Oil & Gas UK (OGUK), a representative body for the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry, is expanding to include the low-carbon offshore energy technologies that its members are developing, including offshore wind, hydrogen production, carbon capture and storage systems, and other emerging low-carbon technologies. Following a year-long strategic review, …

U.S. LNG export project developer Venture Global has awarded McDermott’s storage business CB&I a contract for two storage tanks as part of the first phase of the Plaquemines LNG export project. Courtesy of Venture Global LNG Plaquemines LNG is located on the Mississippi River, south of New Orleans. When fully …

U.S. LNG infrastructure company Sempra has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Entergy Louisiana to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy for facilities like Cameron LNG. Illustration only; Courtesy of Sempra LNG The parties agreed to develop options to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy to power Sempra Infrastructure’s …

Svitzer, towage operator and part of Maersk, will provide services to Woodside Energy’s LNG export operations in the Port of Dampier, starting from the end of 2023. Woodside’s LNG export terminal in the Port of Dampier, Western Australia Woodside Energy chose Svitzer as a long-term provider of towage services for …

Aker Carbon Capture, Altera Infrastructure and Höegh LNG will collaborate to explore a full value chain offering for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). Courtesy of Aker Carbon Capture The parties will collaborate on offering carbon capture as a service to industrial emitters. They want to enable cost-effective implementation of …

Norwegian oil major Equinor has pushed back the planned restart of its Hammerfest LNG facility from the end of March to 17 May 2022. Courtesy of Øivind Haug / Equinor Hammerfest LNG, outside Hammerfest in Finnmark county, is a facility that receives and processes natural gas from the Snøhvit field …

Swedish shipping company Furetank has ordered a dual-fuel tanker from Chinese shipbuilder China Merchants Jinling Shipyard – former AVIC. Photo: Furetank The newbuild will become the ninth vessel in the Vinga series of sister vessels. It is scheduled to be delivered from the shipyard in January 2024. The agreement with …

In the face of decarbonisation challenges, presenting a united front seems to be a way around for offshore energy players. During the last week of January, we have witnessed a number of cross-sector collaborations established with a single aim to eliminate carbon emissions and reach the net-zero destination through a …

Dutch marine fuel supplier Titan LNG has completed the LNG bunkering of MT Prospero — Donsötank’s new 22,000 dwt product and chemical tanker. Photo: Titan LNG “By using LNG as a marine fuel, Donsötank and other progressive shipowners and operators are helping reduce global shipping emissions and local emissions right …

Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) has ordered the fuel tank design of six LNG-fueled container vessels from French LNG containment specialist GTT. Illustration only; Courtesy of HSHI The ship-owner and the charterer are both European companies. However, they remain anonymous at this stage. HSHI will deliver the vessels …