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First Monopiles for Giant U.S. Offshore Wind Project Set Sail

Sep 26, 2023

German offshore wind monopile maker EEW SPC said Monday that the first eight monopiles for the Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project in the U.S. were loaded at the Rostock quayside in Germany, and set sail for the U.S. on September 21…

Malaysian FPSO Firm Bumi Armada Gets Hold of Indonesian Block with Two Discoveries

Sep 26, 2023

Bumi Armada Berhad, a Malaysian company known for its FPSO leasing business, said Monday it had, via its subsidiary Armada Akia B.V (“AABV”) and its co-bidder, Pexco Tarakan NV, signed a Production Sharing Contract with the Ministry of Energy…

Egypt Awards Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks to Eni, BP, QatarEnergy, and Zarubezhneft

Sep 26, 2023

Italy's Eni was the big winner in an Egyptian auction for oil and gas exploration rights on Tuesday, securing concessions for two of the four blocks outright, according to results from the petroleum ministry. The company also won a third block with BP and QatarEnergy in the Mediterranean Sea…

Spanish Firm Signals interest in Offshore Wind Farms in Portugal

Sep 26, 2023

Spanish renewable energy firm Capital Energy has submitted requests for a preliminary environmental analysis for three floating offshore wind farms with a total power of 2 gigawatts, Portugal's environmental agency APA said on Monday. In July…

U.S. BOEM Completes Environmental Review of Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project

Sep 25, 2023

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said Monday it had completed its environmental review of the proposed Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project.“The completion of our environmental review marks another step towards…

Maersk Supply Service's Vessel Bags Contract Extension for Angola Subsea Operations

Sep 25, 2023

Maersk Supply Service has secured a contract extension in Angola for its Subsea Support Vessel Maersk Involver for an additional 15 months.The Danish vessel owner said Monday that under the extended contract, the vessel and crew would support various subsea operations off the coast of Angola…

Egypt Launches Oil and Gas Exploration Bidding Round

Sep 25, 2023

Egypt's petroleum ministry launched an international bidding round on Monday for exploration in 23 open blocks, with the offer deadline set for Feb. 25. The round includes 10 areas in Egypt's Western Desert, two in the Eastern Desert, seven in the Gulf of Suez…

Subsea 7 and OneSubsea Pen Deal with BP for Integrated Subsea Projects

Sep 25, 2023

Offshore installation firm Subsea 7 and SLB's OneSubsea, as part of their Subsea Integration Alliance, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at forming a framework agreement with BP for integrated subsea developments.Under the framework agreement…

Mexico's First Offshore LNG Plant to Receive Final Piece Soon

Sep 25, 2023

The last major piece of infrastructure needed to start production at Mexico's first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant is set to depart from a Texas shipyard next week, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a notice to shippers.LNG developer…

Biden Administration to Appeal Judge's Order Expanding Gulf Oil Auction

Sep 25, 2023

The Biden administration and environmental groups on Friday said they would appeal a Louisiana federal judge's ruling that ordered an expansion of next week's sale of oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico.The U.S. Interior Department and groups including…

Shell and Trinidad's National Gas Company Sign New Supply Deal

Sep 25, 2023

Shell on Friday signed an agreement to supply Trinidad and Tobago's National Gas Company (NGC) with natural gas through 2036, including from the yet-to-be developed Manatee offshore field, according to the state gas company.Trinidad and Tobago's…

CORRECTED-Lego Abandons One of Its Projects to Make Oil-free Bricks

Sep 25, 2023

Danish Toymaker Lego has abandoned its most high-profile effort to ditch oil-based plastics from its bricks after finding that its new material led to higher carbon emissions, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Lego found that bricks made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (RPET)…

COSL to Buy Four New Jack-Up Drilling Rigs for $445M

Sep 22, 2023

China-based offshore drilling contractor China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) said this week it had agreed to buy four jack-up drilling rigs from Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore.COSL's subsidiaries have agreed to buy four JU2000E jack-up drilling rigs at a total contract price of RMB3…

GUH: Subsea Cable Failures Threatening Offshore Wind Expansion

Sep 22, 2023

UK-based trade body Global Underwater Hub (GUH) is working to tackle failures in underwater cables, which, it says, could derail global offshore wind ambitions.GUH says that the reliability of subsea cables is “paramount” to the success of offshore wind and the energy transition…

Nexans Aurora 2.0: Ulstein Verft to Build Another High End Cable Layer for Nexans

Sep 22, 2023

Nexans Marine Operations and the Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft have entered into a contract for the construction of a large DP3 cable-laying vessel, which will be an updated version of the Nexans Aurora vessel, delivered in 2021.The vessel is an ST-297 CLV design by Norway-based Skipsteknisk…

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