Shell and Chevron are returning personnel to their offshore assets in the Gulf of Mexico and all rigs to drill sites in a bid to resume operations since the anticipated disturbance, which was expected to turn into a hurricane, is no longer considered to present a safety risk.
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UK-headquartered energy giant Shell has paused certain drilling operations and began transferring non-essential personnel to shore from its Gulf of Mexico assets amid disturbance likely to become a hurricane. Shell reported on Monday, November 4, that it had started transferring non-essential person
In a little more than five years, renewable energy targets set for 2030 will come knocking on the door. Whether they will be reached, missed or overshot, depends on multiple factors, most of which concern policymakers and the energy sector itself. At the end of 2023, the EU increased the binding ren
A court decision, which was interpreted to pose a serious threat to new and existing oil and natural gas operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with some fearing that it would have unintended consequences for the offshore wind program as well, has been replaced with a new one.
Equinor has confirmed that the production at an unmanned production platform on a gas field in the North Sea offshore Norway remains shut in, following the appearance of smoke, with no impact on committed gas exports currently anticipated.
Equinor has confirmed the appearance of smoke at an unmanned production platform deployed at a gas field in the North Sea off the coast of Norway. As a result, the production was interrupted to carry out the required checks.
While the implementation of ammonia as a marine fuel is expected to be technologically feasible as early as 2025-2026, its toxic nature requires the maritime industry to develop new approaches to safety. However, the majority of maritime community members are willing to sail on or work with ammonia-
ABS has completed a safety evaluation of ammonia dispersion on board an ammonia-fueled gas turbine LNG carrier design from Hanwha Ocean.
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has shared the safety results for the third quarter of 2024, noting an uptick in safety, paired with a slight increase in the total number of injuries towards the end of the quarter.
Four transmission system operators (TSOs) of the Nordic region have decided to take measures into their own hands and strengthen their cooperation amid rising geopolitical tensions and ongoing Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza conflicts.
Japanese shipping company NYK has started operating its test engine facility to evaluate the safety of new fuels and shorten review time, aiming for practical use within a period of three months. NYK broke ground on the test facility in Chiba Prefecture at the beginning of the year and put it into o
A seven-member crew has been evacuated and taken ashore after a fire broke out in the engine room of an oil tanker off the coast of Germany, however, efforts continue to put out the blaze.
As the ongoing war in the Middle East spreads to encircle other territories while continuing to rage unabated, Chevron has postponed its planned work on a giant natural gas field expansion project off the coast of Israel.
