Lithuanian government has allocated € 7.5 million to prepare for its first offshore wind tender and the development of the first 700 MW of offshore wind capacity in its part of the Baltic Sea. The funds will support environmental impact assessments and other studies and surveys to be carried out fro
Global Petroleum has bought 2D seismic data for a license off Namibia ahead of the farm-out process, set to be launched after the seismic interpretation.
Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed new Feed-in Tariff (FIT) rates as part of the country’s plan for an extension of the FIT scheme for wind energy projects entering operation from November 2021 to December 2023. The new FIT proposal is reducing tariffs for intertidal/nearshore pr
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a ‘Record of Decision’ (ROD) establishing safeguards to reduce or eliminate impacts to marine life while setting a path forward for appropriate geological and geophysical survey activities on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf. Geologic
Pacific Carriers Limited (PCL), a Singapore-based company whose subsidiaries are engaged in international shipping, was fined $12 million for concealing illegal discharges of oily water and garbage and a hazardous condition. On December 1, the company pleaded guilty before the U.S. federal court in
The United Nations has adopted a resolution that calls on its members to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers and implement relevant measures to allow stranded seafarers to be repatriated and others to join ships. The UN pointed to the need for an urgent and concrete respons
Malaysia’s anti-graft agency has started investigating oil services provider Aker Solutions on suspicions of making false statements in its dealings with state-owned company Petronas.
The Danish Tax Agency has decided to tax Ørsted’s Walney Extension and Hornsea One offshore wind farms in the UK and the developer has now announced an appeal to this decision to the Danish Tax Appeals Agency. Namely, Ørsted received an administrative decision on 1 December for the tax years 2015 an
What will become of oil and gas exploration efforts in the near- and longer-term following a drastic decrease in the level of oil and gas investments?
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a Request for Information (RFI) process regarding the research needs for integration of large-scale offshore wind energy generation into the transmission grid. The purpose of the RFI, issued by DOE’s Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), is to solic
Norwegian shipowner Georg Eide has been sentenced for having aided Singapore-based cash buyer Wirana Shipping in an attempt to export barge carrier Harrier (ex-Tide Carrier) to a scrapyard in Pakistan back in 2017. A district court in Sunnhordland, Norway convicted the shipowner to six months in pri
A public planning inquiry into the Anglesey tidal stream energy project has been launched as part of the process to secure the permission for the scheme.
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), together with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), have invited innovators to identify how marine geospatial data can be used to find suitable sites for offshore wind, and tidal and wave energy infrastructure.
The government of Australia’s state of Victoria is pouring the first AUD 108 million (around € 67 million) from its clean energy 2020/21 budget into the first steps toward bringing new renewable energy and hydrogen projects, such as the country’s first offshore wind farm, to realisation. The funds w
