COLUMN | Reaping what you sow: McDermott, Seatrium, Gunvor and Trafigura [Offshore Accounts]

It seems appropriate to get all biblical this week, just after Easter. When Saint Paul wrote in his letter to the Galatians that “a man reaps what he sows,” he probably wasn’t thinking about corruption in the oil and gas industry two millennia later. But the last month has seen no less than four...

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Seatrium and Solvang in world’s first full-scale CCS retrofit

Solvang ASA has selected Singapore’s Seatrium to carry out the world’s first first full-scale, turnkey carbon capture and storage retrofit on an oceangoing ship: the 21,289 cubic meter ethylene carrier Clipper Eris.

Scheduled to start in the third quarter of this year, the retrofit will see a 7 MW Wärtsilä carbon capture and storage (CCS) system installed on the ship. It will use amine cleaning technology to capture 70% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) in the exhaust gas from the main engine and the...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/seatrium-and-solvang-in-worlds-first-full-scale-ccs-retrofit/

COLUMN | Quick updates: Total buys a rig; Trident cans a rig; Standard sales succeed and fail; Saipem wins and loses corruption battles; Sapura hit with wind arbitration [Offshore Accounts]

Gong Xi Fa Cai, Kung Hei Fat Choi, and Chúc mừng Năm Mới! Happy Lunar New Year to all our readers, and welcome to the Year of the Dragon. At least, this is one time of year where nobody will be sneaking abandoned offshore rigs and supply vessels out of Chinese shipyards to the market […]

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MPA Singapore to test vessel charging concepts for electric harbor craft

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has selected the Pyxis Energy, Pyxis Maritime and SP Mobility partnership, Seatrium, and Yinson Electric to test their charging concepts for electric harbor craft (e-HC).

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Equinor and BP announce a “reset” of Empire Wind 2

Back in November 2023, the New York State Public Service Commission denied petitions submitted by Empire Offshore Wind, Beacon Wind, Sunrise Wind and the Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Inc. (ACENY) that sought to address inflationary pressures impacting project economics through adjustments to Renewable Energy Credit (REC) and Offshore Wind REC (OREC) purchase and sales agreements entered with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

That was seen as putting...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/equinor-and-bp-announce-a-reset-of-empire-wind-2/

COLUMN | The Twelve Days of Christmas 2023: Days 4 to 6: Seadrill, Gulf Drilling International and ADES; five shipping magnates on future fuels; six corrupted states and Al Jazeera [Offshore Accounts]

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a dozen topical features about the offshore industry. Lovers of festive traditions get scrolling, as for the fourth year in a row, we […]

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Höegh Autoliners could be bunkering clean ammonia in JAXPORT by 2027

clean ammonia signing picture

Höegh Autoliners and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation have signed a Letter of Intent to collaborate on the supply and delivery of clean ammonia as a next-generation sustainable maritime fuel for Höegh’s upcoming Aurora Class PCTC vessels. The agreement will see them look into the supply of clean ammonia as a bunker fuel at the ports of Singapore and Jacksonville, Fla. (JAXPORT) from 2027 onwards.

The twelve Aurora Class vessels are set to become the largest and most eco-friendly car carriers ever...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/environment/hoegh-autoliners-could-be-bunkering-clean-ammonia-in-jaxport-by-2027/

Offshore Vessel News Roundup | December 1 – Greek FSRU delivery, SWATH crewboat orders and more

A rebuilt floating processing unit has been handed over to a Greek owner while a Dutch operator places orders for additional renewables support vessels. Designs have meanwhile been selected for crewboats for a UK customer and jackup barges that will be deployed in the Middle East. Converted FSRU...

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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | November 22 – Chinese exploration jackup, FLNG conversion for West African waters and more

Deliveries include a floating LNG liquefaction vessel and an exploration platform that will operate in support of the Chinese offshore wind market. A Chinese yard floats out a new cable-laying vessel with an innovative trenching system. Finally, a Taiwanese wind farm operator will add a second walk-to-work vessel to its fleet. Golar LNG acquires floating […]

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