Russia is pressing ahead with a whole new form of gas transport, unveiling designs for nuclear-powered submarines to ferry LNG from the Arctic to Asia. The Kurchatov Institute, Russia’s leading research and development institution in the field of nuclear energy, is working with energy giant Gazprom to build the underwater …
Read More »Global Floating Wind Pipeline Swells to 266GW
The global pipeline of floating offshore wind projects has hit 266GW, an increase of 9% over the past year, according to a new report by RenewableUK. The number of projects has increased globally during that time from 285 to 316. The pipeline includes projects at any stage: fully operational, under …
Read More »China Admits Responsibility for Last Year’s European Pipeline Destruction
Chinese authorities have stated that Newnew Shipping’s container ship Newnew Polar Bear was responsible, albeit by accident, for damaging the Balticconnector subsea gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland last year. According to a report by the South China Morning Post, Chinese authorities have conducted an internal investigation and forwarded the …
Read More »French Unveil Large Hydrogen Carrier Design
A French quartet with huge gas expertise have unveiled a preliminary design of a 150,000 cu m liquefied hydrogen carrier. Unveiled at the Hyvolution Summit 2024 trade show in Paris, gas containment system specialist GTT, along with TotalEnergies, naval architect LMG Marin and Bureau Veritas have provided details of a …
Read More »Novatek’s Baltic Terminal Attacked by Long-Range Drones from Ukraine
Ukrainian forces conducted a drone attack on Russia’s largest Baltic port over the weekend. The operation, which used two long-range drones, resulted in a massive fire at Novatek’s gas terminal with all staff evacuated. Four tankers were moored at the port at the time of the attack. They quickly left …
Read More »Equinor and BP’s US Offshore Wind Project Presses ahead
Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, has secured approval for its offshore wind farm project on the US East Coast. The project is the sixth commercial-scale wind farm to be given a go-ahead under President Joe Biden’s administration. Equinor and BP plan to build two offshore …
Read More »Egypt Emerges as New Hub for Russian Oil Transfers
A new hub is emerging for ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of Russian oil. In the shadow tanker game of whac-a-mole where some areas make headlines and then fade from view, Israeli maritime artificial intelligence firm Windward has identified an area near the Suez Canal in Egyptian waters as a new spot …
Read More »Baker Hughes Lands Two Major Contracts in Norway
Nasdaq-listed oilfield services major Baker Hughes has been awarded two contracts by Norwegian operator Vår Energi, expanding its North Sea footprint in exploration logging, well intervention technology and subsea production systems. The first contract is a nine-year engagement for well intervention and exploration logging solutions to assist Vår Energi in …
Read More »South Korea Takes the next Step forward in Autonomous Shipping
The shipping industry has taken another important step towards the era of unmanned ships with the delivery of an LNG-powered capesize bulk carrier in South Korea fitted with artificial intelligence (AI)-based machinery monitoring and safety systems. The 180,000 dwt HL Nambu 2, built by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for compatriot …
Read More »Hydrogen Plant on the Cards for Europe’s Largest Inland Port
The Port of Duisburg (Duisport), Europe’s top inland port, has teamed up with French renewable hydrogen producer Lhyfe to look into the feasibility of building the first major electrolysis plant in the port. The planned factory would have a capacity of up to 20 MW and could be built on …
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