Ocean Energy Systems (OES), a program within the International Energy Agency (IEA), has published a new guidance paper to respond to the need to have a completely objective evaluation of how ocean energy technology performs against key criteria.
The biggest challenge for the shipping industry will be addressing climate change, the IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim said in his address earlier today kicking off SMM Digital in Hamburg. Over the next four days, the industry’s most renowned maritime fair is going digital featuring 60 hours of pro
Although they exist, environmental and labour laws that regulate ship recycling are still ignored by shipowners that continue to send their vessels to dirty scrapyards in South Asia.
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has created a new business named ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions to commercialise its extensive low-carbon technology portfolio.
Although Equinor experienced several serious incidents throughout the year, it was able to achieve a reduction in the number of serious incidents and personal injuries in 2020 compared to the previous year.
After many negative comments targeted President Biden’s plan to halt oil and gas leasing, the nominee for the position of energy secretary Jennifer Granholm defended the administration’s push for a clean energy transition.
A new partnership has been established to perform research aimed at understanding potential risks tidal devices may pose to fish in the waters of Bay of Fundy in Canada’s Province of Nova Scotia as the site prepares to welcome new tidal energy converters over the next few years.
The transition to low sulphur in fuel oil in 2020 saw only 55 cases of 0.50% compliant fuel being unavailable, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) said describing the switch extremely smooth. The IMO gave the possibility for shipowners to be issued with a Fuel Oil Non Availability Report (
Republican senators from oil-producing states, led by Senator Bill Cassidy from Louisiana, introduced legislation that would block the Biden administration’s order pausing new oil and gas leasing on federal lands.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.
SEA Europe, a shipyards and maritime equipment association, supports the inclusion of shipping into the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) as part of the EU Green Deal. However, the association said that the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions should be incentivised by internalising the external cos
Negative reactions to U.S. President Biden’s executive order to halt new oil and natural gas leasing on public lands and offshore waters are still coming in as the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) was next in line to give its view on the matter.
Novatek, Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer and LNG operator, signed an agreement on the environmental monitoring of the water area of Kamchatka Peninsula.
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to halt new oil and gas leasing but which the Department of the Interior (DOI) claims will “help restore balance on public lands and waters”.
