bound4blue, a developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology, and Oceanking, a Greece-based provider of marine technology solutions, have formed a partnership to jointly expand access to the eSAIL technology in Greece and Cyprus. bound4blue’s eSAIL is a wind-assisted propulsion system known as a s
Canada’s oil and gas player Trillion Energy has discovered an ‘abundance of gas pay’ with the fifth well in its multi-well program at a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye. The Bayhanli 2 well was spud on 5 April at the East Ayazli Tripod on the SASB gas field with the Uranus rig, which w
Bangladesh is expected to ratify the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, commonly known as the Hong Kong Convention, in the next few weeks. The decision was confirmed by the Bangladesh Government during a visit to the country by Norwegian aut
DAI Infrastructure GmbH and Freepan Holdings Corp have entered a ten-year green ammonia purchase agreement. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) according to which Freepan will offtake 800 000 TPA of green ammonia. According to DAI, the green ammonia will be produced in East Port
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has discovered hydrocarbons in an exploratory well in the Aram block in the Santos Basin pre-salt offshore Brazil. The 3-BRSA-1387D-SPS well is located 260 kilometers from the city of Santos-SP, at a water depth of 1,979 meters. According to Petrobra
Cool Company (CoolCo), an owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers, has entered into a new time charter agreement for one of its TFDE vessels. The multi-year charter with an undisclosed energy major starts early next year, upon redelivery from the vessel’s current charter. It will add backlog thr
UK-based HVDC cable company XLCC has completed model testing on its new cable laying vessel (CLV) that was announced last year and which will be deployed in the renewable energy sector. The vessel will feature battery energy storage systems and shore power to reduce fuel consumption and has been des
Norwegian floating solar developer Ocean Sun has reported a wider net loss in the first quarter of 2023, when compared to the same period a year earlier, with a slight increase in income.
Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has reached a production milestone from an oil field in the Gulf of Thailand, marking it as a “remarkable achievement”. Valeura Energy announced that as of 15 May, the Jasmine oil field had produced its 90 millionth barrel of oil, greatly exceeding the
State-owned PLN Indonesia Power (IP) has appointed British tidal energy specialist SBS as its technical advisor for tidal energy projects in Indonesia.
Australian oil and gas company Beach Energy has connected two new wells to its Otway Basin development, now delivering additional gas into the Australian East Coast gas market. At the start of 2022, Beach Energy confirmed that the first two wells of its offshore Otway Basin campaign – Geographe 4 an
A geophysical and UXO survey is set to begin at the end of this month for an interconnector that will link the UK and Germany for the first time. Geociencias y Exploraciones Marítimas (GEM) will perform a survey of the route for the installation of the NeuConnect Interconnector, nominally 705 kilome
Netherlands-headquartered SBM Offshore has awarded Modern American Recycling Services Europe (M.A.R.S.) with a contract for dismantling and green recycling of one of its FPSOs. The contract includes engineering, preparation, dismantling and green recycling of SBM Offshore’s FPSO Capixaba in Brazil.
Bulkship Management, the Oslo-based ship manager with a specialty in geared vessels, has signed a contract to implement BERG Propulsion’s ‘EPL for EEXI’ power limitation solution across 10 ships trading in US Gulf and Caribbean waters. The Berg Engine Power Limitation (EPL) is intended for ships who
