Swedish refiner Preem AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Corral Petroleum Holdings AB, Stockholm, and US-based project developer Beowulf Energy LLC, New York, have scrapped their previously announced plan to build a residue hydrocracking plant – or residue oil conversion complex (ROCC) – at Preem’s…
OPITO, the global skills organisation for the energy industry, has made its first move into the renewable energy industry, with the launch of a new suite of safety and technical training standards, and qualifications, designed to address the skills requirements of a net zero economy….
Berkley Offshore launches ocean cargo line with AmWINS hire Berkley Offshore Underwriting Managers has launched a new ocean cargo product line within its marine division, with Mark Bernas joining from AmWINS to take responsibility for the offering. Astaara hires ex-RSA marine product head Potter…
The first vessel in an Iranian convoy of ships bringing desperately needed fuel arrived in Venezuela, demonstrating both nations’ determination to undermine US efforts to isolate the governments in Tehran and Caracas. The Iranian tanker Forest entered Venezuelan waters early on the 28th September,…
ADNOC Logistics and Services, the shipping and maritime logistics subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, has signed a 25-year deal to service all petroleum ports in Abu Dhabi on behalf of the Petroleum Ports Authority (PPA). The agreement includes the onshore Jebel…
The US is the world’s largest biofuels market. Bolstered by more than a decade of supportive policy, almost one in every ten barrels of road fuel consumed in the US is biofuel. Yet the growth potential of conventional biofuels is limited, and there is…
Wintershall Noordzee has successfully converted its recent Sillimanite South field discovery well in the Dutch North Sea to a development side track. This was the third well drilled in sequence after the two Sillimanite Unit field development wells came onstream earlier this year. …
Vestas has secured an 80 MW order for the wind farm Kroningswind, majority owned by the Euronext listed infrastructure investor TINC. Wind farm Kroningswind is located on Goeree-Overflakkee in the south-west of the Netherlands. Vestas has developed a solution which comprises supply, installation…
Total SA is ending crude oil processing activities at its 101,000-b/d Grandpuits refinery at Seine-et-Marne near Melun and operations at nearby Gargenville depot at Yvelines in northern France to convert the site into a zero-crude industrial platform by 2024. As part of an investment…
Laura to add further momentum to energy hardening: Gallagher The impact of Hurricane Laura will provide further momentum to the already hardening energy market, coming on top of the challenges presented by Covid-19, Arthur J Gallagher has commented. Marine insurance cannot innovate in a…
