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  • Interview: Gate third LNG jetty project moving forward

    16 March 2015

    Dutch Gate terminal, with main shareholders Gasunie and Vopak, is moving ahead with its break bulk facility project that will enable LNG distribution for small scale use with a maximum capacity of 280 berthing slots per year. The investment decision for the construction of this facility was taken in July 2014. The construction of the […]

  • USACE Addresses Missouri Clean Water Commission Concerns (USA)

    4 May 2012

    Col. Anthony Hofmann, Commander and District Engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District addressed the members of the Missouri Clean Water Commission at their regularly scheduled meeting in Jefferson City, Mo. regarding the Jameson Island Unit Shallow Water Habitat Restoration Project. Hofmann briefed the commission in regards to the anticipated request […]

  • Reduced Capacity on Westbound Med-Asia Trade Could Improve Spot Rates

    6 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    After four months of relentless falls in the headhaul spot rates, carriers are now being forced to reduce capacity on the westbound Mediterranean – Asia trade, and the cuts could lead to spot rates improving in the peak season at least, according to UK-based shipping consultant Drewry. During the first quarter, Asian exports to the Mediterranean declined […]

  • Deepwater Drilling Specialist Exceed Exhibits at Offshore Europe for First Time (UK)

    6 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Deepwater drilling and performance improvement specialist Exceed  is exhibiting for the first time at Offshore Europe’s Deepwater Zone (Stand 6C27) following a record year for the business. The Aberdeen-based company surpassed targets to turn over £5.2million ($8.5million) in 2010/11 and has taken on a further 25 staff in the last six months to reach […]

  • Rosneft restores system of meteorological observation in Kara Sea

    28 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Russia’s Rosneft has reported that as part of a large-scale summer Arctic research expedition “Kara-Summer – 2014” a meteorological station was installed on the island of Uedinenie. Thus, the expedition organized by the “Arctic Research and Development Center” (a joint venture of “Rosneft” and ExxonMobil), with the support of the specialists from the FGBI “Arctic […]

  • NGO: Shipowners continue to avoid green ship recycling

    2 February 2021
    Environment, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Vessels

    Although they exist, environmental and labour laws that regulate ship recycling are still ignored by shipowners that continue to send their vessels to dirty scrapyards in South Asia.

  • Study: Shipping’s emissions could increase by 50% until 2050 if left unchecked

    5 August 2020
    Environment, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships are projected to increase by up to 50% until 2050, relative to 2018, despite further efficiency gains, as transport demand is expected to continue to grow, the Fourth IMO Greenhouse Gas Study shows. The study has been prepared for the International Maritime Organization by an international consortium led by […]

  • WoodMac: LNG industry heading into $200 bln Capex boom

    25 April 2019

    Over the next two years, almost 90 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG is expected to take final investment decision (FID) and start construction.

  • Noble Energy delays second well drilling off Falkland Islands

    13 April 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Noble Energy and its joint venture partners, Falkland Oil and Gas Limited (FOGL) and Edison International (Edison), have elected to defer a potential second well in the South and East Falkland basin, offshore the Falkland Islands. According to FOGL, the joint venture partners have concluded; having taken into account a number of factors,  that the optimum […]

  • PGI Intelligence: Panama Canal Safety Issues to Offset Economic Benefits?

    8 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    The third set of the Panama Canal locks, which was inaugurated on June 26, has raised considerable safety concerns which could lead to accidents and delays for shippers and higher claims for insurers, according to a report from PGI Intelligence. The report also noted that structural issues relating to the new locks could threaten the long-term integrity of the […]

  • Mitsubishi Heavy and Chengxi Shipyard Pen Collaboration Agreement

    7 May 2013

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Chengxi Shipyard (Xinrong) Co., Ltd. in China have agreed to collaborate in the ship repair business through installation of ballast water treatment systems (BWTS). The two companies signed the agreement on April 26. For some time MHI has been seeking to expand its engineering business in China, while the […]

  • Report reveals Qatar’s appetite for international expansion

    1 December 2014

    EnergyBoardroom’s Inside Oil & Gas Qatar report looks into the challenges faced by the country in implementing its National Vision 2030 development plan.

