10000 results found for 'prelude turret'

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  • Northern Lights: Ready, set, go with first CO2 on board!

    3 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Inaugural CO2 has been loaded onto Northern Pioneer, the first in a fleet of four liquefied CO2 transport ships built for Northern Lights, a carbon capture and storage project in Norway.

  • Sempra secures LNG export permit for Phase 2 of Texas facility

    30 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a permit to Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of North America’s energy infrastructure company Sempra, for the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement (non-FTA) countries from its facility in Jefferson County, Texas.

  • Wärtsilä’s 4-stroke ammonia engine delivers up to 90% GHG emission reduction

    27 May 2025
    Innovation, Technology

    Finland-based marine technology major Wärtsilä has achieved a “significant” reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with its four-stroke ammonia engine solution, with numbers showing emission levels going down by up to 90%. According to the company, the Wärtsilä 25 engine has undergone ‘extensive’ testing, the results of which were assessed against the FuelEU Maritime regulation reference and […]

  • Japan certifies Proteus 1.1 MW tidal turbine, power now flowing to national grid

    2 June 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    UK-based tidal energy company Proteus Marine Renewables’ (PMR) 1.1 MW tidal energy turbine, the AR1100, has received certification from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), confirming the system meets national standards for grid-connected power generation. The turbine is now operational and delivering electricity to the Japanese national grid. According to PMR, METI’s approval […]

  • New operator takes up the baton at South Africa’s Orange Basin block

    4 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has expanded its portfolio with a stake in an asset that enables it to assume the operator role at an exploration block in the Orange Basin off the coast of South Africa.

  • FMC launches probe into international flagging practices

    22 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Vessels

    The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has decided to conduct a nonadjudicatory investigation aimed at determining whether some foreign governments’ vessel flagging regulations and practices create “unfavorable” shipping conditions for the United States. Specifically, the commission plans to examine whether the laws, regulations or the competitive methods utilized by shipowners, operators, agents or masters of foreign-flagged […]

  • US wards off Gulf of America’s oil & gas shutdown while new bill awaits Senate’s endorsement

    26 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    A new biological opinion for the Gulf of America, formerly the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, has forestalled the risk of ending new and existing oil and natural gas operations, staving off the danger to American energy security, based on the industry’s reaction.

  • Norwegian duo teams up on Equinor’s CO2-cutting LNG project

    2 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Asset integrity management company Axess Group has won an enterprise of competence (EoC) contract with Norway’s energy services company Aibel for work on a project operated by the compatriot energy giant Equinor.

  • DP World, VIMC Lines launch shipping route in Vietnam to cut transport emissions

    2 June 2025
    Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    The UAE-based port and terminal operator DP World, in partnership with Vietnamese shipping company VIMC Container Lines Joint Stock Company (VIMC Lines) has launched the Mekong Express, a new domestic sea-river transport promising significant carbon emission cuts. The new service operates twice a week and connect the Can Tho (Cai Cui) and Cai Mep ports, […]

  • ABS greenlights HD KSOE’s cargo handling technology for ethane carriers

    15 May 2025
    Certification & Classification, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Vessels

    ABS has awarded approval in principle (AiP) to HD KSOE for its design of an advanced cargo handling system for very large ethane carriers (VLECs).

  • Drone ops edging North Sea oil platform closer to autonomous offshore inspections

    2 June 2025
    Automation, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, IT & Software, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Aker BP has made a new leap toward fully autonomous offshore inspections and maintenance, thanks to its recently completed first offshore beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation at its platform in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • LNG supply deal diversifying China’s energy mix

    23 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Guangzhou Gas Group, a subsidiary of China’s Guangzhou Development Group, has inked a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Mercuria Energy Trading, a subsidiary of global energy and commodity group Mercuria Energy.

