In Focus: Renewables making headway as Shell ruling sounds alarm on energy transition urgency
Maersk CEO: Business is ahead of govts on decarbonization agenda
28
May
There needs to be a greater sense of urgency among global governments in relation to the adoption of policies that would accelerate decarbonization in the shipping sector, the head of the world’s largest container shipping company believes. “Business is ahead of governments on this agenda,” Soren Skou, CEO of A.P.
Industry heavyweights call for net-zero shipping by 2050
28
May
The shipping industry must reach zero emissions by 2050, and to get there zero-emission ships must become the dominant and competitive choice by 2030, an op-ed signed by big industry names insists. This means that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) would need to step up and revise its decarbonization targets
Gasrec hits 10,000 truck loadings at Grain LNG
28
May
UK gas supplier Gasrec hit a milestone with its 10,000th truck loading at National Grid’s Grain LNG facility on the Isle of Grain. Courtesy of Grain LNG Demand for LNG in the road transport sector has soared in recent years, as operators continue to look for more environmentally-friendly alternatives to
Total positions for energy transition and becomes TotalEnergies
28
May
French energy major Total has moved forward with its transformation plans into a broad energy company with the latest milestone being the company’s adoption of a new name to reflect that transformation. At the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, Total shareholders on Friday approved, almost unanimously, the resolution to change
UK’s Grain LNG posts utilization records
Hamburg hydrogen project on Germany’s shortlist for funding
28
May
The Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub project has been shortlisted by the German ministry of economics for funding under the EU’s Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) program. Courtesy of MHI The main partners of the Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub include Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Vattenfall, and the municipal
Pertamina to build small-scale LNG plant on Java
28
May
Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina plans to build a small-scale LNG regasification unit at its Cilacap oil refinery, Java. Courtesy of Pertamina Pertamina will provide integrated LNG infrastructure to support its refinery business development through its units Subholding Gas, Subholding Kilang, and Subholding Shipping, and Badak LNG, the
First study into LNG carrier methane emissions wrapped up
28
May
Queen Mary University London, with support from the Collaboratory to Advance Methane Science (CAMS) and Enagas SA, conducted a first-of-its-kind study to directly measure methane emissions of an operating liquid natural gas (LNG) vessel. Courtesy of GasLog Results from the study will provide critical data-driven insights into the greenhouse gas
Venture Global LNG readies Louisiana CCS project
27
May
Venture Global LNG has unveiled plans to capture and sequester carbon at its Calcasieu Pass and Plaquemines LNG facilities. Illustration courtesy of Venture Global LNG Having concluded a comprehensive engineering and geotechnical analysis, the company is launching, subject only to regulatory approvals, a shovel-ready carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project,