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  • Centrica getting a decade’s worth of US LNG

    15 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Centrica Energy, the trading arm of the U.K.’s energy company Centrica, has signed a natural gas sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with U.S.-based Devon Energy Corporation.

  • North Sea oil & gas emissions cut by a third but further efforts required for UK’s net zero goals

    2 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    As the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry faces a critical juncture in its emissions reduction pursuit, Great Britain’s regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has pushed for a boost in investment to meet net zero aspirations, as current efforts fall short of long-term decarbonization targets.

  • Canada’s offshore oil & LNG with doors to wider markets safe from trade war tentacles, report finds

    2 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    With the first trade war shots fired, a new analysis has highlighted offshore oil production and liquefied natural gas (LNG), which have dipped their toes into broader market arenas, among products that can reap the benefits from the looming tariff threats, potentially paving the way for Canada to boost its economic might at a time of brewing global instability.

  • Sailing Olympics – Day 3 Preview

    11 August 2008

    SWEEPING THE COURSE Several hundred local boats littered the race course area right out to the horizon, (which is a surprisingly long way this morning thanks to the overnight rain), as the flotilla cleared up the infamous weed that had started to stray onto the course areas late in the afternoon yesterday. By 11am the […]

  • Ministry of Ports and Shipping will hire dredging firm to deepen and widen Port Qasim navigation channel (Pakistan)

    9 March 2010

    The Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday (today) with Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Syed Naveed Qamar, in the chair will allow the Ministry of Ports and Shipping to hire a dredging firm to deepen and widen Port Qasim navigation channel… [mappress] Source:brecorde,March 9,2010;

  • Heesen Yachts proudly announce the signing of two contracts for custom motor yachts.

    3 February 2011

    The sale of the first of these, YN 16551, a 51-metre, full-displacement vessel was completed in December 2010 to create an enviable total of 7 vessels sold during that year. The first sale of 2011 – YN 15850, a 50-metre, all-aluminium semi-displacement vessel – was completed in January 2011. The contract has been signed thanks […]

  • E.ON to Split Its Business in Two Companies

    7 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    E.ON’s transformation is the main topic at the company’s Annual Shareholders Meeting in Essen, Germany. Supervisory Board Chairman Werner Wenning and CEO Johannes Teyssen updated shareholders on the status of the project to divide the company into the future E.ON and a new company, Uniper. Starting in 2016, E.ON will focus on renewables, energy networks, […]

  • APPEA: LNG Delivers Greenhouse Benefit (Australia)

    10 April 2011

      The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) has used the opening of its largest ever conference and exhibition to release an independent study outlining the potential global greenhouse gas benefits associated with Australia expanding its liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. Produced by the global engineering consultancy WorleyParsons, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Study of Australian […]

  • Sembcorp Marine’s yard workforce down from 20,000 to 850 due to COVID-19 restrictions

    13 May 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Yard workforce employed by Singapore’s offshore builder Sembcorp Marine has been reduced from 20,000 to only 850 workers following movement restriction measures implemented due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  • UK: IMO Secretary-General Urges States to Bring 2010 HNS Protocol into Force

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos urged States to take steps to bring the 2010 Protocol to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (2010 HNS Convention) into force, after eight countries signed the Protocol, subject to ratification or acceptance. The […]

  • Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipeline: 1,000 km of pipes laid in Baltic Sea

    12 April 2019
    Project & Tenders

    A total of 1,000 kilometers of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has now been laid in Finnish, Swedish, and German waters.

