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Oil & Gas Trade

U.S. Ups Pressure to Push Venezuela Oil Exports to Zero

Under the increased pressure from the United States, the companies classifying ships are asked to check if vessels have participated in shipments to Venezuela.

Nuclear Equipment

Rooppur-1 RPV Arrives at Construction Site

The VVER-1200 reactor pressure vessel and steam generator for unit 1 of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh arrived on site on 10 November, Russia's R…

Wind Power Tower

Equinor Unveils US Tower and TP Plant Plan

Equinor has unveiled plans for the first offshore wind tower and transition piece manufacturing facility in the US at the Port of Albany in New York state.

Wind Power Tower

South Korean Firm Touts Novel Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Tower Concept

Odin Energy is lining up projects in Italy and South Korea. Can it find a niche to compete with mainstream wind turbines?

Nuclear Equipment

RPV For Power Unit 1 Delivered to Akkuyu NPP

Equipment of major importance for Power Unit 1 – the reactor pressure vessel – has been delivered to the Akkuyu NPP site, having covered a distance of 3,000 k…

Wind Power Tower

ASM Starts Fryslan Tower Production

ASM Industries has started the fabrication of 42 offshore wind tower sections for the 383MW Fryslan offshore wind project in the IJsselmeer lake in the Netherla…

LNG

UK’s Avenir LNG Receives Its First dual-Purpose LNG Vessel

UK-based Avenir LNG said Wednesday it received its first dual purpose LNG bunkering and supply vessel, which will be deployed to Malaysia.

Market Analysis

Global Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Database Released

The Global Wind Energy Council has published its first ever Global Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Database as an important resource for the industry.

LNG

Singapore's First LNG Bunkering Vessel to be Operational by Year End

The first liquefied natural gas bunkering vessel in Singapore is expected to become operational by the end of this year, providing ship-to-ship bunkering servic…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Consortium to Develop Fuel Cell Battery Hybrid Power Plant for Light Marine Vessels

A new consortium, led by fuel cell systems manufacturer Hypermotive, is working to develop a fuel cell battery hybrid power plant for light marine vessels.

Nuclear Power Plant

Atommash Assembles Reactor Vessel for Russia’s Kursk II

Russia’s Atommash has embarked on a key stage in the manufacture of a reactor vessel for the first power unit of Kursk II.

Oil & Gas Trade

Tehran Says Fuel Seized by US Belonged to Venezuela, Not Iran

Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has refuted allegations, saying that the vessels involved in what he described as an act of “piracy” were not …

Energy Storage Technology

Using Liquid Air for Energy Storage and Maritime Propulsion

Initiatives are underway in the UK to develop grid-scale liquid air energy storage, with potential for a mega-scale plant at a coastal location being able to pr…

China

AqualisBreamar to Oversee Chinese Jack-up Build

Chinese company Ouyang Offshore has awarded AqualisBraemar a contract to supervise to construction of two new self-propelled jack up vessels for the offshore wi…

Nuclear Power Plant

Progress at India’s Kudankulam NPP

Indian contractor Larsen & Toubro, with the technical assistance of Russian specialists, has completed the installation of the dry shielding at the reactor vess…