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Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are working to power homes and vehicles with fuel made from seaweed grown at large-scale offshore farms. The project will be funded by the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.

The US Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday it believes that extending the 10-day waiver of Jones Act to Puerto Rico is unnecessary to enhance relief efforts for the island, on the aftermath of Maria hurricane.

The first US crude oil cargo of 1.6 million barrels from United States, bought by Indian Oil Corporation Limited, was received at Indian Paradip port, on 2 October. The crude oil was carried onboard the VLCC MT New Prosperity, which left US Gulf Coast on August 19.

The US Trump Administration said on Wednesday that a waiver of Jones Act for Puerto Rico is under consideration, despite a statement of the US Department of Homeland Security rejecting the waiver, on Tuesday.

Danish shipowner Norden has entered into a 10-year contract with the Chilean company Empremar, on the transportation of a total of 4-5 million tonnes of road salt from Chile to the US East Coast. The contract will be in force during the years 2020-2029.

A new report has found that Deepwater Horizon cleanup workers exposed to Corexit dispersant, during the nearly three months oil spilled into the sea, were more likely to experience coughs, wheezing, chest tightness and eye, nose, throat and lung irritation than those who weren’t.

French energy company Total announced that its subsidiary, Total E&P USA, has entered into an agreement to capture 7 prospects operated by Chevron in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The agreement covers 16 blocks.

Gazprom Neft Badra, operator of the Badra field, Iraq, has undertaken the largest ever maritime shipment of oil for export in the company’s history, with 1.78 million barrels of hydrocarbons being despatched for the United States in the New Solution crude oil tanker.

Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine and Houston-based SeaOne Caribbean have inked a letter of intent for the design and construction of at least two large Compressed Gas Liquid carriers. These vessels will be deployed for SeaOne’s Caribbean Fuels Supply Project.

The US Department of Energy announced that it has approved a long-term application from Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville II LLC to export liquefied natural gas in a quantity of 0.01 billion cubic feet per day.