Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is planning a mega carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in collaboration with Norway’s Equinor, which would help capture 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually from several emitting industries and store it permanently deep under the seabed off the coast of Gujarat, a company executive said. The collaboration
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is in advanced talks with Hinduja-owned truck and bus maker Ashok Leyland for the development and supply chain of hydrogen-powered engines. Ashok Leyland will install fuel-cell engines in an existing fleet of 45,000 trucks that RIL has hired to transport refined products and other marketing goods as a first stage in
Hyundai Heavy Industries has begun to develop a floating storage re-gasification unit (FSRU) for ammonia in cooperation with Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) and Lloyd’s Register. South Korea is gearing up to ensure ammonia is a significant part of the nation’s energy mix within a decade. Earlier this month, nine South Korean companies including HDC
The transformation of Western Australia into a global supplier of renewable hydrogen continues, with the state government to partner with the Netherlands’ Port of Rotterdam and the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research on a study into fast tracking hydrogen exports from the Oakajee Strategic Industrial Area in the Mid-West. The Western Australian (WA)
Seattle-headquartered Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) has designed a harbour power and charging barge that offers ports and harbours and a cost-conscious and high-performing option to minimize emissions from large vessels both pier side and at anchor. Delivering 7 megawatts (MW) of continuous power generated by methanol, the floating mobile platform is designed to be
Swiss marine power company WinGD has received orders from two LNG carrier operators for its WinGD Integrated Digital Expert (WiDE) engine monitoring, diagnostics and remote support service. Knutsen OAS Shipping has ordered WiDE for seven vessels, which include a recently delivered LNG carrier and six under construction. CoolCo, formed in 2021 with Eastern Pacific Shipping
France’s Corsica Linea and Estonia’s Tallink have both taken deliveries of LNG-powered ferries. Corsica Linea said in a statement it had welcomed the first LNG-powered ferry in its fleet, A Galeotta, on December 6, three years after signing the contract with the Visentini shipyard in Italy. According to the ferry operator, the vessel would leave
Waterfront Shipping, a subsidiary of Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol, announced that it has entered into a time-charter agreement with Trafigura, one of the world’s largest physical commodity trading groups. Under the agreement, Trafigura will operate the co-owned Waterfront Shipping and Clean Sea medium-range product tanker, Mari Innovator, as part of
US project management company Bechtel Energy, Germany’s Siemens Energy AG and Denmark’s Topsoe A/S have been selected to carry out front-end engineering design (FEED) of HIF Global’s proposed e-fuels production facility in Matagorda County, Texas. The facility will produce carbon-neutral gasoline using as ingredients green hydrogen extracted with renewable power and around 2 million tonnes
Amazon is increasing the use of short sea trips to move inventory and customer packages across Europe as part of its effort to provide a more efficient, faster, and lower-emission mode of freight transport. The e-commerce giant operates multiple sea routes to transfer goods between Italy and Spain in collaboration with Italy’s roro operator Grimaldi