The Port of Singapore’s container throughput in 2019 hit an all-time high of 37.2 million TEUs.
Trump administration’s proposal to start liquefied natural gas transportation by rail is facing opposition from 16 U.S. states, due to associated risks.
US ports hold steady despite the trade war.
Independent natural gas and crude oil producer Wintershall Dea has secured interests in nine new exploration licenses in Norway, including three as an operator.
Senegal’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy will launch the 2020 Senegal Licensing Round with an opening event on January 28, 2020, in Dakar.
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to convert a Brazilian power plant to 100 percent natural gas operation, while at the same time increasing output from 85 MW to 92 MW.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Island Wellserver vessel for well intervention in 2020.
Independent seismic data acquisition company Searcher Seismic has expanded its offshore data library with the completion of the Gulf of Papua prospectivity study in Papua New Guinea.
The Hague-based LNG giant Shell in cooperation with Turcas Petrol opened the first liquefied natural gas filling station in Turkey.
A strong 2019 provided telltale signs that the industry was entering a new offshore investment cycle, stated Espen Erlingsen, head of upstream research at Rystad Energy.
The number of crew kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea increased by more than 50% y-o-y.
Three Norwegian oil and gas majors – Equinor, Vår Energi, and Aker BP – have been awarded the largest number of new offshore production licenses as part of Norway’s latest licensing round, the APA 2019.
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered 69 production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf to 28 oil and gas companies as part of the Award in Pre-Defined Areas 2019.
Gassco, the company running the Norwegian gas infrastructure, called for the construction of additional infrastructure to expand the utilization of resources from the Barents Sea.
