Shell has revealed two energy security scenarios, exploring how the world could evolve and looking into the possible energy and climate outcomes that could come to pass in a world that has security in all its shapes and forms as a prevailing concern.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has handed down a 90-day ban to the Netherlands-flagged ship Flevogracht, in what has been described as a ‘crackdown on poor performers in the maritime industry.’ AMSA said that it had detained the general cargo ship Flevogracht, operated by the Spliet
Aker BP has decided to move ahead with nine out of ten oil and gas projects for which PDOs were previously handed over.
Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (DUH), a non-profit environmental and consumer protection association, has filed an objection demanding an immediate halt to the construction of the planned Baltic Sea LNG terminal for which initial works have started. Earlier this month, the environmentalist group voiced i
An investigation carried out by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has found that hydrogen embrittlement was the cause of a flowline jumper failure in the Gulf of Mexico in 2020 that resulted in a subsea leak. The incident that occurred in July 2020 saw approximately 479
The American natural gas production is expected to grow while the accelerated shift to low-carbon and green sources will reduce U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions through 2050.
Following an incident during routine maintenance, which damaged a floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit operated by a Thai subsidiary of Chevron, Thailand has ordered its navy to join the efforts being undertaken to prevent an oil spill from the vessel.
Governments must use the upcoming meeting of the Intersessional Working Group on Greenhouse Gases (ISWG-GHG-14) to support stronger science-based climate targets for 2030 and 2040 that are vital for shipping’s energy transition, according to Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC).
Equinor spent two days in court two weeks ago, tackling the court scrutiny over the development of its controversial Bay du Nord oil project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, as Ecojustice set out to overturn the government’s approval for this $12-billion project. The outcome of this chall
As part of the UK’s 2023 Spring Budget, £20 billion (nearly $24.2 billion) funding has been unveiled to scale up carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. The energy industry sees this funding as a way to speed up decarbonisation across the UK and step up the shift towards renewables.
Netherlands-based Elegant Exit Company (EEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Spain’s Astander Shipyard to collaborate on ship recycling initiatives. Located at the southern end of the Port of Santander, Northern coast of Spain, Astander is a shipyard with 130 years of expertise i
The governments of California and Japan have formalized a partnership aimed at working together to cut pollution at seaports and establish green shipping corridors. The two sides signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) on port decarbonization and green shipping corridors on Wednesday in Tokyo as part of a w
Wood Mackenzie believes permitting reform could be part of the solution to the strains created by rapid growth in renewables.
Exhaust gas cleaning systems, also known as scrubbers, were installed on 399 ships in 2022, marking a fall of 24% y/y, data from BIMCO shows. The systems are being installed on ships to comply with the IMO 2020 Sulphur Cap as a way of cleaning out sulphur emissions while continuing to burn less expe
