Coal industry did not show potential of clean tech quickly enough -WCA boss

The coal industry was not quick enough to explain the potential of clean technologies that can give the fossil fuel a place in a sustainable energy matrix, Michelle Manook, chief executive of the World Coal Association (WCA), told Reuters on Wednesday. Coal is considered a heavy polluter and environmentalists warn using it is an obstacle

Qatar Invests in Pakistan’s Next LNG Import Terminal

Qatar, the world’s top supplier of liquefied natural gas, will invest in Pakistan’s next import terminal in a bid to support one of the fastest-growing buyers of the super-chilled fuel. Qasim Terminal Holding Co., a subsidiary of Qatar Energy, has applied for clearance with Pakistan’s government to take a stake in Energas Terminal Pvt., according

Nigeria set to domesticate Methanol production

Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has said that Nigeria is ready to domesticate Methanol fuel production in the country for professionals and expatriates to exhibit their talents and exchange business ideas with their counterparts both home and abroad. The Minister said this when the National Coordinator of the Movement for the

Shipping’s decarbonization move set to hit HSFO demand

The demand for high sulfur bunker fuel oil is set to dwindle worldwide closer to 2030, likely causing the use of scrubbers to fall, as the shipping industry accelerates its decarbonization journey, an industry expert said recently. That is despite ports, such as Singapore, seeing robust HSFO sales in 2021. January-September sales of high sulfur

Bunker deliveries resume at UAE Fujairah port

Cargo loading and bunker delivery operations have restarted in the UAE port of Fujairah, the Middle East’s main storage and bunkering center. They have suspended on 2 October ahead of tropical storm Shaheen. “Some barges resumed deliveries of bunker fuel to vessels earlier in the afternoon,” a bunker supplier said. “It was initially done on

Biofuel from pine needles a reality

Pine needles will no longer be a source of forest fires causing losses worth crores every year as scientists at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Nauni have devised a method to convert these into enthanol, a green biofuel. The scientists of the Department of Basic Sciences had been on the mission

Complying with EEXI – how to speed up decarbonisation without slowing down vessels

How can shipowners comply with the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) and improve the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) of a vessel without reducing sailing speeds? In this article we take a closer look at the potential routes for compliance and the alternative technologies available to improve energy efficiency. In June this year, the IMO’s

Novatek Charters Four LNG Carriers from MOL

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has announced that, through a subsidiary, it has signed time charter contracts for four newbuilding LNG carriers with NOVATEK Gas & Power Asia Pte. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia’s Novatek. The vessels will be constructed at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME), and are slated for

August bunker sales rise 2.5% on month, miss estimates

Bunker sales in August at the UAE’s Port of Fujairah, the world’s third largest bunkering hub, rose 2.5% on the month to over 700,000 cu m for the first time in 2021, according to Sept. 15 data from the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone provided exclusively to S&P Global Platts. But the sales still missed estimates,

Brazil sugarcane harvest failure hampers biofuels growth, raises refinery runs

The Center-South Brazil 2021-22 sugarcane harvest is proving to be one of the most challenging seasons on record. On top of a prolonged drought — the worst in almost a century — the sugarcane crop has been recently impacted by three waves of frost. S&P Global Platts Analytics reduced the cane supply forecast to the