3696 results found for 'methanol'

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  • Methane Gas Leak Led to Deadly Tamar Explosion

    31 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    Based on a preliminary analysis, an explosion aboard the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Tamar in late April was caused by a methane gas leak. The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator informed that the likely immediate cause of the explosion and fire was methane gas leaking from the no. 1 cargo hold and entering the windlass […]

  • Damen completes Golar LNG’s Methane Princess repairs

    20 May 2019
    Vessels

    Damen Shiprepair Brest carried out repairs to the hull of the 266-meter, 138,000-cbm, liquefied natural gas carrier LNG Methane Princess owned by Golar LNG.

  • Methane Jane Elizabeth on its way to Dragon terminal

    16 September 2014
    Vessels

    The UK’s Dragon terminal is expected to receive an LNG cargo from Nigeria’s Bonny LNG plant onboard the 145,000 cbm Methane Jane Elizabeth on September 23, according to port data. Dragon LNG imports and supplies 6 billion cubic metres of gas per year to the UK’s national transmission system, as and when required, to meet peak demand. […]

  • Maritime giants unite in methane abatement trial on Angelicoussis Group’s LNG carrier

    13 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Green Marine, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    Major maritime industry players led by Greek shipping company Maran Gas Maritime and Swiss-based climate tech firm Daphne Technology have joined forces on a methane abatement project involving one of Angelicoussis Group’s LNG carriers, the Maran Gas Chios. Under the project, Daphne Technology’s SlipPure™ solution, an after-treatment system that cuts methane emissions on LNG-fuelled engines, […]

  • Strong incentives needed to drive shipowners to cut vessels’ overall methane emissions

    10 October 2022
    Green Marine, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels

    Owners of vessels burning methane-based fuels such as LNG are not likely to pursue investments in methane emission reduction technologies without strong incentives or regulatory requirements, a study from Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS) says. The study provides an overview of methane emission sources and levels onboard vessels and the technologies, […]

  • Scientists Find Evidence of Active Methane Emission at Antarctic Seafloor

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    During an expedition with the German research vessel Polarstern off the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, an international team of scientists discovered more than 130 active methane seeps at the seafloor. According to chief scientist and MARUM researcher Gerhard Bohrmann, this is the first report of greenhouse gases seeping out of the seabed in the Southern […]

  • GasLog Partners to Buy LNG Carrier Methane Becki Anne

    26 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    GasLog Partners has agreed to acquire the LNG carrier Methane Becki Anne from GasLog Ltd.

  • Russia: Gazprom to Broaden Use of Coalbed Methane in Kemerovo Oblast

    13 February 2011

      A group of experts from Gazprom led by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee took a business trip to the Kemerovo Oblast. The group was made up of Vsevolod Cherepanov, Member of the Gazprom Management Committee – Head of the Gas, Gas Condensate and Oil Production Department, representatives of the Company’s […]

  • Update: Storage Tank Fire near Port of Santos Rages On

    6 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Over a hundred of firefighters are battling to contain the fire that broke out on Thursday, April 2nd at Latin America’s largest fuel tank storage facility run by Ultracargo located near the port of Santos, Brazil. Three fuel tanks out of six initially hit by the blaze were still burning on Sunday, Reuters said citing the fire department and […]

  • Subsurface Warming Could Cause Methane Gas to Bubble Up, Study Shows

    15 October 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    New research conducted by the University of Washington suggests that subsurface warming could be causing more methane gas to bubble up off the Washington and Oregon coast. The study shows that of 168 bubble plumes observed within the past decade a disproportionate number were seen at a critical depth for the stability of methane hydrates. […]

  • Initiative to curb methane emissions extends its member base as UK firm enrols

    6 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Neptune Energy has backed an industry initiative, aiming to remove methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 2030. 

  • Study: Carbon recycled methane can be recognized as zero-emission ship fuel

    19 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    Carbon recycled methane produced by methanation technology can be recognized as zero-emission ship fuel, the Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group (WG) of Japan’s Carbon Capture & Reuse (CCR) Study Group has confirmed.

