Business Developments & Projects
Peninsula renews its syndicated European credit facility
Marine fuel supplier Peninsula has confirmed the renewal of its syndicated European credit facility, reporting an increase from $350 million to $450 million. The supplier said that, together with the group’s Asian syndicated facility and other bilateral lines, the increase in the European credit fac
Italy, Austria and Germany back hydrogen-ready pipeline connecting North Africa to Central Europe
Southern hydrogen corridor or SoutH2 Corridor, a hydrogen-ready pipeline corridor connecting North Africa to central Europe, has received support from Italian, Austrian and German ministries of energy for its development in the European Union and for the respective infrastructure projects to obtain
Two new contracts reel in $850 million for Saipem
Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has secured two new offshore contracts with an overall value of approximately $850 million. Saipem has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by Turkish Petroleum OTC for the second phase of the Sakarya FEED a
Uzmar Shipyard to build two TRAnsverse tugs for Svitzer
Svitzer, a towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has awarded a contract to Uzmar Shipyard to build two new TRAnsverse tugs for its Australian business. According to Svitzer, the TRAnsverse tugs, created in collaboration with Robert Allan Ltd., deliver an estimated 10-15% reduction in fuel
Fifth well in Black Sea drilling campaign finds ‘abundance of gas pay’
Canada’s oil and gas player Trillion Energy has discovered an ‘abundance of gas pay’ with the fifth well in its multi-well program at a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye. The Bayhanli 2 well was spud on 5 April at the East Ayazli Tripod on the SASB gas field with the Uranus rig, which w
Ocean Winds signs BC-Wind export cable design deal
Ocean Winds has signed a contract with the Australian company Sea Global and its Polish subcontractor PGNiG Gazoprojekt to prepare design documentation and obtain a building permit for offshore export cables for the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. The scope of the contract cover
DAI and Freepan pen 10-year green ammonia purchase deal
DAI Infrastructure GmbH and Freepan Holdings Corp have entered a ten-year green ammonia purchase agreement. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) according to which Freepan will offtake 800 000 TPA of green ammonia. According to DAI, the green ammonia will be produced in East Port
CoolCo secures multi-year forward time charter deal for its LNG carrier
Cool Company (CoolCo), an owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers, has entered into a new time charter agreement for one of its TFDE vessels. The multi-year charter with an undisclosed energy major starts early next year, upon redelivery from the vessel’s current charter. It will add backlog thr
New UK cable layer to run on methanol once delivered in 2025
UK-based HVDC cable company XLCC has completed model testing on its new cable laying vessel (CLV) that was announced last year and which will be deployed in the renewable energy sector. The vessel will feature battery energy storage systems and shore power to reduce fuel consumption and has been des
Norwegian floating solar company widens first quarter loss
Norwegian floating solar developer Ocean Sun has reported a wider net loss in the first quarter of 2023, when compared to the same period a year earlier, with a slight increase in income.
Ricardo, sHYpS to develop H2 fuel cell propulsion tech for passenger ships
Ricardo, a strategic, environmental and engineering consulting company, is working with the Sustainable Hydrogen Powered Shipping (sHYpS) consortium to design and develop hydrogen fuel cell propulsion technologies to power the next generation of zero-emissions passenger ships. According to Ricardo,
Survey on schedule for first UK-Germany energy link
A geophysical and UXO survey is set to begin at the end of this month for an interconnector that will link the UK and Germany for the first time. Geociencias y Exploraciones Marítimas (GEM) will perform a survey of the route for the installation of the NeuConnect Interconnector, nominally 705 kilome
Report: Germany scales down LNG terminal plans
Germany will almost halve planned capacity for liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in the Baltic Sea, Reuters reported a government source as saying. Two floating LNG terminals are to be sited at Mukran off the Rügen coast with an annual capacity of around 10 billion cubic metres (bcm), down from
SBM Offshore FPSO to undergo green recycling in Denmark
Netherlands-headquartered SBM Offshore has awarded Modern American Recycling Services Europe (M.A.R.S.) with a contract for dismantling and green recycling of one of its FPSOs. The contract includes engineering, preparation, dismantling and green recycling of SBM Offshore’s FPSO Capixaba in Brazil.