  • Continuous Monitoring to Enable More Accurate Fuel and Emissions Measurement

    5 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    As fuel costs and emissions’ levels come under more scrutiny, paper logbooks and noon reports are no longer the most effective means of monitoring and communicating fuel consumption and emissions data, according to NAPA, the leading software house for ship design and operations. Currently bunker fuel readings for most international vessels are taken as daily […]

  • In focus: Europeans taking major hydrogen steps

    8 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Transition

    The offshore energy industry made it clear long ago that hydrogen will play an important role in the efforts to reach net-zero and achieve decarbonization targets. Many steps have been taken in this direction so far, but this week hydrogen made a grand entrance with the announcement that the world will be getting its first offshore green hydrogen cluster.

  • International Seaways expands fleet with 2nd LNG-fueled supertanker chartered by Shell

    8 May 2023
    Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    New York-based tanker company International Seaways has taken delivery of the second dual-fuel LNG very large crude carrier from the South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The 300,000 dwt vessel, named Seaways Enterprise, was delivered in April 2023, a month after the delivery of the first vessel from the batch, Seaways Endeavor. International Seaways […]

  • TotalEnergies launches drone-based detection campaign for methane emissions across oil & gas assets

    16 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    TotalEnergies has implemented a worldwide drone-based detection campaign across its operated oil and gas assets to reduce methane emissions.

  • Kidnappings Double in 2015, IMB Says

    3 February 2016

    As a result of five attacks off Nigeria, kidnappings doubled from nine in 2014 to 19 in 2015, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said in its annual piracy report. ICC IMB added that piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas is persisting at levels close to those in 2014, despite […]

  • UK: IBERDROLA Chairman Calls for Single European Energy Regulator

    19 September 2012

    IBERDROLA chairman Ignacio Galan called for the creation of a single regulator for the European energy sector as part of speeding up moves towards a common energy policy and a European energy market. Speaking at the opening of the FT Global Energy Leaders Summit 2012 in London, Galan said that to achieve a common market […]

  • UK: The Underwater Centre Reports Increase in Employment of their Students

    22 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A leading subsea training centre has reported an increase in employment of their students, with 50% of one class being employed within a week of graduating. The Underwater Centre, Fort William saw half of a recent ROV class employed by leading providers of subsea services to the oil and gas industry, DOF Subsea, following the […]

  • Charleston District: FY13 In the Numbers (USA)

    7 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has introduced a list of plans and programs that they have undertaken in fiscal year 2013. “This announcement includes our big accomplishments and also the full list of everything we did for our customers throughout the fiscal year 2013,” they stated. Civil Works Charleston Harbor • Dredging: […]

  • EU Parliament, Council Reach Agreement on Offshore Ops Safety

    21 February 2013

    The European Parliament and the Council on Thursday reached a political agreement on the Commission’s legislative proposal on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations in the EU. Before oil and gas firms could get a licence to drill, the directive would require them to submit major hazard reports and emergency response plans and […]

  • Full value-chain offering from Aker and Northern Lights to speed up CCS deployment

    17 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Aker Carbon Capture has joined forces with  Northern Lights JV to work on accelerating the CCS market through full value-chain offerings.

  • The Big Short

    25 July 2017

    There’s been a wave of short term fixtures in the North Sea offshore vessel market, but is it only a band aid which, once ripped off, will reveal a problem still very much untreated? By Inger Louise Molver, Senior Offshore Analyst at Westshore Shipbrokers   Cautious optimism is where we are at right now. But this […]

  • Research Shows Lead Ocean Pollution Drops

    20 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    New research shows the first observed reduction in lead concentrations in the surface waters of the seas around Europe since the phasing out of leaded petrol. Lead has no biological function, and is toxic to humans and marine organisms. The study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, is based on samples of the Celtic Sea taken […]

  • Oil spills from Hibernia platform offshore Canada

    19 July 2019

    Approximately 12.000 liters of oil is estimated to have been spilled this week from the Hibernia oil platform offshore Newfoundland, Canada.