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Trinidad Offers to Pay for Venezuelan Gas with Humanitarian Supplies

Jan 26, 2023

Trinidad and Tobago would pay Venezuela for natural gas produced at an offshore development with humanitarian supplies like food and medicine, Prime Minister Keith Rowley said, to comply with a U.S. license prohibiting cash payments to the government of President Nicolas Maduro…

SeaTwirl Gets Nod to Test Vertical-axis floating Wind Turbine in Norway after Appeal Rejected

Jan 26, 2023

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has given METCentre the concession to test SeaTwirl´s vertical-axis floating wind turbine.The concession comes after the Norwegian authority Norges Vassdrags- og Energidirektorat (NVE) rejected an appeal to overturn SeaTwirl’s S2x concession in Norway…

DOF Wins $51M Offshore Vessel Charter with Petrobras

Jan 26, 2023

Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF said Wednesday that Brazil's Petrobras had awarded a new long-term charter contract to DOF's Brazilian affiliate Norskan Offshore Ltda. for an AHTS to operate as AHTS-TS or TO.Petrobras has hired the Skandi Ipanema vessel for four years firm…

Libya to Sign Offshore Gas Deals with Italy's Eni, NOC's Bengdara Says

Jan 26, 2023

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) will sign offshore gas exploration and production deals with Italy's Eni on Saturday, NOC head Farhat Bengdara told a television channel. The deal would require $8 billion to produce up to 850 million cubic feet a day of gas from the Mediterranean…

EDG Wins Topside Modification Contract for Talos Energy's Ram Powell Platform

Jan 25, 2023

Louisiana-based firm EDG has recently won a topside modification contract from Talos Energy for the Ram Powell platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to accommodate the Venice and Lime Rock subsea tiebacks.EDG, which says it has executed  more than 25 subsea tiebacks over the years…

Offshore Wind: IWS Fleet Orders Two More CSOVs from Chinese Shipbuilder

Jan 25, 2023

IWS Fleet AS has ordered two more Walk-to-Work commissioning service operations vessels (“CSOV”) from China Merchants Industry Holdings Co., Ltd.The company said Tuesday that the two newbuilds would be delivered in the second quarter of 2025…

Floating Wind: Falck Renewables, BlueFloat Partner Up with Italian Steel Maker

Jan 25, 2023

The Italian steel company Acciaierie d’Italia has signed a letter of intent with the Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy´s partnership on strategic collaboration for the development of renewable energy projects.The parties have established a technical working group which will focus on four areas…

Scana's PSW Technology Wins 3-year Mongstad Maintenance Services Deal with Equinor

Jan 25, 2023

Norway's Equinor has awarded Scana-owned PSW Technology a three-year contract for maintenance services at the Mongstad refinery, Equinor's largest. The oil to the Mongstad terminal mainly arrives through two pipelines from Troll B and Troll C and connected offshore oil fields…

Hess Tops Wall St Profit Forecasts, Discovers More Oil Offshore Guyana

Jan 25, 2023

Energy producer Hess Corp. on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit on higher crude prices, and said it had found more oil offshore Guyana.Western sanctions against major energy producer Russia and the decision of producer…

Deepwater Gas Projects Could Reinvigorate Trinidad's Output, says Rystad Energy

Jan 25, 2023

Trinidad and Tobago's natural gas production could rebound and hit almost 4 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) by 2030 if key offshore projects move ahead soon, consultancy Rystad Energy said on Tuesday.Trinidad is Latin America's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

Megaton Project: Denmark's GreenGo to Build 4 GW Green Fuel Plant

Jan 25, 2023

Danish renewable energy developer GreenGo Energy said on Tuesday that it's cooperating on 60 billion Danish crowns ($8.77 billion) project to develop a green energy park.The company is cooperating with a local municipality in western Denmark…

Tullow Oil Ups 2022 Free Cash Flow Outlook, Ghana Tax Looms

Jan 25, 2023

West Africa-focused oil producer Tullow sees its 2022 free cash flow at $267 million, slightly ahead of previous guidance and up from $245 million the previous year, it said in a trading update on Wednesday. It plans to invest $400 million this year…

Petrobras Turns to Vallourec for OCTG Solutions

Jan 25, 2023

Vallourec has signed a long-term agreement with Petrobras for OCTG (Oil Country Tubular Goods) solutions. The three-year agreement covers the supply of OCTG Premium products, associated accessories, and specialized physical and digital services…

Ex-Transocean, Maersk Drilling Director Joins Seadrill Board

Jan 25, 2023

Offshore drilling firm Seadrill has appointed Ana Zambelli as a new board director.Zambelli has more than 20 years of experience in the energy services sector in operational, commercial and finance roles. She served as Chief Commercial Officer at Maersk Drilling…

Ulmatec Nets Walk-to-work Gig

Jan 25, 2023

Ulmatec said Wednesday it had won a new contract for the supply of a 32-meter motion-compensated gangway and logistics support systems to a'major international player.''The gangway offers superior workability with its 12 m telescopic compensation…

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