  • EFIC: US Shale Gas Could Threaten Australian LNG

    22 May 2012

    Potential US gas exports do not represent a big threat to Australian LNG projects currently under construction. But this could change if there are large cost overruns at the Australian projects, or technological improvements significantly lower the long-run break-even price of US shale gas deposits, according to Australia’s Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC). EFIC said […]

  • Tanzania: Cove Unloads Mnazi Bay Stake

    30 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Wentworth Resources Limited has reached an agreement with Cove Energy plc to acquire its 100% owned subsidiary, Cove Energy Tanzania Mnazi Bay Limited (“Cove Tanzania”). Cove Tanzania holds a 16.38% participation interest in the production operations (20.475% participating interest in exploration operations) in the Mnazi Bay Concession, Tanzania (“Mnazi Bay”). In exchange, the Company will […]

  • Plug and sail: A closer look at Norway’s electric maritime turn

    16 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Transition, Vessels

    With a seafaring legacy stretching back to the age of the Vikings, Norway is no stranger to charting a firm course ahead. This time, the ships are sailing toward a zero-emission future. As the nation continues solidifying its role as a front-runner in sustainable maritime operations, momentum keeps building around autonomous shipping, electric propulsion and […]

  • HitecVision rids of CapeOmega for $1.4 billion

    23 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    HitecVision has sold its portfolio company CapeOmega, a Norwegian oil & gas and midstream infrastructure company, to Partners Group in a transaction that values CapeOmega at about EUR 1.2 billion ($1.35 billion).  

  • Shell: 2020 LNG demand up despite COVID effects

    25 February 2021
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    Despite the unprecedented volatility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in lockdowns around the world, global LNG trade rose to 360 million tonnes in 2020.

  • Three Castor Initiative members sign MOU to build zero-emission VLCC pair

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

    Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR), shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and shipping company MISC via its subsidiary, AET, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development and construction of two very large crude carriers which can be operated on zero-emission fuel.

  • Gasunie Plans to Extend Gas Network (The Netherlands)

    1 July 2011

    Gasunie is to extend its gas transport network at various locations to guarantee security of supply in the Netherlands and Northern Germany. The measures taken in the Netherlands will require an investment of nearly EUR 500 million, most of it to be spent on a new pipeline link between Beverwijk and Wijngaarden. These expansions are […]

  • Wartsila: Policymakers Should Encourage Gas Plants Construction (UK)

    5 December 2012

    With intermittent renewable energy resources and nuclear set to become a bigger part of the UK’s energy mix, it is essential that policymakers put a suitable framework in place today to encourage the construction of most flexible gas plants. Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions, has conducted comprehensive research, […]

  • Dolphin Drilling makes partial payment as settlement talks continue in multi-million tax case

    12 August 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    Dolphin Drilling, an Oslo-listed, Aberdeen-headquartered owner and operator of a fleet of harsh environment mid-water and deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, has paid in part the amount required to comply with the UK Supreme Court’s decision in a historic corporation tax liability case, which stipulates that the firm needs to dish out approximately £14.2 million (over $19.08 million).

  • DNV okays HD Hyundai Mipo’s ammonia dual-fuel medium gas carrier with FWD accommodation

    15 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    DNV has awarded an approval in principle (AiP) to HD Hyundai Mipo for an ammonia dual-fuel medium gas carrier (MGC) design featuring a forward (FWD) accommodation layout.

  • Smit Lamnalco: Challenging FLNG safety procedures ahead

    29 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Marine terminal service company Smit Lamnalco believes it has an important contribution to make as new safety regulations for floating gas terminal facilities are drawn up. Group Business Development Manager Andrew Brown points out that although there is some overlap on safety issues between floating oil and floating gas facilities, there are also important differences. […]

  • Women – the hidden potential of oil and gas industry’s energy transition

    14 July 2020
    Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vision

    The oil and gas industry has historically been a hard place for female workers. Now, with the oil and gas industry transitioning towards green energy, women workers could be the fresh workforce injection companies desperately need.

  • USA: LIPA Trustees Approve Actions to Meet Long Island’s Long-Term Energy Needs

    26 October 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Board of Trustees voted yesterday to authorize staff to begin negotiating potential power purchase agreements (PPA) for new generating resources consistent with LIPA’s Electric Resource Energy Plan. The Trustees also authorized actions related to diversifying LIPA’s resource portfolio, including efforts and investments to improve energy efficiency through the Efficiency […]

  • Down to the wire

    27 April 2007

    Racing in Round Robin One of the Louis Vuitton Cup is scheduled to end today and with respect to the leaderboard, the competition is coming down to the wire, with Flights 10 and 11 offering points that will be critical to determining final positions.