U.S.-headquartered energy technology giant Baker Hughes and Danish gas distribution operator Evida have established a partnership to collaborate on developing and enabling CO2 transport solutions across Denmark to back the country’s CO2 reduction goals. The strategic collaboration agreement, signed
MethaneSAT has lost contact with a satellite developed to shed light on methane emissions that other tools cannot detect, with a focus on oil and gas operators as the largest industrial source of the methane menace.
As the global energy transition journey continues to make inroads, a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the G-7-AP greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment block off the northwestern coast of the Northern Territory of Australia has secured the Australian government’s backing with the award of a majo
In a new enforcement effort that started on July 1, German authorities have begun stopping tankers passing through the country’s waters to check whether they carry valid insurance for oil spill damage. According to the German Federal Foreign Office, the measure is one of a range of initiatives spear
A staged ban on scrubber discharges in coastal waters in the North-East Atlantic area (OSPAR region) has been approved. Believed to be “the first” regional regulation on scrubber discharges, the ban sets a precedent for other areas to follow. As informed, the ban will apply to discharges from open-l
Neoliner Origin, “the world’s first” commercial sailing roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel being built for French shipping player Neoline at the Turkish RMK Marine shipyard, has set sail on the first phase of its sea trials. As disclosed, the trial was formally kick-started at the very end of June 2025,
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has opened submissions from qualified consultants to conduct a diagnostic study of the ship recycling value chain in Pakistan. According to officials from the ILO, the study is to inform national action planning by mapping ‘key’ stakeholders, pinpointing p
Norwegian fish farming company Emilsen Fisk has ordered a second floating solar power plant from Ålesund-based Alotta, just weeks after commissioning the first unit. According to Alotta, the system, an Alotta Circle Mc120, has already supplied over 90% of the site’s energy needs through solar and ba
As of today, June 26, the Hong Kong International Convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships (HKC) officially enters into force. It marks a long-awaited turning point in how the world dismantles and recycles end-of-life vessels. Over two decades in the making, the conventio
Observed annually on June 25, the Day of the Seafarer brings the spotlight to those who keep global trade moving—quietly stitching the seams of the world’s economy from one port to the next—often under immense strain and with little recognition. This year’s campaign, “My Harassment-free ship”, led b
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and multiple partners intend to boost efforts to increase transparency across the liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chain and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling, marking the first inclusion in Britain’s history of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the combustion of oil and gas in environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for hydrocarbon extraction projects, the United Kingdom (UK) set out to create a new environmental g
Energy services provider Expro has been appointed to deliver integrated well testing services for the UK’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, being developed by a joint venture of BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies. Being developed around 75 kilometers east of Flamborough Head, the
Just weeks ahead of the entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships, another accident has claimed the life of a shipbreaking worker in Alang, India—widely regarded as the world’s largest ship dismantling yard and one that asserts its c
