Swedish Alfa Laval has developed separators and separator upgrades that are optimized for biofuels, which are seeing an increase in demand as shipowners seek solutions to decarbonize their operations. . The separators are compatible with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) blends and can prevent performance
Arroyo Investors, a Houston-based, independent investment manager focused on power and energy infrastructure assets throughout the Americas, have closed an investment in Seaside LNG and its affiliated entities, an integrated shore-side LNG liquefaction and bunkering platform in the US. Brandon Wax, Managing Director at Arroyo, said: “We believe this investment
Danish marine pump specialist Svanehøj has received an order to provide fuel pumps for eight multifueled pure car truck carriers (PCTCs). As explained, the order includes 16 deepwell fuel pumps. The eight new PCTCs will be constructed at China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu). Each vessel will have the capacity to transport
Swedish biogas producer Scandinavian Biogas, in collaboration with local farmers, is building a large-scale biogas plant in Mönsterås in Kalmar County. The facility, with an estimated production capacity of 120 GWh, will produce liquefied biogas (bio-LNG) with manure as feedstock. The production is planned to start in Q4 2024 and
UK’s representative body for the offshore energy industry, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), has launched a documentary, highlighting the workers behind the UK’s changing offshore energy industry. These workers are spearheading the transition to net-zero energy supply. Offshore Energies UK – former Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) – has released its first ever documentary titled ‘The
The circumstances surrounding the Ukraine crisis, an imbalanced European energy market, and a large degree of geopolitical uncertainty, have generated an “all-time high demand for Norwegian natural gas,” outlined Gassco, Norway’s state-owned operator of natural gas pipelines. Gassco reported on Monday, 23 January 2023, that it exported a total of
Swiss-based container shipping giant MSC has the largest orderbook by far in the industry with 124 containerships on order. Namely, MSC has 14 megamax ships and 22 neo-panamax ships on order scheduled for delivery in 2023, according to Alphaliner. The orders are spread between Chinese and South Korean shipbuilding majors.
Perstorp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG), Uniper, a Germany-based energy company, and the European Climate, Infrastructure, and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) have signed an agreement granting €97 million in funds to Project Air from the Innovation Fund. The project will receive the funds to enable its
Germany will join the H2Med, a subsea hydrogen pipeline project being jointly developed by France, Spain and Portugal. The extension of the H2Med pipeline to Germany was revealed in the Franco-German declaration on the occasion of marking the 60th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty on 22 January. France and Germany
Texas-based Harvest Midstream has made a long-term agreement with Alaska-based Interior Gas Utility (IGU) to construct a natural gas treating, liquefaction, and truck-loading facility in Alaska. According to Harvest, pending regulatory approvals, construction of the facility is expected to begin in the summer of 2023 with operations starting in late