The Methanol Institute (MI) has joined a study led by the China Waterborne Transportation Research Institute (CWTRI), the think tank of the Chinese Ministry of Transport, which will consider the technical and operational requirements for the use of methanol as a marine fuel.
Russian gas giant Gazprom posted a net loss in the first quarter of this year mainly due to lower prices and demand in Europe, and a weak rouble. Gazprom reported a net loss of 116.2 billion Russian roubles ($1.6 billion) in the January-March period. This compares to a profit of 535.9 billion rouble
Head Energy has been awarded an extension of a frame agreement with Wintershall Dea concerning modifications at the Brage platform offshore Norway.
Partrac has provided metocean survey and consultancy services for three offshore wind projects currently under development in Ireland. Partrac said it had provided scoping and planning of hydrographic and metocean surveys, and the deployment and servicing of floating lidar and metocean measurement e
Mubadala Petroleum has increased the production capacity on the Manora oil field in the Gulf of Thailand following the completion of the 2020 development drilling and workover program.
South Korea’s Kogas and five compatriots are joining forces to set up a LNG bunkering joint venture in the country. The other Korean companies are Busan Port Corp, steel-maker Posco, refiner S-Oil, Daewoo Logistics, and shipper Hyundai Glovis. The partners signed a collaboration deal on Tuesday and
Bombora’s mWave wave energy converter ‘cell module’ structure has been delivered from the fabrication workshop of Altrad Services to the assembly workshop at Mainstay Marine Solutions. The full-scale ‘cell module’ is part of a Wales-built innovative marine energy solution. The cell module transporte
Simply Blue Energy (SBE) has appointed the Dublin-based engineering consultancy, Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), to provide development support services for the Emerald floating wind project in the Celtic Sea. GDG has been commissioned to provide both technical and consenting support during th
Santos has filed its environment plan for the abandonment of the Tern-1 wellhead to the Australian offshore regulator and the plan is now under assessment.
Equinor has made a minor oil discovery near the Vigdis field in the North Sea offshore Norway.
US energy company Kinder Morgan is to launch another small-scale liquefaction unit at its nearly $2 billion Elba Island LNG plant in Georgia. The company has requested an authorization from US FERC to place into service the eighth Elba Island liquefaction unit on July 13. Elba Island has already six
The Papua New Guinea-focused oil and gas producer and PNG LNG stakeholder, Oil Search flagged a $360-$400 million impairment in its interim results.
The construction phase of the Viking Link Interconnector project between the UK and Denmark has commenced. Siemens is mobilizing to start the construction of a 2.4-kilometre long access road for the Bicker Fen converter station site. Siemens Energy is in charge of the UK and Denmark converter statio
US engineering company KBR is not interested to conclude a fixed price contract to build Canada’s Goldboro LNG facility, according to the project developer Pieridae. Pieridae said on Monday it received a notice from KBR saying the firm was “no longer prepared to negotiate and conclude the contract”.
