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  • Belgium: EWEA Calls for Removal of 2.6 Billion Emission Allowances

    11 July 2012

    The now massive oversupply of CO2 emission allowances on the market must be addressed to avoid a collapse of the Emission Trading System (ETS) that was put in place to reduce CO2 emissions. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) proposes the following two-step approach:  • Firstly: delay 2.6 billion emission allowances due to be auctioned from 2013. • […]

  • Rapid Industrialization Causes Major Concerns, Says AMCS

    20 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Great Barrier Reef is in a fragile state and must be protected from the additional pressure posed by the fast-growing risk of port expansion, dredging and dumping, according to the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS). AMCS Great Barrier Reef campaign director Felicity Wishart said the report prepared by NRM bodies into the impact of […]

  • Harvey Gulf expands fleet with new MPSV

    6 November 2017
    Equipment

    U.S. offshore vessel operator Harvey Gulf International has announced the delivery of the second large capacity 340’ Multi-Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV)  the Harvey Bluesea. In a statement on Friday, Harvey described the vessel as a “best in class” Jones Act-qualified vessel that has the technical capabilities “to efficiently, effectively and safely perform high quality field […]

  • Seascape Takes Delivery of ROV Support Vessel

    18 December 2013

    Latest addition to Mermaid’s subsea fleet ready to service Seascape’s customers in South East Asia while Middle East unit Subtech prepares to receive delivery of its own charter-in new build vessel by April 2014

  • Fugro Equator, Zhu Kezhen On Track with MH370 Deep-Sea Search Preps

    4 August 2014
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Two ships, Zhu Kezhen and Fugro Equator, continue to work in the southern Indian Ocean, surveying the sea floor in preparation for the deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. In June, an expert satellite working group identified a search zone of up to 60,000 square kilometres, which represents the highest priority for future […]

  • Singapore: Hallin West Successfully Dives Into Vessel Operation

    1 October 2010

    The West Division of Hallin Marine Subsea International Ltd has taken delivery of the purpose built subsea operations vessel, The Ullswater, and immediately won its first saturation diving contract. The West Division of Hallin, a Superior Energy Services company, has previously been involved solely in the supply and operation of Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The […]

  • Australia: MUA slams Farstad ‘retaliation’

    8 May 2017

    Maritime Union of Australia is taking Farstad, an offshore support vessel owner, to Fair Work Commission, Australia’s national workplace relations tribunal, over the latter’s announcement it will lay off 80 workers. The union alleges that Farstad is retaliating for the MUA’s decision not to accept Farstad’s non-union agreement for its members working for Farstad. „…after […]

  • Australia: Arrow Energy Issues Tender for Tunnel to Curtis Island

    21 September 2011
    Project & Tenders

    Arrow Energy, one of Australia’s leading coal seam gas (CSG) companies, has taken another step closer today to realising its multi-billion dollar project to convert CSG to liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Gladstone in central Queensland. Arrow’s Vice-President for LNG Hilary Mercer said that a tender had been issued for the preliminary design of a […]

  • AD Ports, ASRY to boost green ship recycling in Bahrain

    13 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The UAE-based terminal operator AD Ports Group and the Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Company (ASRY) have entered into three Heads of Terms (HoTs) agreements to collaborate on delivering marine services and developing ‘key’ maritime and port initiatives in Bahrain. As disclosed, the first HoT is directly related to a joint venture (JV), which is to […]

  • Energy outlook: Uncertainty and ‘resilient’ oil & gas to run the energy show in 2025

    2 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The world at large still runs on coal, oil, and gas, with the lion’s share of the energy mix controlled by these fuels.

  • 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.

  • Shell shareholders reject emissions target proposal

    23 May 2017

    By Karolin Schaps THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell shareholders on Tuesday widely rejected a proposal by an environmental group calling for the oil company to set and publish annual targets to reduce carbon emissions. The vote is a setback for climate activists who are increasing pressure on global oil companies, including U.S. firms […]

  • Azinor spins drill bit at Partridge

    15 August 2017
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Azinor Catalyst, the Seacrest Capital Group-backed E&P company focused on the UK Continental Shelf, has started drilling an exploration well at the Partridge prospect in the UK sector of the North Sea.  Azinor informed that the 14/11a-2 well on the Partridge prospect was spudded at approximately 6.30 am on August 15, 2017, using the Ocean Guardian semi-submersible […]

  • Drewry: Europe-ECSA Freight Rates Still Falling

    28 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    As freight rates in the Europe-East Coast South America trade continue to fall amid weakened ship utilisation, carriers on this trade will have a long wait for the rates to rebound and will have to consider making some capacity adjustments sooner rather than later, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. Southbound container traffic from North Europe […]

  • 20-Year-Old Crude Carriers Are Here to Stay?

