The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has appointed Hugh McNeal, the Chief Executive of RenewableUK, as a Non-Executive Director. McNeal was previously a senior civil servant, most recently as Director of Change at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), and has held a number of o
The Oakland city council voted unanimously against the plans to send millions of tons of coal shipments through a proposed marine terminal in the area on Monday, according to media reports. The decision, which requires a second vote to be made final, prohibits the transportation, handling and storag
DNV GL today published Standard for the warranty approval of marine operations, the first to deploy a digital solution that provides users with information most relevant to a specific project. DNV GL Standard DNVGL-ST-N001 Marine operations and marine warranty, documents design and operational requi
The U.S. government’s agency Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday adopted rules to require resource extraction issuers to disclose payments made to governments for the commercial development of oil, natural gas or minerals. According to SEC, the rules, mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall S
The oil and gas sector, still facing low oil prices, has yet another impact to deal with following the vote results in the UK’s EU referendum with 52 percent votes in favor of leaving the European Union.
With marine-based commissioning work being underway at Liverpool2 terminal, the Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) has teamed up with Peel Ports for trials by using its vessel MV MSC Nederland featured in the photo above. Berthing and marine trials began last week and will be followed by a varie
Squamish First Nation approved the environmental assessment agreement for the proposed pipeline that will supply natural gas to the Woodfibre LNG project.
Statoil and JX Nippon have completed their transaction whereby Statoil has acquired JX Nippon’s 45% equity share in, and operatorship of, the UK licence for the Utgard field. The pair entered into an agreement whereby Statoil will become the operator of the field earlier in June. Through this transa
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has continued its review of the multi-billion dollar Petronas-led Pacific NorthWest LNG project on Lelu Island, following the submission of final response by PNW LNG.
ABS, a provider of classification services to the offshore industry, is pursuing multiple joint development projects (JDPs) with Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre (KOMtech). The JDPs will include topics such as special purpose rigs, data analytics, and subsea technology. According to ABS, p
Oil, gas and mining companies in the United States will have to disclose payments to governments for the commercial development of oil, natural gas or minerals, under the new rules adopted by the SEC.
DNV GL, a certification body and classification society, has published what it says is the energy industry’s only Standard for the warranty approval of marine operations. DNV GL on Tuesday published the Standard which deploys digital solution that provides users with information most relevant to a s
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been hired by JD-Contractor to perform pre-cut trenching works on the 600MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Energinet.dk plans to install two 220kV submarine export cables and a 9km connecting cable between two offshore platforms. ESS commercial di
OSLO (Reuters) – About 755 Norwegian oil workers could go on strike from Saturday if employers and unions fail to agree a new wage deal before a Friday deadline that would limit output from Western Europe’s top producer, trade unions said on Monday. A final round of mandatory talks will be hosted by
