Operators have shut-in nearly half of oil production and over 55 per cent of gas production from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico due to the Hurricane Zeta.
Japanese shipping major Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has taken delivery of Sakura Leader, the first large LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) built in Japan.
Oil and gas operators are evacuating their offshore personnel from facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as Zeta nears hurricane strength.
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s nuclear science and technology organization, has won a contract from Transport Canada to develop an assessment tool to examine clean technologies that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the release of other pollutants from marine vessels. Using wh
None of the alternative fuels being discussed today as the potential fuels of the future, such as LNG, ammonia or hydrogen, will be able to cut it, Ioanna Prokopiou, Chief Executive Officer of dry bulk trading company Sea Traders, believes. Speaking during a Lloyd’s List forum during Posidonia Week,
Three scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will lead a cruise off Southern California beginning 27 October to explore the biodiversity of deep sea habitats that are rich in minerals like phosphorus and manganese. Their goal is to document the life forms inhabiting these
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Lundin Energy Norway for a well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Last week, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) working group presented a draft text where it agreed further measures to cut ship emissions. However, the text has sparked criticism by various NGOs and maritime organisations and has been described as unambitious and vague.
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has won a bid to purchase, build, and operate four 98,000 cubic meter VLECs for China-based Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical (STL). The vessels will be carrying ethane from the US Gulf Coast to Shenzhen-listed STL’s plant in Lianyungang, China. Under the novation contr
Dutch natural gas infrastructure and transportation company Gasunie is seeking a contactor for CO2 offshore pipeline installation from Port of Rotterdam to the riser of the offshore platform as part of the Porthos CCS project. The Porthos project centres on the capture and storage of CO2 in the Nort
BW Offshore has decided to place its subsidiary which owns the FPSO Umoroa in New Zealand in liquidation to avoid further accumulation of losses following the permit operator’s insolvency.
Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP), a Danish-Swedish joint venture port operator, revealed it would join the application for the EU funding for CO2 capture project on Amager Bakke.
Finnish wave energy developer Wello has joined the consortium of the SafeWAVE project which aims to overcome the non-technological barriers to marine renewable energy.
Geoscience company CGG has recently renewed and expanded its contract to power all its operating sites in the UK with renewable energy. CGG is also one of the early adopters of renewable energy sources for its UK operations, making a switch eight years ago. The company has evaluated the green creden