    13 July 2017

    By 2020, some 100 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) will be over 20 years old, hinting that the time may be ripe now to replace that tonnage especially since the newbuilding prices are hard to resist now. “With 80 million US dollars for a VLCC and 53 million US-dollars for a Suezmax, you need to […]

  • Computer Modeling for Better Flood Protection

    27 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    In a new study published in Nature Climate Change, international researchers led by Dr. Philip Ward of the Institute for Environmental Studies at the VU University Amsterdam, review how global flood risk models are being used in practice to reduce flood impacts around the world. Deltares expert global & regional flood risk modelling and analysis, […]

  • U.S. warns entities involved in Nord Stream 2 to abandon work

    19 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    The U.S. State Department reiterated its warning that any entity involved in Russia’s Nord Stream 2 offshore pipeline project risks U.S. sanctions.

  • USA: Senators Strongly Support Great Lakes Dredging

    9 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dedicate at least $30 million from their budget for infrastructure improvements along the Great Lakes. The Senators sent the letter, along with Senators Kirk, Levin, Baldwin, Klobuchar, Franken, Brown, Portman, Stabenow, Donnelly, Johnson and Durbin, to push for […]

  • MSI: Tanker Earnings to Bounce Back in Q2

    22 March 2016

    VLCC, Suezmax, Aframax and product tanker rates are expected to rebound in the second quarter of 2016 supported by oil market fundamentals’ recovery, according to Tanker Freight Forecaster from Maritime Strategies International. Though last month saw a fall in VLCC spot earnings, rates are set to rise in the second quarter on high crude supply which […]

  • Divers Start NUNALIVUT 2014 Operation in Arctic

    18 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The Combined Dive Team, made up of 18 members from the Fleet Diving Unit (FDU-A) Atlantic and four Combat divers from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group have “broken the ice” in Gascoyne Inlet, Nunavut as part of Operation NUNALIVUT 2014. “A considerable amount of planning has gone into this operation, we have brought in everything […]

  • Explosion leaves two injured on board vessel working on Fécamp offshore wind farm

    22 November 2022
    Vessels

    During the night on 17 November, an explosion occurred on board the DP3 trenching support vessel (TSV) Athena, injuring two crew members. The vessel, which was in port in Le Havre at the time of the accident, is supporting the construction of the Fécamp offshore wind farm, according to French media. Ouest-France reports that the […]

  • Ukraine: Naftogaz Signs Credit Agreement to Substitute Gas With Coal

    27 December 2012

    Naftogaz signed the USD 3.656 billion credit agreement with the state-owned China Development Bank to finance the program of substituting natural gas with locally produced coal. The program is aimed at improving Ukraine’s energy security and alleviating dependence on foreign natural gas. The contract, guaranteed by the Ukrainian government, stipulates implementation of four separate investment […]

  • NGV Market to More Than Double in Next Ten Years, Report Says

    25 February 2014

    Increasing supplies of low-cost, readily available natural gas, along with expanding refueling infrastructure and increasingly strict vehicle emission requirements, are driving strong growth in the market for light duty natural gas vehicles (NGVs). This growth is occurring in countries where a robust market for NGVs already exists, such as India, China, Thailand, and Brazil, and […]

  • Qatar: Shell, QP Announce First Gas into Pearl GTL

    23 March 2011

      Qatar Petroleum and Shell today announced the first flow of dedicated offshore gas into the Pearl GTL plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in the State of Qatar. Shell, which is the operator of the Pearl GTL plant developed under a Production and Sharing Agreement with QP, has opened natural gas wells offshore […]

  • IRENA Inks Supplementary Headquarters Deal with UAE

    12 June 2019
    Authorities & Government, Technology

    The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has signed a supplementary agreement to the Headquarters Agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The new agreement outlines the specific conditions governing IRENA’s occupancy of its headquarters building in Masdar City. The Headquarters Agreement signed in 2012 is a foundational document that outlines the relationship between the Agency […]