The ground-breaking ceremony held at Neste’s renewable product refinery in Rotterdam marked the beginning of construction for the world’s first Bio LPG production facility.
Decom North Sea, industry body for the North Sea Oil and Gas decommissioning industry, has received ECITB approval of its ‘Decommissioning – from Planning through to Execution’ course. Chris Claydon, chief executive of the ECITB presented Karen Seath, Interim chief executive officer of Decom North S
At the application deadline for awards in predefined areas (APA) 2015 on the Norwegian continental shelf, the authorities had received applications from 43 companies, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has informed, saying the numbers were at about the same level as in 2014. Interest is great
Lithuania is interested in importing liquefied natural gas from Israel, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said. Butkevičius is currently visiting Israel where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss energy cooperation, including LNG imports, the Lithuanian government s
Local Energy Scotland has launched the Scottish Government’s Good Practice Principles for Community Benefits from Offshore Renewables. In line with the onshore counterpart, the Scottish Government wishes to see Scotland’s communities sharing in the benefits of the country’s rich natural resources. D
German oil company Deutsche Oel & Gas AG has installed a production platform over its Kitchen Lights field in the Cook Inlet, Alaska. The installation procedure was conducted by SAL Heavy Lift’s MV Svenja heavy lift and installation vessel. First gas from the platform is expected to flow starting th
Poland’s LNG import terminal in Świnoujście will receive its first cargo of the chilled gas by the end of 2015. Gaz-System’s unit Polskie LNG, which is building the import terminal, said on Wednesday that it has concluded talks regarding the project completion with the construction consortium led by
Claudio Descalzi, the Chief executive officer of Italy’s largest oil company Eni, has said that giant gas discovery in Egypt, announced by Eni last week could be even larger than initially reported. According to a Reuters report on Wednesday, Descalzi said that the Zohr discovery reserves estimates
The RFA and IMarEST launched the new maritime professional development programme at the ‘London International Shipping Week’ event yesterday. As President of IMarEST, Martin Murphy from Tidal Energy Ltd, the company behind the DeltaStream tidal energy device, introduced the programme by saying: “Pro
The RFA and IMarEST launched the new maritime professional development programme at the ‘London International Shipping Week’ event yesterday. As President of IMarEST, Martin Murphy from Tidal Energy Ltd, the company behind the DeltaStream tidal energy device, introduced the programme by saying: “Pro
The RFA and IMarEST launched the new maritime professional development programme at the ‘London International Shipping Week’ event yesterday. As President of IMarEST, Martin Murphy from Tidal Energy Ltd, the company behind the DeltaStream tidal energy device, introduced the programme by saying: “Pro
Low crude oil prices have ‘partially eclipsed’ the cost benefits of adopting LNG as a marine fuel, however, as it is unknown for how long will they linger shipowners need to decide on their next step, Mark Bell, general manager of the Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) said while speaking at Lo
Low crude oil prices have ‘partially eclipsed’ the cost benefits of adopting LNG as a marine fuel, however, as it is unknown for how long will they linger shipowners need to decide on their next step, Mark Bell, general manager of the Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) said while speaking at Lo
The Seafarers’ International Union of Canada (SIU) has launched a lawsuit challenging decisions by the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) to grant temporary work permits to foreign maritime workers crewing foreign ships operating in Canadian waters. Canadian law requires that ships carrying pass
