Fibre optic monitoring specialist Silixa has launched its distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) based solution for continuous or on-demand monitoring of all stages of carbon capture and storage (CCS) operations. According to the company, the new solution ‘Carina CarbonSecure’ offers offshore and on-lan
The U.S. gov’t has launched a new collaboration for improved safety and environmental stewardship in offshore energy exploration and production operations.
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has set a goal to achieve net-zero upstream activities by 2030 to tackle the world’s climate change challenge.
Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has carried out a demonstration test of a microplastic collection device, jointly developed with compatriot boiler manufacturer Miura Co. The device has been installed on a newbuilding wood chip carrier and tested at the end of October. The microplastic co
The IMO member states have agreed to give further consideration to the industry-led proposal for the establishment of a $5 billion research and development fund aimed at accelerating the introduction of zero-emission technologies into the shipping industry. The fund is being proposed as the shipping
A Panama-flagged tanker has been towed to safety after it went adrift off the ecologically sensitive Nicobar Islands, India, on 20 November.
TAQA Bratani has received approval for its drafts decommissioning programs for the Tern and North Cormorant platform topsides, located in the UK North Sea.
Equinor has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety agency for the life extension of the Tune and Tune Sør developments located in the North Sea.
Ocean Infinity has signed a contract for eight 78-metre, optionally crewed robotic vessels as part of the next phase of its ‘Armada‘ fleet. According to the company, these fuel-efficient, onshore-controlled vessels will initially only utilise a skeleton crew onboard. In due course they will work wit
The Clean Arctic Alliance slammed the decision by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to approve a ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil in the Arctic (HFO), saying that it would leave the Arctic, its Indigenous communities and its wildlife facing the risk of a HFO spill for anothe
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is supporting XOCEAN-led XO-G2 project which aims to develop the next generation survey platform in the form of uncrewed surface vessels (USV). With increased demand on the ocean for aquaculture, harvesting metals and energy extraction, companies need safer, lower cost, c
Port of San Diego is pushing forward with the installation of a microgrid, battery storage system, and electrical infrastructure at the port’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal (TAMT) in line with its environmental strategy. Namely, on November 10 the Board of Port Commissioners approved the installation
In a last-ditch effort to open up more acreage for offshore drilling, the Trump administration proposed to loosen Obama-era safety regulations for the oil industry in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska.
Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has entered into a new agreement with product tanker owner and operator Hafnia to provide underwater hull maintenance and repair services for their fleet of 93 owned vessels. The deal will see all related underwater works for the Hafnia Tankers fleet coordinated out of
