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ExxonMobil acquires 49.9% stake in Biojet AS

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The company anticipates commercial production to begin in 2025 at a manufacturing plant to be built in Follum, Norway. Using our access at the Slagen terminal, we can efficiently distribute biofuels in Norway and to countries throughout northwest Europe. —Ian Carr, president of ExxonMobil Fuels and Lubricants Company.

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Aker Solutions awarded subsea gas compression contract for Jansz-Io

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The project will be managed from Aker Solutions’ headquarters in Fornebu, Norway. The Jansz-Io gas field was first discovered in April 2000 and is located around 200 kilometers offshore the north-western coast of Western Australia, at water depths of approximately 1,400 meters.

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Wärtsilä to begin long-term, full-scale testing of ammonia as marine fuel in four-stroke engine

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million) grant from the Norwegian Research Council through the DEMO 2000 program. This DEMO 2000 project is another stepping stone for reaching our ambitious climate targets and it is also aligned with our recently published hydrogen strategy. The testing is made possible by a NOK 20-million (US$2.1

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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average economic growth rate between 2000 and 2019, continuously expanding domestic gas production, attracting investors, and enhancing knowledge and technologies exchange. As a holder of the fourth-largest volume of gas reserves worldwide, Turkmenistan has been unlocking the potential of natural gas, leading to an 11.5%

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MIT study finds real-world NOx from diesels cars in Europe greatly exceeds laboratory levels; transboundary emissions cause 70% of health impacts

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A new study by MIT researchers, published this month in Atmospheric Environment , finds that in Europe, 10 major auto manufacturers produced diesel cars, sold between 2000 and 2015, that generate up to 16 times more NO x emissions on the road than in regulatory tests—a level that exceeds European limits but does not violate any EU laws.

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IH2 technology licensed for demonstration plant to convert woody biomass into drop-in hydrocarbon transportation fuels

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The Basic Engineering Package for the 5 metric ton/day demonstration plant located in Grenland, Norway is to be completed over a period of several months by Zeton Inc. SynSel intends to extend its collaboration with CRI and its partners to implement the IH 2 technology on a commercial scale in Norway initially. Earlier post.).

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Fjord1 launches world’s largest gas ferry on Boknafjord

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The new gas-operated ferry is designed by Multi Maritime AS in Førde, Western Norway and has a total length of 129.9m, a maximum width of 19.2m Fjord1 started operating the world’s first gas ferry Glutra in Møre og Romsdal County in 2000, and is a market leader in the operation of gas-powered car ferries. MF Boknafjord.

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