The launch of the world’s first floating wind farm marked another milestone, not only for the floating wind technology but for the overall offshore wind industry.
The launch of the world’s first floating wind farm marked another milestone, not only for the floating wind technology but for the overall offshore wind industry.
Greenhouse gas emissions from three ship types – containerships, bulkers and tankers – could be reduced by a third, on average, by reducing their speed, according to a new study that will be presented to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) next week. The cumulative savings from reducing th
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras increased domestic oil and gas production in September compared to its output in August. Petrobras informed on Wednesday that its total oil and natural gas production in September was 2.79 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), with 2.68 million boed produced
Landfall Marine Contractors has posted a photo of their Neptune Mariner during the delivery of one of the monopiles for the 385MW Arkona offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea, where they are being installed by Van Oord’s heavy lift installation vessel Svanen.
Ophir Energy, a company developing the Fortuna FLNG project in the Block R, offshore Equatorial Guinea, is expanding its foothold in the West African country. The company has this week signed a new production sharing agreement for Block EG-24 offshore Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea. According to the Eq
Ghana and Ivory Coast have committed to ensure that the recent ruling by an international court on the maritime dispute between the two nations be smoothly implemented. To help achieve the implementation of the court ruling, the two countries have established a joint committee Joint Committee for th
London-based Ophir Energy, the developer of the Fortuna FLNG project, has signed a new production sharing contract for an offshore block in Equatorial Guinea. Ophir signed the deal with Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons and national oil company GEPetrol for Block EG-24 offshore
Oslo-listed independent oil and gas company African Petroleum (AP) has started arbitration proceedings “to protect its interests” related to its licenses offshore The Gambia. According to its statement on Wednesday, the company’s subsidiaries, African Petroleum Gambia Limited and APCL Gambia B.V hav
While gas markets are currently well supplied, the transformation of natural gas markets from regional systems to more globalized and interdependent markets is creating new security challenges, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest assessment of global gas security. The report,
Fairfield Nodal has set off for deeper waters to acquire and process high-resolution 3D marine seismic data for the Libra consortium off Brazil. The company said on Tuesday that the Libra project was Fairfield Nodal’s first such project offshore Brazil and that it would utilize the proprietary Z3000
Italian authorities have published the remaining two environmental decrees in relation to Global Petroleum’s four applications for offshore permits, marking the final administrative stage before granting the permits. The new decrees relate to applications designated D 80 F.R-GP and D 81 F.R-GP while
On October 13, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group delivered to its owners Pan Asia, the first of four 174,000 cbm Tri-Fuel Diesel Electric (TFDE) liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The ship quartet is owned by a joint venture involving China National Offshore Oil Corporation, China LNG Group, BW
Hywind Scotland, the first floating wind farm in the world, has started delivering electricity to the Scottish grid and the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon officially opened the wind farm on 18 October.
