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Guyana Eyes More Gas, Renewable Energy for Power Generation

Nov 01, 2021

Guyana plans to meet an unprecedented growth expected in its power demand by building a new gas-fueled plant and expanding its hydropower capacity, a key step to leave behind fossil fuels for generating electricity, President Irfaan Ali said this week…

Wind Semi - Equinor Unveils GW-size Floating Wind Concept

Nov 01, 2021

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has revealed its preferred floating wind foundation design for full-scale gigawatt (GW) commercial floating offshore wind in Scotland, if successful in ScotWind leasing round in Scotland.Equinor said that the 'Wind Semi' a semi-submersible wind turbine foundation…

Shell Midstream Partners: Offshore, Onshore Systems to Drive Cash Delivery

Nov 01, 2021

Shell Midstream Partners said on Friday that its offshore and onshore crude and product systems will mainly drive its cash delivery.Deepwater projects in the Gulf of Mexico including Vito and PowerNap will flow into the company's systems and not only replenish…

UK to Launch $220M Floating Wind Fund

Nov 01, 2021

Britain will launch a 160 million pound ($220 million) fund to help developers of floating offshore wind technology as part of efforts to ramp up renewable power and meet climate targets, the government said on Friday.The announcement comes…

Pemex Back in Red Despite Oil Production Uptick

Oct 29, 2021

Higher tax payments and foreign exchange losses pushed Mexico's Petroleos Mexicanos back into the red in the third quarter, even as crude production recovered somewhat, the state oil company said on Thursday.Pemex lost 77.2 billion pesos ($3…

SEE MONSTER: Giant North Sea Offshore Platform to Become Public Art Installation

Oct 29, 2021

Weston-super-Mare, a seaside town in Somerset, England, has been selected as home to ‘SEE MONSTER’ a decommissioned North Sea offshore platform that will be transformed into a huge public art installation.The platform will be located on the site of the town’s disused former lido…

Oceanteam, Passer Group Merger Off

Oct 29, 2021

Oslo-listed offshore cable-solutions provider Oceanteam, which has been in talks over a potential merger with Norway's cable handling equipment provider Passer Group, said Friday that the parties had agreed to discontinue negotiations.Oceanteam…

“It’s alive!”: Offshore Drillers Start Resuscitating Idle Drillships

Oct 29, 2021

Offshore drilling rig reactivations have begun as utilization and dayrates continue their rapid recovery, Esgian's Teresa Wilkie writes.We expected it to happen just not necessarily this soon. But now it’s official, several cold-stacked rigs…

Equinor to Invest Up To $4.2B in NOAKA Offshore Development

Oct 29, 2021

Equinor plans to invest 25-35 billion Norwegian crowns ($3-$4.2 billion) to develop the so-called NOAKA oil and gas fields with partners in the North Sea, it said on Friday.The NOAKA (North of Alvheim Krafla Askja) project is set to come on…

TenneT Proposes Speeding Up Construction of German Offshore Wind Power Links

Oct 29, 2021

Power grid operator TenneT has proposed bringing forward by three years the construction of German power links that could distribute six gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power from the North Sea, it said on Friday.The proposal, just ahead of the COP26 global climate meeting in Glasgow…

Exxon Posts Strongest Results Since 2017

Oct 29, 2021

Exxon Mobil on Friday pledged to revive a share repurchase program next year as its earnings outlook improved on quarterly results that topped analysts' estimates.The largest U.S. oil producer posted an adjusted profit of $1.58 a share, beating the Refinitiv estimate by two cents…

U.S. Moves to Expand Offshore Wind Beyond the Northeast

Oct 29, 2021

The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled fresh steps toward building offshore wind farms in waters off the coasts of Massachusetts, the Carolinas, and in the Gulf of Mexico.The announcement is the government's latest in an aggressive push to expand the nascent ocean industry to every U…

Norway: OKEA Eyes Floating Wind Power for Draugen Platform

Oct 29, 2021

Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA, the operator of the giant Draugen platform off Norway, is working on a project that will see the offshore oil production facility powered by floating wind turbines.The news was shared by the recently formed…

Petrobras: Binding Phase Starts for Sale of Santos Basin Offshore Fields

Oct 29, 2021

Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras said on Wednesday it has entered the binding phase for the sale of its stakes in the Urugua and Tambau fields in the Santos basin.The two fields belong to the BS-500 concession and are located in the north of the Santos Basin…

Ex-Petrofac CEO Asfari Forms Offshore Wind Service Firm Venterra

Oct 29, 2021

Ayman Asfari, until recently CEO of oilfield services firm Petrofac, has with his partners, formed Venterra, a company focused on offshore wind industry services. In a statement on Thursday, Venterra said its plan was to create a global services…

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