Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) recently announced the start of a massive dredging scheme, the €140 million worth Harwich Haven Channel deepening project. Royal Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord are the joint venture contractors of the project, which is scheduled to be completed over the next two years. The dredging project
ABB to provide turbocharges for Shell’s LNG carrier sextet
ABB Turbocharging, a division of Swiss technology company ABB, has received a contract to supply turbochargers for six new 174,000 cbm liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers which will be chartered by oil and gas major Shell. As informed, ABB’s A200-L turbochargers will be used on MAN Energy Solutions’ 5G70ME-C10.5-GA engines
Engineering starts on Air to Fuels facility in Canada
Canadian clean energy company Huron said that preliminary engineering and design has begun on a large-scale Air to Fuels facility in British Columbia that would produce transportation fuel out of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Illustration only; Courtesy of Huron Huron‘s partners on this project include the Upper Nicola Band, Oxy Low
HHI orders GTT tech for 2 new LNG-fueled container vessels
Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has ordered cryogenic fuel tanks design of two LNG-fueled container vessels from French containment specialist GTT. Illustration only; Courtesy of HHI The two new vessels will each with a capacity of 15,600 containers. They will feature LNG tanks, each holding up to 12,800 cubic
Occidental sells stakes in two Ghana fields for $750 million
Houston-based Occidental has agreed to sell its interests in two Ghana offshore fields for $750 million to Kosmos Energy ($550 million) and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) ($200 million). The sale to Kosmos closed upon signing and the sale to GNPC is expected to close in the fourth quarter of
TECO 2030 fuel cells for Chemgas Shipping’s hydrogen-powered vessels
Norwegian maritime cleantech company TECO 2030 ASA has signed a supply frame agreement with the Dutch shipowner Chemgas Shipping BV for the delivery of fuel cell modules. The letter of intent between the two companies was signed in September 2020. Photo: TECO 2030 The modules, with a combined capacity of up
Repsol invests $2.96 billion in renewable hydrogen push
Spanish oil and gas company Repsol says it will invest €2.549 billion ($2.958 billion) in the entire hydrogen value chain by 2030. Illustration only; Courtesy of Repsol Renewable hydrogen is one of Repsol’s strategic pillars to achieve zero emissions by 2050. Thus, the company presented its hydrogen strategy for up
Maersk invests in Dutch start-up to develop green lignin marine fuels
Danish shipping major A.P. Moller – Maersk, through its corporate arm Maersk Growth, has decided to invest in Dutch start-up Vertoro, a company focused on developing liquid lignin technology which can be used as a marine fuel. As disclosed, Maersk’s investment will be used to further develop and commercialise Vertoro’s
Corvus marks 500th project order with 3 zero-emission harbor tugs
Norway’s energy storage company Corvus Energy has marked its 500th project order with three zero-emission harbor tugs to be built by Turkish Sanmar Shipyards to serve Canada’s Kitimat LNG project. Courtesy of Corvus Energy Corvus Energy will supply 5288 kilowatt/hour batteries for each of three battery-powered harbor tugs. Sanmar Shipyards.
AET wraps up its first-ever US LNG bunkering
AET, a Singapore-based petroleum logistics unit of Malaysian energy logistics group MISC Berhad, has completed its first-ever LNG bunkering in the United States. Photo: AET On 9 October 2021, AET worked in coordination with Shell to refuel the LNG dual-fuel Aframax tanker Pacific Ruby outside Port Canaveral in Florida. During the