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Renewables
US transfers offshore wind safety and environmental responsibilities from BOEM to BSEE
The US Department of the Interior has transferred regulations governing offshore renewable energy activities – including workplace safety and environmental…
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Offshore
Guyana’s EPA to review Esso E&P Guyana application to develop offshore Whiptail project
Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has submitted an application to Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval to…
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Ports and Logistics
DP World eyes second container terminal at Port of Prince Rupert
DP World Prince Rupert has engaged AECOM, an infrastructure consulting firm, to conduct a feasibility and design study for the…
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Offshore
TotalEnergies launches Lapa South-West project offshore Brazil
TotalEnergies has made a positive final investment decision for the Lapa South-West oil development located in the Santos Basin, 300…
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Ports and Logistics
Nine in 10 major ports are exposed to climate hazards: University of Oxford study
New research from the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI) indicates that nearly nine in 10 major ports globally…
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Renewables
US Interior Department to streamline processes for offshore wind energy development
The US Department of the Interior last week announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish a…
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Ports and Logistics
Port of South Louisiana enters agreement to purchase Avondale Global Gateway
The Port of South Louisiana has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with T. Parker Host to purchase Avondale…
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Ports and Logistics
Chile’s San Antonio container terminal set for capacity boost
Chile’s San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI) last week received from China two super post-panamax ship-to-shore cranes and two electric rubber-tired…
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Environment
US government releases blueprint to decarbonise America’s transportation sector
The Biden administration yesterday released the US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization. Developed by the departments of Energy, Transportation, Housing…
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Americas
New director named for US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
The US Department of the Interior has chosen Elizabeth (Liz) Klein to take over as Director of the Bureau of…
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Offshore
Construction of $100m offshore supply base in Newfoundland takes step forward
Fermeuse Enterprises Ltd (FEL) is close to realising its plans to build a marine base for the offshore oil and…
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Environment
Hibernia pleads not guilty to charges related to 2019 oil spill off Newfoundland
In July last year, Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC) was charged by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB)…
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Offshore
Exxon-led consortium nears decision on investment in 7th oil platform offshore Guyana
US-based Hess Corporation announced on January 5 that drilling results, likely to be released this month, for the Fangtooth oil…
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Offshore
Talos Energy discovers oil and gas at two deepwater Gulf of Mexico prospects
Talos Energy discovered commercial quantities of oil and natural gas in the fourth quarter of 2022 at its Lime Rock…
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Environment
IMO adopts new protections for endangered whales along the California coast
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a US proposal to increase protections for endangered blue, fin and humpback whales…
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Ports and Logistics
Port Houston import dwell fee to take effect February 1
Port Houston will implement its Sustained Import Dwell Fee on February 1 to help maintain fluidity at the Bayport and…
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Renewables
State of Massachusetts denies offshore wind developers’ requests to renegotiate contracts
Two major planned wind projects offshore Massachusetts are being pushed forward by the state after the developers sought to delay…
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Offshore
Petrobras appoints interim head until incoming CEO is approved
After the early departure of Caio Paes de Andrade from the position of CEO at Brazil’s Petrobras, the company has…
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Offshore
US receives just one bid in Alaska oil and gas lease sale
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on December 30 held an oil and gas lease sale for blocks…
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Ports and Logistics
Brazil’s incoming minister of ports says Port of Santos will not be privatised
Marcio Franca, who serves as minister of ports and airports in President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva’s new government, told…
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