France’s RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité) has awarded Fugro with a contract to perform a geotechnical investigation for future offshore substations at two floating wind farm sites in the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea. After an evaluation of environmental impacts, Fugro mobilised its G
The first LNG cargo, pursuant to the agreement concluded between Bulgaria’s state gas company Bulgargaz EAD and Turkish company BOTAŞ, has been delivered to an LNG terminal in Turkey. Bulgargaz said the gas delivered by the tanker is from the American company Shinier, which in the fall of last year
Trillion Energy has started drilling the fifth well in its 2022 – 2023 drilling campaign on a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye.
England-based CRP Subsea has delivered dynamic bend stiffeners to Norway’s ECOnnect Energy that will be used for a jettyless LNG transfer system. ECOnnect Energy’s jettyless transfer system IQuay F-Class will be used to continuously transfer LNG gas from an offshore LNG production facility to a perm
Hamilton-based tanker shipping company Teekay Tankers plans to install Shipshave, a semi-autonomous hull cleaning tool, on four more vessels this year. The installation plans are being revealed on the back of a successful trial period during sea passages to keep a silicone-coated hull free of foulin
Icelandic energy company Landsvirkjun and global industrial gases and engineering company Linde have signed a collaboration agreement that is expected to facilitate energy transition in Iceland through the development of clean hydrogen and e-fuel projects. Landsvirkjun said the partnership will comb
Low and zero-emission fuels supplier Titan has completed ship-to-ship (STS) LNG bunkering operation on LNG-fueled pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Jasmine Leader owned by Japanese shipping company NYK Line. According to Titan, the operation was executed on 8 April in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in B
UK-based remotely operated vehicle (ROV) solutions provider ROVOP has secured a new $25 million senior credit facility with global infrastructure and real assets manager Cordiant Capital in order to pursue growth steps. The support comes as ROVOP continues to invest in its fleet infrastructure and e
South Korea’s flagship carrier HMM announced that it has cut its carbon emissions by half over the past decade. Namely, the shipping major’s data shows that the CO2 emissions generated when transporting 1 TEU of container for 1 km decreased from 68.7g in 2010 to 29.05g in 2021, representing a reduct
Norwegian shipping company Klaveness Combination Carriers (KCC) has become the latest shipowner to join the Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI).
Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei, a part of the Asahi Kasei Group, has established a ‘Care for Earth’ investment framework as a new initiative for carbon neutrality by investing $100 million worldwide in early-stage startups that aim to solve issues in environmental fields such as hydrogen, ene
Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore (CIMC Raffles) has launched China’s first semi-submersible offshore floating solar power generation platform.
Qatar’s state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy has signed a definitive partnership agreement with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) for the North Field East (NFE) expansion project. With this deal, Sinopec becomes the first Aisan shareholder in one of the NFE joint venture compan
Teekay Tankers, one of the world’s leading providers of international seaborne transportation of oil, said it would implement engine power limitation (EPL) on its vessels to meet the Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) requirements. Namely, the EEXI will require a 20% improvement in vessel design
