Shell abandons Russian oil and gas

Shell PLC said it is withdrawing from dealing in Russian oil and natural gas, saying it would immediately halt all spot purchase of crude from the country and will phase out its other trading and business dealings. While Russian crude and gas has been exempt so far from Western sanctions, oil soared above $139 a

Shell partners with Doosan fuel cell and KSOE on fuel cell development and demonstration project

Shell has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for cooperation on a marine fuel cell demonstration with Doosan Fuel Cell and KSOE (Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering). Announced today (7 February), the partnership will see the three companies build a consortium for developing and testing marine fuel cells. The trio is planning to operate a

BHP’s first LNG-powered bulk carrier fuels up in Singapore

BHP, the largest Australian mining company, has marked the delivery of the first of five bulk carriers that will be powered by liquefied gas instead of highly polluting bunker fuel to transport shipments of iron ore from the Pilbara to Asia. As part of the mining giant’s efforts to slash emissions across its supply chain,

Shell’s carbon capture plant creates more emissions than it captures

Oil giant Shell’s Quest plant has been designed to capture carbon emissions from oil sands operations and store them underground to reduce carbon emissions. However, according to a recent study by the human rights organization Global Witness, the facility actually emits more greenhouse gas emissions than it captures. Since 2015, it has prevented the release

PetroChina Int’l tops Singapore’s list of 2021 marine fuel suppliers

PetroChina International Singapore Pte Ltd climbed three spots to be the top marine fuel supplier in the world’s biggest ship refuelling hub in 2021 while the overall number of licensed suppliers fell by four to 41, official data showed on Monday. Shell Plc’s Singapore bunkering unit, Shell Eastern Trading Pte Ltd, fell from the top

Fossil fuel firms among biggest spenders on Google ads

Fossil fuel companies are among the biggest spenders on Google ads that look like search results, revealed a joint study by The Guardian and InfluenceMap, a think-tank that tracks the lobbying efforts of polluting industries. As part of the study, 78 climate-related terms were searched on Google and it was found that one in five

CMA CGM and Shell undertake first bio-LNG bunkering operation in Rotterdam

The CMA CGM Group and Shell have carried out their first bio-LNG bunkering trial in Rotterdam. The 1,400 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) Containerships Aurora was bunkered by Shell with an almost 10% blend of low carbon bio-LNG while calling at the European bunker hub. The vessel received around 483 cubic metres (cbm) of LNG, 44

The ‘net zero’ myth

Earlier this month, the world’s leaders got together to small talk about the weather and to big talk about the climate at the 26th edition of the UN’s climate change conference (COP26) in Glasgow. On the sidelines, activists (myself included) campaigned to persuade governments to replace platitudes with attitude, inaction with action. Nevertheless, the hot