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Eni’s CEO portrays UK as ‘primary’ investment playground for gas, renewables, and CCS pursuits
Eni’s CEO describes the UK as a top investment destination not just for natural gas but also for renewable energy, and carbon capture and storage (CCS).
WWF: Canada urged to tackle underwater noise pollution this year
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada, one of Canada’s largest conservation organizations, is urging the federal government to deliver a strong plan in 2024 to protect marine species from underwater noise pollution.
Ports of Rotterdam and Shannon Foynes to work on green fuels supply chain corridor
Ireland’s largest bulk port Shannon Foynes and the Port of Rotterdam have signed an agreement to develop a supply-chain corridor for exporting green fuels into Europe produced from the west of Ireland’s limitless wind resource.
After little acquisition activity in 2023, Norwegian firm gets $11.7M contract with Petrobras
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has awarded Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) with a contract worth approximately $11.7 million to deliver a multi-client survey offshore Brazil. The contract represents EMGS’ first acquisition project offshore Brazil in almost ten years. T
LR, Green Marine roll out training for methanol as marine fuel
Danish methanol-as-marine-fuel consultancy Green Marine has teamed up with Lloyd’s Register (LR) classification society on expert training for methanol handling. The training program is intended for maritime stakeholders that aim to build or retrofit and operate vessels with methanol-as-fuel technol
Australia’s oil & gas industry throws its support behind calls to cut taxpayer funding for activist group
Many have publicly denounced their support for a taxpayer-funded NGO that takes legal action over climate change and environmental issues.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen lands lucrative contracts worth $1.2 billion
Oslo-listed Wallenius Wilhelmsen has sealed two contracts worth over $1.2 billion with an unnamed global construction and mining equipment manufacturer and one of the largest automotive distributors in the Americas. The first multi-year shipping contract, valued at approximately $1 billion based on
Ammonia beats methanol as MSI predicts increased demand
The role of alternative fuels in powering the low-carbon economy will dramatically increase volumes of renewable ammonia, outstripping growing volumes of renewable methanol.
Scottish consortium to develop green hydrogen shore power trial with CMDC funding
A Scottish consortium of four renewable and maritime companies has secured funding from the UK Government Department for Transport (DfT) to develop a green hydrogen shore power trial project at the Port of Leith. As disclosed, the project was granted over £535,000 (around $679,000) as part of the Cl
Poor weather hits pause on construction of new UK interconnector
Offshore cable operations have been paused for the Greenlink interconnector that will link Ireland and Wales due to poor weather and for maintenance and upgrades on the construction vessel. The Greenlink Interconnector will link the southeast of Ireland, from Great Island, County Wexford to South-we
Japanese majors to explore ammonia supply base in Fukushima
Japanese companies Japan Petroleum Exploration Co.., Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., IHI Corporation, Mitsui & Co., and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have started a joint study for the establishment of the ammonia supply base in Soma area, Fukushima Prefecture.
NYK breaks ground on in-house biofuel testing hub
On Monday, January 29, Japanese shipping major NYK Group broke ground on a test engine facility, aimed at evaluating the safety and practical application of biofuels for maritime use. The company’s latest venture towards sustainable shipping is being constructed in Chiba Prefecture. NYK Group compan
Belgian meshed grid to the rescue as offshore wind export cable gets damaged
The export cable of the Rentel offshore wind farm is reported to have been damaged. However, the offshore wind farm keeps feeding electricity into the Belgian grid as the offshore power hub, Modular Offshore Grid (MOG), has taken over. Elia, the operator of Belgium’s MOG, says that the cable from th
Two vessel gigs land on Norwegian player’s North Sea backlog
Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has found more work for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) in its fleet by securing a set of new contracts in the North Sea.