In 2014 the new European financing programme, Horizon 2020, kicked off. € 80 billion will be distributed among different research projects between 2014 and 2020. The programme is the successor of the Seventh Framework (SF7) and is comprehensive, focusing on all different parts of the European societ
About 722,000 MWh of renewable energy was produced by 181 turbines located in the Belgian part of the North Sea in the first quarter this year. The produced electricity at Thornton Bank, Belwind and Northwind wind farms was enough to power around 800,000 households in the same period. With a total i
TransCanada is altering the scope of the Energy East pipeline project in Québec with the decision not to build a marine and associated tank terminal at Cacouna, due to the danger that is posing to endangered Beluga whales. Potential alternative terminal options in Québec are being reviewed. Québec a
In February 2015, Canada counted 22 LNG liquefaction plant projects, of which 17 are located in British Columbia, representing a total design capacity of 325 mmtpa.
In February 2015, Canada counted 22 LNG liquefaction plant projects, of which 17 are located in British Columbia, representing a total design capacity of 325 mmtpa.
The UAE is planning to upgrade its Jebel Ali LNG storage facility with additional capacity, as announced by the country’s Energy Minister. “Dubai will announce [it] once they land on the capacity … but definitely it’s an upgrade from the existing 3 million tonnes,” Suhail Mohammad Faraj Al Mazroui,
Search and rescue teams recovered the bodies of five passengers, with dozens more missing, after an unregistered passenger ship sank off Sulu Province in the Philippines Thursday night local time, the local Philstar news agency reports. The authorities have managed to rescue 14 passengers so far, se
An unregistered passenger vessel ‘MPB Wilayza’ sank offshore Phillippines on Thursday night, leaving 5 people dead. According to media reports, the vessel sank between the islands of Pata and Tapul probably due to overloading with sacks of cement and iron bars. Excluding crew, there were around 50 p
The US Coast Guard along with the US Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, and a Joint Interagency Task Force carried out the largest maritime cocaine seizure in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since 2009, intercepting a shipment of more than five and a half tonnes of contraband off Costa Rica. When the USS Gary (FF
Dozens of oil tankers are waiting to load at Iraq’s offshore deep sea oil terminal Al Basra Oil Terminal in the Persian Gulf. A buildup of over 30 oil tankers has been reported amid delays of up to three weeks to load oil caused by bad weather and possible oil quality issues, Reuters cited shipping
The Swedish energy company, Vattenfall, is inviting tenders for a job at Horns Rev 3 in Denmark. Following the winning bid for the offshore wind farm outside the Danish west coast Vattenfall is seeking a contractor for geotechnical site investigation works. The tender covers seabed CPTs to minimum 5
The US Coast Guard medevaced a man who was located on a disabled sailing vessel Thursday, approximately 200 miles off the North Carolina coast, 66 days after he was reported missing by his family. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received notification from t
GNLS, a joint venture between GDF Suez and Japan’s Marubeni terminated the EPC contract with OAS of Brasil that was contracted to build the 10 million cubic meters per day floating GNL del Plata terminal off the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo.
GNLS, a joint venture between GDF Suez and Japan’s Marubeni terminated the EPC contract with OAS of Brasil that was contracted to build the 10 million cubic meters per day floating GNL del Plata terminal off the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo.
