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Demand Concerns Drive Oil Prices Down

Aug 22, 2024

Oil prices edged lower for a fifth session on Thursday as investors worried about the global demand outlook, however a decline in U.S. fuel inventories limited declines.Brent crude futures LCOc1 slipped 2 cents to $76.03 a barrel, while U.S…

Norway Calls on Oil Firms to Boost Exploration and Investment

Aug 21, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas companies should boost investments in exploration and production to slow an expected decline in the country's output in the coming years, the national petroleum industry regulator said in a resource report on Wednesday…

High Costs Plague Denmark's North Sea Energy Island Project

Aug 21, 2024

Denmark will delay by at least three more years construction of a planned North Sea energy island to supply renewable power to three million European households, a government minister said on Wednesday, citing rising costs and high interest rates…

First Oil from Norway's Balder X Delayed ... Again

Aug 21, 2024

Norway's Vaar Energi has again postponed the startup of its North Sea Balder X oil and gas project, planning to begin output in the second quarter of 2025 rather than by the end of this year, the company said on Wednesday.Plagued by cost overruns and delays…

Offshore Pipeline Blast Kills One

Aug 20, 2024

An offshore natural gas pipeline that exploded near Venice, La., on Saturday night, killing one person, was owned by Whitney Oil and Gas, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The company was not immediately available for comment.'The explosion resulted…

Hess Guyana's Value is Central to Exxon Mobile Spat

Aug 20, 2024

An arbitration panel that will decide a high-profile clash between Exxon Mobil and Chevron will delve into the secret value of Hess' oil riches in Guyana, people familiar with the matter said.Chevron last October offered to pay $53 billion for Hess…

Production at Libya's Sharara Oilfield Up to 85,000 bpd

Aug 19, 2024

Production at Libya's Sharara oilfield has risen to about 85,000 barrels per day in a move aimed at supplying the Zawia oil refinery.Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) had declared force majeure on oil exports from the field on August 7 after a blockade by protesters hit production at the 300…

Maine Wins Federal Floating Wind Research Lease

Aug 19, 2024

The Biden administration on Monday issued an offshore wind lease to the state of Maine for a small project that will demonstrate floating turbine technology off the U.S. East Coast.The lease area covers 9,700 acres (3,920 hectares) and is 28 nautical miles (52 kilometers) from shore…

A Hydrogen Balancing Act in Offshore Energy

Aug 19, 2024

The intermittency of offshore wind power is both a challenge and an opportunity for green hydrogen production.  There will be a new generation of platforms taking up space in offshore wind farms as hydrogen production is used to help balance power supply and demand…

"World's Most Powerful Floating Wind Turbine" Sets Sail

Aug 19, 2024

OceanX, which is reported by its developer MingYang Group to be the world's largest single capacity floating wind power platform, embarked on its journey from Guangzhou to the Yangjiang Mingyang Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm in Guangdong, China…

Gas Production Starts in Argo Cassiopea field, says Eni

Aug 19, 2024

Eni reports it started gas production from the Argo Cassiopea field, coming from one of the four subsea wells drilled in recent months in the Strait of Sicily. Once captured, the gas is transported through a 60 km subsea pipeline to the Gela processing plant…

Heat Drives Asian LNG Spot Price Spike

Aug 16, 2024

Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices rose to their highest in over eight months, with warmer temperatures across the region boosting power demand for cooling purposes.The average LNG price for October delivery into north-east Asia LNG-AS was at $14…

Europe's Gas Surplus Nearly Dried Up

Aug 14, 2024

Europe's record gas surplus inherited from the winter of 2023/24 has been largely eliminated following an unusually small accumulation of inventories so far in the summer of 2024.Inventories across the European Union and the United Kingdom have risen by just 336 terawatt-hours (TWh) since March 31…

Equinor, Dominion Win US Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Auction

Aug 14, 2024

Norway's Equinor and U.S. power company Dominion were the winning bidders in a U.S. government offshore wind auction of two areas off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, the U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday.The offshore…

Philippine Fishermen Fear Floating Solar Farm Could Sink Their Livelihoods

Aug 13, 2024

Fishing has been a lifeline for Alejandro Alcones for the past four decades, but he now fears his small boat may be replaced by a floating solar farm on the Philippines' largest lake.Alcones is part of a group of fishermen opposed to the government's plan to place solar panels atop Laguna de Bay…

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