  • Industry majors launch tech accelerator to clamp down on methane slips

    6 September 2022
    Collaboration, Green Marine, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    A coalition of shipping leaders, led by industry majors Shell and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) launched today with the aim of examining and advocating for technology solutions for the maritime industry to measure and manage methane emissions. The Methane Abatement in Maritime (MAM) Innovation Initiative aims to minimise the environmental impact of liquefied natural gas […]

  • EU and global partners reinforce efforts to reduce methane emissions across LNG value chain

    19 July 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    The European Commission (EC), Japan, the United States (U.S.), the Republic of Korea and Australia have signed a joint statement which reinforces their efforts towards the reduction of methane emissions arising across the values chain of LNG, from production to consumption. The joint statement by EC and its global partners was signed on 18 July […]

  • NOC: Svalbard Methane Seeps Release Less Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas

    19 October 2015
    Research & Development

    Methane seeps from seafloor deposits near Svalbard release less ‘greenhouse gas’ into the atmosphere than other Arctic sites because ocean currents there form an effective barrier, study conducted by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Southampton showed. Dr Carolyn Graves, the lead author of the study from the NOC, said: […]

  • KOGAS, JERA to reduce methane emissions in LNG value chain

    19 July 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy

    South Korea’s state-owned natural gas importer and transporter Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) and Japan’s energy major JERA have launched an initiative of the Coalition for LNG Emission Abatement toward Net-Zero (CLEAN). The initiative is taken by LNG buyers, together with LNG producers, to reduce methane emissions in the LNG value chain. In accordance with the […]

  • ANRE Launches Offshore Production Test (Japan)

    31 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) will conduct the world’s first offshore production test to dissolve methane hydrate and extract natural gas off the coast of Japan, from Atsumi Peninsula to Shima Peninsula (Daini Atsumi Knoll). To conduct the offshore production test, the Deep Sea Drilling Vessel “Chikyu” left Shimizu Port and started […]

  • Repurposing NASA’s tech used to search for life on Mars to track oil & gas methane emissions

    17 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Project & Tenders, Technology, Transition

    Drone and space age technology, developed by the NASA JPL to search for life on Mars, will now be used to detect offshore methane emissions.

  • SWERUS-C3 Reserch Discovers Subsea Methane Venting in Laptev Sea

    6 August 2014
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    SWERUS-C3 scientists have discovered vast methane plumes escaping from the seafloor of the Laptev continental slope. These early glimpses of what may be in store for a warming Arctic Ocean could help scientists project the future releases of the strong greenhouse gas methane from the Arctic Ocean. ”This was somewhat of a surprise,” writes chief […]

  • Mitsui, MHWirth Team Up on Shallow Methane Hydrates Harvesting

    6 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding has partnered MHWirth to harvest shallow methane hydrates from the seabed of the Japan Sea. Japan’s Government Agency started the estimation of possibility shallow methane hydrates in 2013. The surveys, carried out from 2013 to 2015, revealed that there were 1,742 gas chimney structures in the Japan Sea. Now, a new […]

  • Warmer Ocean Could Release Seafloor Methane, Study Shows

    10 December 2014
    Research & Development

    Off the West Coast of the United States, methane gas is trapped in frozen layers below the seafloor. New research from the University of Washington shows that water at intermediate depths is warming enough to cause these carbon deposits to melt, releasing methane into the sediments and surrounding water. Researchers found that water off the […]

  • USA: Bubble of Methane Gas Triggered Deepwater Horizon Explosion

    10 May 2010

    The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up… [mappress] Source: AP, May 10, 2010;

  • First study into LNG carrier methane emissions wrapped up

    28 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development

    Queen Mary University London, with support from the Collaboratory to Advance Methane Science (CAMS) and Enagas SA, conducted a first-of-its-kind study to directly measure methane emissions of an operating liquid natural gas (LNG) vessel.

  • Japan: ANRE Extracts Natural Gas from Methane Hydrate

    15 March 2013

    On Tuesday, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) started the world’s first offshore production test to dissociate methane hydrate and extract natural gas off the coasts from Atsumi Peninsula to Shima Peninsula in Japan (Daini Atsumi Knoll), and confirmed the production of natural gas. Methane hydrate is a compound material that consists of […]

  • CBM Asia Ups Coalbed Methane Holdings in Sumatra and Kalimantan

    20 September 2011

    CBM Asia Development Corp. announced that it has acquired majority interest in two coalbed methane production sharing contracts (PSC) in Indonesia, increasing its total gross acreage in the country by 93% to 2,799 km2. In addition, the Company has applied to the Indonesian government for extensions to both new blocks, which are anticipated to add […]