French offshore solar start-up HelioRec has launched the STEWART project, aimed at advancing environmentally friendly floating solar solutions, backed by the European Union and Région Pays de la Loire through the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership). According to HelioRec, the STEWAR
Van Oord’s ten-year-old cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexus has been equipped with advanced selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems said to reduce 80% of nitrogen (NOx) emissions. Damen Shipyards Group, who built the cable layer ten years ago, installed five SCR units on the Nexus, one for each engi
Greece-based ballast water treatment specialist ERMA FIRST has formally joined Green Marine, an environmental certification program for the North American maritime industry. As disclosed, the company stepped aboard the program to ‘bolster’ its commitment to ecologically responsible shipping on both
Since the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) instructed all agencies to carry out environmental reviews before pending liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects get the green light, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has disclosed a draft supplemental environmental impact statement
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has tucked a new milestone in the reduction of routine flaring of associated gas (AG) from two shallow-water oil and gas fields located off the coast of Nigeria.
CNOOC has tucked another milestone under its belt by switching the production mode on at an oilfield project in Bohai Bay, which is expected to boost its oil arsenal while taking advantage of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to enable low-carbon barrels and development in the region.
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has received a further contract extension from Italy’s energy giant Eni to decommission selected subsea and platform wells across a portfolio of projects in the Dutch North Sea. Eni recently exercised another 90-day option for the
UK-based classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has joined the LOWNOISER project, a new initiative aimed at tackling underwater noise pollution caused by maritime traffic.
Technological advancement, supportive policy regulations, and integration of greener and cleaner power innovations are a bedrock of an equitable energy transition age for Malaysia’s Velesto Energy, which has set its cap on growth and expansion by dipping its toes into robotics and eyeing potential d
Following the IMO Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 12) session, bunker ships certified as oil tankers are set to be permitted to carry biofuel blends containing up to 30% biofuel. As informed, the PPR session was held in London from January 27 to 31, 2025, featuring discussion
Which side will come on top is not yet clear, but it is unlikely that either will throw in the towel at this late stage in the UK’s oil and gas saga without a fight.
Despite ongoing concerns over unsafe and environmentally damaging shipbreaking practices, in 2024, 80% of the global vessel tonnage scrapped—totaling 255 out of 409 dismantled ships—was broken under substandard conditions on the beaches of South Asia, Belgian NGO Shipbreaking Platform has found. Not
Since around 1,500 wells will be due for decommissioning in the UKCS between 2026 and 2030, the UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) said that this represents an opportunity for operators to test and adopt new well plugging and abandonment (P&A) technologies to cut costs and improve ef
The first public engagement for the Mersey tidal power project saw that 84% of the respondents from the Liverpool City Region support the project. The project, set to harness tidal energy from the River Mersey, aims to expand the UK’s renewable energy capacity. A non-statutory consultation, conducte
