Chevron launched earlier this week three new VLCCs.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/268280/chevron-launches-three-new-very-large-crude-carriers/
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UK greenlights Chevron’s plan for Captain EOR project
UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) approved, on December 11, Chevron’s field development plan to progress its Captain Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project in the Central North Sea. The installation comprises of a wellhead protector platform (WPP) and bridge linked platform (BLP) connected to a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO).
Namely, Chevron stated that via the application of polymer injection technology, Captain EOR project was expected to rise production and help...
https://safety4sea.com/uk-greenlights-chevrons-plan-for-captain-eor-project/
Chevron’s Big Foot platform finally goes into production
Chevron’s long-troubled Big Foot tension leg platform got its final pre-production inspection from the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Nov. 15 and saw first oil five days later, the agency said.
Moored in the Gulf of Mexico about 225 miles south of New Orleans, the Big Foot platform was originally scheduled to go into production back in 2014. But strong Gulf loop currents delayed its arrival on site for months, and then a major failure of the mooring system put the project...
https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/chevrons-big-foot-platform-finally-goes-into-production/
Chevron Announces Start of Production at Big Foot Project in U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Oil major Chevron (NYSE:CVX) has announced the start of crude oil and natural gas production from the Chevron-operated Big Foot deepwater project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The field is located approximately 225 miles (360 km) south of New Orleans, La., in a water depth of approximately 5,200 feet...
Chevron Quits Norway as Wider Retreat Looms From Aging North Sea
By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. is selling its last remaining oil exploration license in Norway, putting it one step closer to a full retreat from the aging North Sea basin as the U.S. major seeks higher returns elsewhere. Chevron’s activity off Norway has been limited for years, but...
OGCI aims to reduce its emissions below 0.25% by 2025
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) announced a target to reduce by 2025 the collective average methane intensity of its upstream gas and oil operations by one fifth to below 0.25%, with the ambition to achieve 0.20%, corresponding to a reduction by one third.
Achieving the agreed intensity target of 0.25% by the end of 2025 would reduce collective emissions by 350,000 tonnes of methane annually, compared to the baseline of 0.32% in 2017. OGCI will also try to achieve as much as one-third...
https://safety4sea.com/ogci-aims-to-reduce-its-emissions-below-0-25-by-2025/
Shipping Deal Makes Waves on SA Maritime Scene
Childhood friends Durand Naidoo and Thuso Mhlambi have realized a lifelong ambition by becoming the first 100% black owned ship-owners in South Africa.
The 33-year-old owners of Linsen Nambi, the company they started in 2012, made maritime history as youth owners when they bought Grindrod’s Unicorn Bunker Services.
With their female empowerment partners, Women in Oil and Energy, they became the role model for the Government’s initiative to unlock transformation in the maritime – and liquid fuels...
http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/08/15/shipping-deal-makes-waves-on-sa-maritime-scene/