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Transition or Transformation: Energy Opportunities

Jan 17, 2020

Dave Stewart, CEO of Wood’s Asset Solutions business in Europe, Africa, Asia & Australia, discusses how traditional upstream oil and gas businesses are responding to this transitional period to continue to provide sustainable, affordable, reliable and safe access to energy…

BW Energy Oslo Listing Set For 1Q 2020

Jan 15, 2020

BW Offshore's exploration and production subsidiary BW Energy is gearing up for an initial public offering of shares in the first quarter of 2020, and listing on the Oslo exchange an independent company.BW Energy was established by the FPSO…

German Offshore Wind Capacity in 2019 Almost Hit 2020 Target

Jan 14, 2020

Offshore wind power operators in the German North Sea raised generation capacity by 20.9% percent to 6,436 megawatts (MW) last year, grid company TenneT GmbH said on Monday, close to a government target for 2020 of 6,500 MW.TenneT, the German…

The Future is in the North

Jan 13, 2020

Sea usesWhile others are known as rulers of the seas, Norway has been more known as users, locally and worldwide. No wonder, since Norwegian waters are covering an area of close to six times the size of the Norwegian land areas.There is considerable…

Equinor, Ørsted Spearheading Offshore Wind Coalition

Jan 13, 2020

Norwegian energy firm Equinor and Danish offshore wind power company Ørsted will lead a newly formed international Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition aimed to boost the sustainable deployment of ocean-based renewable energy and mitigate the harmful impacts of climate change…

No New Oil Auctions, Mexico's President Says

Jan 09, 2020

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday his government was not contemplating reopening oil and gas auctions this year, ending hopes his left-leaning government will soon spur private investment in the energy sector.'It's not contemplated…

RWE is Possible Takeover Target in Renewables Boom

Jan 09, 2020

RWE, Germany's largest power producer, could become a takeover target as big industry players strive to expand their renewable portfolios around the world, Goldman Sachs said in a research note on Wednesday.Following an asset swap with E.ON…

Gambia Offshore Data Acquisition Gets a Boost

Jan 08, 2020

Gambia’s petroleum sector objective in the National Development Plan (NDP) of 2018-2021 is shaping up even before the year 2020 gains momentum after Australian firm FAR Ltd announced a key offshore data acquisition project in the West African country…

Norwegian PM Opens Johan Sverdrup Field

Jan 07, 2020

Norway's prime minister Erna Solberg has opened the Johan Sverdrup field center, and the Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Sylvi Listhaug, also attended the opening.Since Equinor and the Johan Sverdrup partners Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total started the field on 5 October last year…

Talos Confirms Zama Resources

Jan 07, 2020

Talos Energy, upon completion of third-party contingent resource evaluation of the company's Zama discovery offshore Mexico, said best estimates are near the high end of its previously guided range, and noted it aims to achieve a final investment…

Apache Makes Major Discovery Offshore Suriname

Jan 07, 2020

Apache Corp and Total SA said on Tuesday they had made a major oil discovery in a closely watched area off the coast of South America's Suriname, sending Apache's shares surging nearly 27%.The discovery, dubbed 'among the most anticipated in the world' by one brokerage…

Oil Hits $70 a Barrel

Jan 06, 2020

Oil prices rose a further 2% on Monday, pushing Brent above $70 a barrel, as rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq fanned tensions in the Middle East after a U.S. air strike which killed a top Iranian military commander.Brent crude futures soared to a high of $70…

Equinor Targets Zero Emissions by 2050

Jan 06, 2020

Norwegian offshore operator Equinor said Monday it will invest 50 billion kroner ($5.67 billion) over 10 years on a path toward reducing company-wide emissions by 40% through to 2030.Using the EU’s 2005, rather the UN’s 1990 as a benchmark year…

SGRE Reaches $1.9Bn Green Guarantee Lines

Jan 05, 2020

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has announced that in less than a year, and aligned to its commitment to sustainability it has accumulated €1.72 billion ($1.9Bn) in green guarantee lines.'SGRE is moving forward in its strategy of making…

Carapa Wildcat Disappoints in Guyana

Jan 02, 2020

Shares of Tullow Oil dropped by nearly a fifth on Thursday as the oil producer's update on the commercial viability of its new well offshore Guyana disappointed investors.Tullow said the Carapa well in the Kanuku offshore block contains oil…

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