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Havfram to Assist with Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm Foundation Installation

Apr 21, 2022

Norwegian offshore services company Havfram has won a contract on the Yunlin offshore wind farm which is being developed offshore Taiwan.The contract, with Yunneng Wind Power Co., Ltd, will see Havfram provide Project Management and Owners Engineer…

PGS Starts Southern North Sea Seismic Data Rejuvenation Project

Apr 21, 2022

Norwegian offshore seismic data acquisition and processing company PGS has announced the Southern North Sea reprocessing project.The SNS Vision data rejuvenation project from PGS will target a mature gas province in the central SNS area, with…

Greater Changhua 1 & 2a: Taiwan's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Power

Apr 21, 2022

Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farm, Taiwan's largest, has delivered first power, Ørsted, the developer of the wind farm said Thursday.Located 35-60 kilometers off Taiwan’s west coast, Greater Changhua 1 & 2a has a total capacity of 900 MW…

CNOOC Soars in Shanghai Debut, Defies Weak Market

Apr 21, 2022

China's CNOOC Ltd saw its stock surge as much as 44% in its Shanghai debut on Thursday in defiance of overall market weakness, as investors sought safety in the oil giant amid lofty energy prices and quickening inflation.The stock started trade 20% higher than its offering price…

VIDEO: First Topside Modules Being Installed Aboard Prosperity FPSO

Apr 20, 2022

FPSO specialist SBM Offshore has shared a video showing the lifting and installation of the first topside module batch for the Prosperity FPSO at the Keppel O&M yard in Singapore.  The hull of the FPSO Prosperity, which will be Guyana's third…

Turkey to Provide Tax Cuts for $10B Offshore Gas Project

Apr 20, 2022

Turkey will provide tax cuts to support a 145.1 billion lira ($9.9 billion) Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) project to develop the natural gas field it discovered in the Black Sea, the country's Official Gazette said on Wednesday.Natural gas was discovered…

Saudi Says It and Kuwait Have Right to Exploit Gas-rich Offshore Area

Apr 20, 2022

The Saudi cabinet reaffirmed the right of the kingdom and its neighbor Kuwait to exploit natural resources at a joint, energy-rich, offshore area, the state news agency reported on Tuesday.It also stressed the right of the two countries to develop the Durra natural gas field…

Argentina Extends Total, Wintershall Offshore Oil and Gas Concession until 2041

Apr 20, 2022

Argentina has extended a concession held by energy firms Total Austral, Wintershall Dea Argentina, and Pan American Sur for 10 more years until 2041, and approved an investment plan for $700 million, according to a government decree published on Tuesday…

World Bank: The Philippines has Potential to Install 21GW of Offshore Wind by 2040

Apr 20, 2022

The Philippines has the potential to install 21 gigawatt of offshore wind power by 2040, equivalent to about a fifth of its electricity supply by then, according to a study released by the Department of Energy and the World Bank on Wednesday…

ExxonMobil Sees Carbon Capture Market at $4 Trillion by 2050

Apr 20, 2022

ExxonMobil Corp. estimates there will be a $4 trillion market by 2050 for capturing carbon dioxide and storing it underground, the company said in a presentation on Tuesday.That is about 60% of the $6.5 trillion market the U.S. largest crude producer estimates for oil and gas by then…

Baker Hughes Posts Higher Q1 Profit, but Misses Wall Street Estimates

Apr 20, 2022

U.S. oilfield services and equipment firm Baker Hughes Co BKR.O on Wednesday reported a higher quarterly profit from a year earlier, but missed Wall Street estimates after facing a 'volatile market' in early 2022 that prompted mixed results across its reporting units…

Brunei Shell Petroleum Selects ION Geophysical's Marine Logistics Software

Apr 20, 2022

Offshore seismic services and technology company ION Geophysical has won a five-year contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. (BSP), a joint venture between the Government of Brunei and Shell, for a digital solution to manage marine logistics…

New COO and CFO for Eidesvik Offshore

Apr 20, 2022

Norway-based offshore support vessel operator Eidesvik Offshore has appointed Arve Nilsen as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Ellen Sofie Ottesen as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO).Nilsen comes from the position of Technical Manager in Eidesvik with responsibility for technology…

Brazil: Petrobras, Equinor Start Production from Two Offshore Wells under Roncador IOR Project

Apr 20, 2022

Brazilian oil company Petrobras has brought online the first two wells of the increased oil recovery (IOR) project at Roncador project offshore Brazil, almost five months ahead of schedule and at half of the planned cost, Equinor, Petrobras' partner in the project…

Siemens Gamesa Buffeted by Rising Costs as Turbine Launch Problems Deepen

Apr 20, 2022

Siemens Gamesa is trying to raise wind turbine prices to cope with lofty raw materials costs and iron out complex internal procedures that have delayed new products and helped trigger a huge quarterly loss, Chief Executive Jochen Eickholt said on Wednesday…

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