European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council have made a provisional agreement to reform and strengthen the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, making a further step in the completion of the ‘Fit for 55′ package to deliver the European Green Deal and the REPowerEU plan. According to Eur
Shell has received consent from Norway’s regulator for removal and disposal operations, as part of decom activities on a North Sea field.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement with tanker owner EURONAV Luxemburg to buy a very large crude carrier (VLCC), as part of the UN-coordinated operation to remove more than one million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. The new vessel to
UK’s regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) says flaring has been cut in half, following four consecutive years of reductions.
AB Klaipedos Nafta has received a Letter of Expectation from its shareholder, the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, which owns 72.47% of the company’s shares. According to Klaipedos Nafta, the Letter of Expectation confirms the direction of the changes sought by the company and enable
The North Sea Chapter of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) has urged politicians to maintain focus to avoid ‘economic adversity’ for the UK.
In line with its decarbonization efforts, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is mandating for all harbor craft to become fully electric, capable of using B100 biofuels or be compatible with net zero fuels such as hydrogen by 2030. In addition to slashing emissions, switching from die
INEOS and Wintershall Dea marked a major milestone and a world first on 8 March with the first-ever injection of CO2 in the North Sea as part of Project Greensand. Project Greensand includes capturing CO2 at an INEOS Oxide site in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, which is transported cross-border and stored in
Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for two wells in the North Sea off Norway.
US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Freeport LNG has received regulatory approvals to restart the final train of the three-train liquefaction facility in Texas. On 8 March, Freeport LNG announced it had received regulatory approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Pi
A wave energy device, developed by the Spanish company Rotary Wave, has been installed in Valencia to provide clean electricity for the public lighting at the city’s seafront.
The consortium De Nederlandse Waterstof Delta (The Dutch Hydrogen Delta) has submitted a plan to Dutch MPs Bontenbal, Boucke, and Erkens to kickstart the electrolyser manufacturing industry and thus accelerate the hydrogen economy. According to the Port of Rotterdam, the plan, which ensures that the
Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Noble’s rigs at a field located in the North Sea off Norway.
Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy has announced on Twitter that the negotiations for the construction of a $30 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal between Tanzania, Norway’s Equinor, and UK’s Shell are complete and experts are now writing contracts. The ministry notified the public that Tanzani