  • Copenhagen scales up shore power for cruise ships in push for green operations

    3 June 2025
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    A new onshore power facility at the Oceankaj cruise terminal in Copenhagen, Denmark, has been officially inaugurated, marking the next step in the maritime energy transition in Northern Europe. As disclosed, the wheels of the EU-funded ‘coordinated supply of onshore power in Baltic seaports’ project under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport program were […]

  • FPSO newbuild sets course from Singapore to Australia

    28 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    A floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit operated by Norway’s BW Offshore has left Seatrium’s yard in Singapore and is headed to work off the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory. Fully commissioned and ready for offshore deployment, the BW Opal left Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard Yard and was guided out of the bay on the […]

  • Construction of Carisbrooke Shipping’s next-gen diesel-electric vessel begins at Dutch shipyard

    22 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Dutch Thecla Bodewes Shipyards has started building the new LABRAX multipurpose dry cargo vessel with diesel-electric propulsion for UK-based shipowner Carisbrooke Shipping.

  • First-ever cruise ship bunkered with LNG at the Port of Vancouver

    12 May 2025
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    The first-ever cruise ship has filled up with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a ship-to-ship (STS) operation at the Port of Vancouver, representing an important step forward for the Canadian port to reduce emissions.

  • Drydocks World completes Prelude FLNG turret

    6 July 2015
    Vessels

    Dubai’s Drydocks World said it has completed the world’s largest turret mooring system for Shell’s Prelude FLNG. At almost 100 meters high, weighing over 11,000 tons and with a diameter of 26 meters, the turret will ensure the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas  facility can operate safely in the most extreme weather conditions, Drydocks World […]

  • Prelude FLNG turret sets sail for Korea

    15 August 2014
    Vessels

    The largest piece of the turret for Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural Gas (FLNG) facility has set sail from Dubai for the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, where the facility is under construction. The turret is part of a mooring system designed to ensure Prelude FLNG can operate safely in the most […]

  • Drydocks World completes Prelude FLNG turret

    6 July 2015
    Vessels

    Dubai’s Drydocks World said it has completed the world’s largest turret mooring system for Shell’s Prelude FLNG. At almost 100 meters high, weighing over 11,000 tons and with a diameter of 26 meters, the turret will ensure the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas  facility can operate safely in the most extreme weather conditions, Drydocks World […]

  • MAN ES’ dual-fuel, methanol-ready GenSet passes type approval test

    19 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Green Marine, Regulation & Policy

    MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has passed the type approval test (TAT) of its MAN L35/44DF engine for use as an auxiliary GenSet and for electric propulsion, operating at constant speeds of 720 and 750 rpm, respectively.

  • Prelude FLNG Turret Steel Cutting Begins (UAE)

    23 May 2012

    UAE-based Drydocks World, the established international player in ship repair, conversion, new building and offshore construction, have announced that Shell’s pioneering Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility – the world’s first – was initiated with a Steel Cutting ceremony of its Turret. It will be the world’s largest turret with more than 90 m […]

  • Drydocks World Delivers Prelude FLNG Turret Modules

    24 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Drydocks World, the internationally established & recognized maritime service provider today announced that His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group attended the ‘sail away’ ceremony to mark the commencement of delivery of the pioneering Prelude FLNG Turret Modules to the owner SHELL. The first […]

  • Drydocks delivers Prelude FLNG turret mooring system

    6 July 2015
    Equipment, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Drydocks World, a Dubai-based company has completed what it claims to be the world’s largest turret mooring system. The system will be installed aboard the world’s largest FLNG unit, Shell’s Prelude. At almost 100 meters high, weighing over 11,000 tons and with a diameter of 26 meters, the turret will ensure the Prelude floating liquefied […]

  • Prelude FLNG’s largest turret piece leaves Dubai

    15 August 2014
    Equipment, Infrastructure

    Designed in Monaco, built in Dubai, shipped to South Korea and for use off Australia, the turret is an example of the truly global nature of this project.

  • World’s Largest Turret on Its Way to Shell’s Prelude

    15 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The largest piece of the turret for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility has set sail from Dubai for the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea, where the facility is under construction. The turret is part of a mooring system designed to ensure Prelude FLNG can operate safely in the most […]