In early March, Japanese shipping major NYK sent one of its vessels to PHP Ship Recycling Facility in Bangladesh for green recycling. The company said that PHP Ship Recycling Facility, which is a ship-recycling facility operated by PHP Ship Breaking and Recycling Industries Ltd., has become the firs
S.N. Corporation’s Unit-02 ship recycling yard at Shitalpur, Sitakunda in Bangladesh has been certified as compliant with the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) guidelines for the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) on sustainable ship recycling. The certification process was undertaken by the Japan
European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council have made a provisional agreement to reform and strengthen the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, making a further step in the completion of the ‘Fit for 55′ package to deliver the European Green Deal and the REPowerEU plan. According to Eur
Shell has received consent from Norway’s regulator for removal and disposal operations, as part of decom activities on a North Sea field.
UK’s regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) says flaring has been cut in half, following four consecutive years of reductions.
International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has launched a new approval process for remotely operated vehicle (ROV) introductory training courses due to an increase in false certificates. IMCA reported on 9 March that it had introduced a new scheme to address the safety concerns of this unau
The North Sea Chapter of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) has urged politicians to maintain focus to avoid ‘economic adversity’ for the UK.
INEOS and Wintershall Dea marked a major milestone and a world first on 8 March with the first-ever injection of CO2 in the North Sea as part of Project Greensand. Project Greensand includes capturing CO2 at an INEOS Oxide site in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, which is transported cross-border and stored in
US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Freeport LNG has received regulatory approvals to restart the final train of the three-train liquefaction facility in Texas. On 8 March, Freeport LNG announced it had received regulatory approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Pi
Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Noble’s rigs at a field located in the North Sea off Norway.
The German Environmental Aid (Deutsche Umwelthilfe – DUH) has objected to the construction of a pipeline to connect the planned LNG terminal off Rügen in Germany and asked the responsible Stralsund Mining Authority to refuse the permit. According to DUH, the terminal, with a capacity of up to 38 bil
Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy has announced on Twitter that the negotiations for the construction of a $30 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal between Tanzania, Norway’s Equinor, and UK’s Shell are complete and experts are now writing contracts. The ministry notified the public that Tanzani
Nordic energy company Gasum is strengthening its presence in the ARA region by registering for business in the Netherlands through its Swedish entity Gasum AB. Gasum AB has been entered into the Dutch trade register in February this year. The company said that being registered as a legal entity in t
Afentra plc has run into delays in completing deals with Sonangol and INA, which will allow it to acquire interests in blocks offshore Angola.
