The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), established in 2008 by the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has been axed. The newly appointed UK Prime Minister Theresa May has decided to scrap the DECC, and establish a Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department. As part of the mo
Annova LNG filed an application with FERC earlier in the week for authorization to site, construct, and operate new liquefaction and export facilities located on the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas.
Danish energy company Dong Energy has agreed to divest ownership in some oil and gas fields in Norway to Faroe Petroleum. The company will through its Norwegian subsidiary DONG E&P Norge AS divest ownership shares in five producing Norwegian oil and gas fields the Ula field (20 percent working inter
Japanese utility Tepco informed that it has started operations at its LNG-powered Kawasaki Thermal Power Station Unit 3 at Group 2 with a 710 MW generation capacity.
Cem Haciogly, who led Applied LNG from 2009 to 2015 started up a new company, Boreas Natural Gas, aiming to provide products, services and customized turnkey solutions for the natural gas fuels market.
Finnish engine manufacturer Wärtsilä recently reached a milestone with the completion of the 500th engine factory acceptance test (FAT) for its Wärtsilä 50DF engine.
The United States Senate recently appointed members to a conference committee with the House of Representatives to coordinate two energy bills containing provision that would expedite the regulatory approval process for LNG export applications.
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has reportedly launched an investigation to see whether the contract clauses restricting the resale of LNG cargoes impede free competition.
DONG Energy posted a heartwarming story on its social media pages today, after the Race Bank offshore wind farm team recently rescued a baby seal. “Some days ago our Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm team noticed this baby seal laying near the barge being used for landfall works. When they came closer to
DONG Energy posted a heartwarming story on its social media pages today, after the Race Bank offshore wind farm team recently rescued a baby seal. “Some days ago our Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm team noticed this baby seal laying near the barge being used for landfall works. When they came closer to
Following an overwhelming support for strike action by Wood Group’s offshore workers on Wednesday, Oil & Gas UK has said it was ‘extremely disappointed’. A ballot of Wood Group employees working across Shell operated North Sea assets coordinated between two unions, RMT and Unite, returned with a mas
EU has launched an €11 million initiative that will provide funding support to ocean energy technology developers to access Europe’s world-leading ocean energy test facilities. The initiative dubbed FORESEA (Funding Ocean Renewable Energy through Strategic European Action) will unite European ocean
ABB has won an order worth more than USD 30 million (approx. EUR 27 million) from Statnett for two substations that will strengthen Norway’s grid reliability, boost power supplies, and facilitate the integration of new renewable energy sources. The substations will also play a key role in connecting
Following the ruling in favor of the Philippines on the increasingly hostile Chinese – Philippine dispute on their claims to the Spratly Islands, Oslo-based Xeneta said that the ruling might have a wider effect on containerized ocean freight, as some 70% of world trade shipping passes through the So
