The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has granted oil and gas development company Orcadian Energy a one-year extension for license P2244, which contains the Pilot oilfield. The Second Term of the license was due to expire at the end of this November and has now been extended to the end of Novemb
The shipping industry is waking up to the fact that it needs to do something now to decarbonize, and ESG rightfully sits firmly alongside safety as a key decision driver in the industry, Matt Dunlop, Sustainability & Decarbonisation Director at V.Group said in an interview with Offshore Energy. Matt
Shipping organizations and initiatives across the shipping value chain, joined by the largest producers of green hydrogen, today signed on to a joint statement at COP27, committing to the rapid and ambitious production and use of low-carbon fuels based on green hydrogen to accelerate shipping’s deca
Norway’s safety regulator is investigating an incident involving “serious personal injury” on a jack-up rig, working in the North Sea.
UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has launched an investigation into an operator suspected of breaching one of its license conditions. The investigation will look into whether the licensee conducted a well test without consent and failed to provide timely notification of the complet
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has warned that the windfall ‘supertax’ proposal risks driving out oil and gas investments from the UK waters.
During the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27, currently underway in Egypt, a call to ensure the full implementation of the Paris Agreement echoed once again, as severe geopolitical conflicts and tensions seem to demand actions that are not fully in line with the Paris rul
Namibia, one of the world’s sunniest countries, is investing strenuous efforts in exploiting its abundant natural resources to produce renewable energy, most notably green hydrogen, and position itself as a renewable energy hub. “Namibia is comfortable with being a first mover in an industry that is
The only way to lower greenhouse gas emissions in shipping and entice companies to set zero-emission targets in the sector is by setting an end date for fossil fuels in the shipping industry through a global regulation, Maersk’s Chief Advisor for Green Transition Concepción Boo Arias said. “It is ve
Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck has been awarded a contract for the world’s largest hybrid offshore floating solar power plant at the offshore wind park Hollandse Kust West VII in the Netherlands.
With COP27 in full swing, governments have set out an action plan to scale up decarbonisation efforts, says IRENA.
Tuvalu becomes the second nation-state to call for an international mechanism to phase out fossil fuels and enable transition to renewables.
SBM Offshore is putting the wheels into motion to resume production by the year-end from an FPSO, which is working for Petrobras off Brazil.
South Korean shipbuilding major Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has developed a liquid hydrogen fuel cell system for ship propulsion and received approval in principle (AiP) from the classification society DNV. As explained, the system uses the electric power generated by liquid hydrogen and polymer
