Daily Archives: January 11, 2017

New Study Outlines Pump-to-Wheel Emissions for Natural Gas HDVs

By NGV Global Figure 5: Methane emissions by component (see endnote) A West Virginia University (WVU) pump-to-wheels study is the first end-use paper to quantify and discuss the sources and amount of greenhouse-gas methane that is emitted across the natural gas supply chain. The collaborative study was carried out at the WVU Center for Alternative…

Tullow assessing Jubilee FPSO mooring options

Tullow Oil says work to rectify problems with the turret systems on the Jubilee FPSO is on course, with the vessel set to be spread-moored on its current heading by the end of January. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Offshore RSS Feed

Watch live: Former Exxon CEO at Senate’s confirmation hearing

By Offshore Energy Today The U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in December 2016 elected ExxonMobil CEO Tillerson as his choice for secretary of state. Tillerson then announced his resignation from Exxon after 40 years with the company. Engineer by training, Tillerson, who had acted as chairman and chief executive officer of ExxonMobil, recently reached a deal…

Finnish LNG Icebreaker Commences First Duties

By NGV Global Polaris takes up first duties under LNG power. The world’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) dual-fuel icebreaker commenced operations this week. The newest of Arctia’s fleet of eight icebreakers, Polaris is also Finland’s most powerful icebreaker with total output of about 22 MW, powered by two nine-cylinder Wärtsila 34DF engines and two…

Petrobras boasts with new annual oil production record

By Offshore Energy Today.. Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has reported that its average oil production in Brazil reached an annual historical record in 2016. Namely, the company’s oil production in 2016 reached 2.144.256 barrels per day (bpd), 0.75% above the results for the prior year and in line with the 2,145 thousand bpd target forecast…