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EnQuest Posts 31% Rise in 2022 Free Cash Flow, Windfall Tax Weighs

Apr 05, 2023

British North Sea-focused oil producer EnQuest said on Wednesday that its 2022 free cash flow jumped 31% from the previous year to $519 million on the back of higher prices, beating guidance, but a windfall tax weighed on its accounts. EnQuest has deferred drilling on its Kraken field…

Larsen & Toubro Wins "Mega" Contract to Build Offshore Facilities for Middle East Client

Apr 05, 2023

India-based Larsen & Toubro said Wednesday that its hydrocarbon business L&T Energy Hydrocarbon (LTEH) had recently secured multiple offshore packages from 'a prestigious client in the Middle East.'The scope of work comprises engineering, procurement…

QatarEnergy to Acquire Stake in C-10 Block Offshore Mauritania

Apr 05, 2023

QatarEnergy has agreed with Shell to acquire a working interest in the C-10 block located offshore Mauritania.Upon the completion of the transaction, QatarEnergy will hold a 40% working interest in offshore block, Shell (the operator) will hold a 50% interest…

Finland’s New Inkoo Terminal Accepts First LNG

Apr 04, 2023

Finland’s new Inkoo floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) terminal on Sunday accepted its first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG).The cargo, which was ordered by Elenger, the largest privately owned energy company in the Finnish-Baltic region…

UK: 5G Testbed to Speed Up Offshore Wind Tech Development

Apr 04, 2023

UK's Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) said Tuesday that the biggest offshore wind ‘living lab’ in the world would be created off the Grimsby coast through the development of a 5G Testbed that includes Grimsby Port and the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farm…

DNV's Joint Industry Project to Demonstrate Value of Wind Farm Control Technology

Apr 04, 2023

Energy expert and assurance provider DNV has launched a joint industry project (JIP) alongside wind farm owners, turbine manufacturers, and other sector experts to increase confidence in innovative wind farm control (WFC) technology.According to DNV…

Turkish Shipyard Cuts First Steel for Offshore Wind Farm Support Vessel for Dutch Owner

Apr 04, 2023

Turkey's Tersan Shipyard last week celebrated the steel cutting of NB1121, the second offshore wind farm support vessel being built for Acta Marine projects.The shipyard is building two DP2 construction service operation vessels (CSOV) powered with Methanol and MDO/HVO for the Dutch vessel owner…

SSE and Equis Form Joint Venture for Offshore Wind Project in Australia

Apr 04, 2023

UK-based offshore wind developer SSE Renewables and Asia Pacific-focused renewable energy developer Equis have formed a joint venture to bid for a feasibility license to develop, construct, own, and operate an offshore wind farm project in Australia…

Coastal Contracts Sells Two Offshore Support Vessels for $65M

Apr 04, 2023

Malaysian offshore vessel services firm Coastal Contracts said Tuesday its subsidiaries had secured contracts for the sales of two offshore support vessels for an aggregate value of approximately RM287.3 million (currently around $65,2 million)…

Gazelle Wind Power Partners with WAM Horizon to Develop Floating Wind Pilot in Portugal

Apr 04, 2023

Gazelle Wind Power, a Dublin-based company that develops foundations for floating offshore wind farms, has partnered up with renewable energy developer WAM Horizon to accelerate the development of a pilot plant using Gazelle’s floating wind platform in Aguçadoura…

KenzFigee to Deliver Offshore Pedestal Crane for East Anglia Three HVDC Converter Station

Apr 04, 2023

Dutch crane maker KenzFigee has signed a contract with Aker Solutions to deliver an offshore pedestal crane for installation on ScottishPower Renewables' high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) converter station for the East Anglia THREE (EA3) offshore wind farm in the UK…

Inpex Submits Revised Abadi LNG Plan with Carbon Capture and Storage Component

Apr 04, 2023

Japanese oil company Inpex has submitted a revised development plan for Abadi LNG project in Indonesia, incorporating a carbon capture and storage (CCS) component, on behalf of the INPEX-Shell joint venture.Inpex has amended the plan of development…

Petrobras Starts Process to Charter Two FPSOs for Sergipe Deepwater Project

Apr 04, 2023

Brazilian oil firm Petrobras has started the contracting process for the chartering of two floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels for the Sergipe Deepwater Project (SEAP), in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, about 100 km off the coast…

Banks Urged to Withdraw $1B Loan for Santos' Barossa Offshore Gas Project

Apr 04, 2023

A group of Australian Indigenous people has lodged human rights grievances with 12 Australian and international banks urging them to withdraw a $1 billion loan to Santos Ltd for its Barossa offshore gas project. Environmental and Indigenous groups have been campaigning for years against the $3…

US Working to Address Challenges in the Way of Offshore Wind Goals

Apr 03, 2023

A number of recent actions in the United States will better position the nation to meet its short- and long-term offshore wind energy targets, as outlined in the April 2023 U.S. Offshore Wind Report from Intelatus Global Partners.April brings with it the news that the U…

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