Brazilian state-owned energy heavyweight Petrobras has joined forces with the UK’s engineering and consulting company Wood to change and enhance the design of the traditional floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels working for the Brazilian giant to minimize the number of persons
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has hired the Louisiana-based Chet Morrison Contractors, known as Morrison Energy, on a five-year on-site pipeline decommissioning assignment partially funded by a $4.7 billion investment for orphaned oil and gas well cleanups, called the Bip
“To scrub, or not to scrub” has been an ongoing debate in the maritime industry, especially following the entry into force of the 2020 sulphur cap. Many ports and countries have decided to ban open-loop scrubber discharges within their territorial waters, although there are no uniform regional or gl
Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) has ahead of schedule wrapped up the first phase of what it says is a major North Sea decommissioning contract for Shell UK. Mermaid announced in June that it had been awarded an engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) well head severance (WHS) contract by
Santa Barbara-based nonprofit Environmental Defense Center (EDC) has urged the government to postpone the restart of a pipeline in California that caused an oil spill nine years ago until the state provides access to all relevant documentation, conducts an environmental review, and enables public en
TotalEnergies is continuing to push forward its multi-energy strategy as it works on balancing the transition to low-carbon and green sources of supply and the attempts to fortify energy security scales.
Uni-Tankers has achieved a 37.6% reduction in the carbon intensity (CI) of its owned and operated fleet measured against the 2008 IMO baseline.
A team of scientists from the Marine Biological Association, the University of Plymouth, and the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Shetland have analyzed how Orbital Marine Power’s O2 turbine interacts with Orkney’s powerful currents, providing insights into the optimal placement of tida
A new project, aimed at enhancing safety and environmental responsibility in the ship recycling industry, while upholding global labor rights standards, has been launched in Pakistan.
France’s Opsealog paints a picture of the offshore supply vessel (OSV) future rich with evolving technologies, a blossoming array of propulsion tools, and decarbonization gains.
The UAE’s ADNOC has held a ceremony to mark the cutting of the first steel for structures that will be placed at a massive sour gas development off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is envisioned to have fully unmanned offshore facilities and operate with zero emissions.
Wärtsilä is helping future-proof gas infrastructure with its reliquefaction systems, which it will deliver for retrofit and installation onboard an FSRU, owned by the U.S.-based Excelerate Energy, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) giant.
UK-headquartered tech player Beam has tucked a milestone in marine technology and underwater robotics under its belt with the development and deployment of a new innovative technology offering, said to be the world’s first autonomous underwater vehicle driven by artificial intelligence (AI).
A tragic accident recently claimed the life of one worker and put nine more directly in the path of danger due to gas exposure at a shipyard, where a 1975-built semi-submersible drilling rig was being taken apart for recycling purposes.
