from other renewable energy industries in the United States. And while stakeholder and community feedback are a developer’s must-have, the developers seem not […]

  • History in the making at Port of Hueneme

    2 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Port of Hueneme, California, made history a couple of days ago celebrating the completion of its deepening program, a project in the works for over almost two decades. The Port now has a harbor depth of 40 feet. Joining Port officials was Colonel Julie A. Balten, Commander and District Engineer of the Los Angeles District […]

  • Divers Find Thousand-Year-Old Gold Coins in Caesarea

    19 February 2015
    Research & Development

    The largest treasure of gold coins discovered in Israel was found in recent weeks on the seabed in the ancient harbor in Caesarea National Park. The group of divers from the diving club in the harbor found the lost treasure. According to them, at first they thought they had spotted a toy coin from a […]

  • Offshore Energy 2013: LNG Plays Positive Role in East African Economy

    23 October 2013

    For the first time, Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference 2013 looked at the developments in East Africa. The region holds great potential for natural gas extraction. In a short period of time, interest in the region has grown as seismic data, infrastructure and the political environment are improving. Organized in cooperation with the Netherlands Africa […]

  • The Netherlands: Fugro Reports Growth in Revenue

    10 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Fugro, Dutch company that provides geotechnical, survey and geoscience services to oil, gas, mining and construction industries, recorded the growth in revenue that commenced in the second half of 2010 continued, as expected, in the first months of 2011. This was despite somewhat lower utilisation of the vessel fleet due to such factors as […]

  • LNG Energy Reports Gas Shows at Second Polish Well

    27 April 2011

      LNG Energy Ltd. announced that the Lebork S-1 well, on the Slupsk concession in Poland, has been successfully drilled, cased and cemented to its total depth of 3,590 meters. During drilling, numerous gas shows were recorded over 285 meters of the Lower Silurian, Ordovician and Cambrian shales. The gas shows consisted of mainly methane […]

  • OPEC: No output boost pledge despite Trump calling for it

    24 September 2018

    Oil output increase was not discussed at Sunday’s joint OPEC-Non-OPEC ministerial monitoring committee, despite U.S. President Donald Trump calling for OPEC to lower oil prices via Twitter.

  • EnBW Closes Third Quarter with Revenue up to EUR 13,76 Million (Germany)

    11 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG closed its third quarter of the current fiscal year 2011 with 6.4% and 13.5% higher unit sales of electricity and gas, respectively. Compared to the prior year, electricity sales thus increased to 116.9 billion kilowatt-hours and gas sales to 42.8 billion kilowatt-hours. EnBW’s revenue rose by 6.3% to € 13,761 million. […]

  • World Review: Cypriots Should Feel Lucky About Aphrodite Gas Discovery

    13 March 2013

    In the following article, which Offshore Energy Today is sharing with permission from World Review, Dr. Carole Nakhle, an energy economist, based in London, UK, specialising in international petroleum fiscal regimes, world oil and gas market developments, provides her view on Cyprus’ Aphrodite gas discovery and its effect on the Mediterranean country’s economy.   Written by Dr. […]

  • Controversial US energy project back in LNG game: Will its ‘rise from the ashes’ rekindle court battle?

    10 March 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    After getting the axe at the end of 2021, a hotly contested liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal project and its 230-mile pipeline in Southern Oregon, USA, are coming back to the U.S. energy horizon, thanks to a first legal shot being fired to enable its revival.