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Equinor Posts Lower Q4 Profit, Cuts Renewable Energy Target

Feb 05, 2025

Norway's Equinor is reducing its ambitions for developing renewable energy capacity by 2030, it said on Wednesday, the latest move by a European energy company to cut green targets as the market for renewables sours.Equinor follows peers BP and Shell…

Vår Energi Pre-Orders Subsea Systems to Accelerate Oil and Gas Developments

Feb 04, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has signed a letter of intent with OneSubsea for the delivery of Subsea Production Systems (SPS) to reduce project development time. The pre-commitment will give Vår Energi the ability to shorten subsea tie-back development time by up to one year…

Wales Backs Morlais Tidal Energy Scheme

Feb 04, 2025

The Welsh Government has taken an $9.9 million equity stake in the Morlais tidal energy scheme to ensure progress of what is set to become the largest tidal energy project in Europe.Owned and managed by Ynys Môn social enterprise Menter Môn…

Interocean Nets Marine Services Contract for Three UK Offshore Wind Farms

Feb 04, 2025

Specialist provider of offshore support services Interocean Marine Services has secured a three-year contract to provide marine vetting and assurance to the Morgan, Mona and Morven offshore wind projects.The offshore wind farms are being developed…

Acteon Marks First-Year Milestone at German Offshore Wind Farm O&M Job

Feb 04, 2025

Acteon, through its geo-services brand UTEC, has completed the first year of a three-year balance of plant inspection contract with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) for the 228 MW Butendiek offshore wind farm in Germany.During the first year…

Shell Puts New FPSO at Penguins Field into Production

Feb 04, 2025

Shell has restarted production at the Penguins field in the U.K. North Sea with a new floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.The previous export route for the field, operated by Shell with 50% interest, and partner NEO Energy with the remaining 50%…

Petrobras Sees 10.5% Decline in Q4 Oil and Gas Production

Feb 04, 2025

Brazilian state-run oil giant Petrobras reported on Monday a 10.5% decrease in its total fourth-quarter oil and gas production from a year earlier, while also experiencing lower sales and exports.Petrobras, Latin America's largest oil producer…

Japan's Mitsui Eyes Alaska LNG Project

Feb 04, 2025

Japanese trading house Mitsui could consider studying a project to liquefy natural gas (LNG) in the U.S. state of Alaska, but no decisions have been made yet, Chief Financial Officer Tetsuya Shigeta said on Tuesday.Japan is considering offering…

ABL to Provide MWS Services to Saipem for Libyan Offshore Gas Field

Feb 04, 2025

Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been awarded a contract to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to Saipem, to support the marine transportation and installation (T&I) operations relating to Libya’s Bouri Gas Utilisation Project (BGUP)…

Noble Corporation to Retire Two Drillships

Feb 04, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has outlined plans to divest the cold stacked drillships Pacific Meltem and Pacific Scirocco, permanently retiring the units from drilling operations.Noble Corporation said the decision was made…

Talos Energy Hires Former Shell Executive as CEO

Feb 03, 2025

U.S. oil and gas company Talos Energy has appointed Paul Goodfellow as President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a member of the company’s Board of Directors.Paul Goodfellow brings over thirty years of domestic and international experience…

EIB, EBRD Grant $620M for Poland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 03, 2025

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have granted a total of $623.6 million to support the development of 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, the second and the largest offshore wind farm in Poland…

TenneT Signs Consortium to Connect 2GW Dutch Offshore Wind Farm to Grid

Feb 03, 2025

The consortium of pension fund ABP, pension investor APG and wind energy developer SSE has signed a realization agreement with transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT for the Dutch offshore grid connection of 2 GW IJmuiden Ver Alpha wind farm…

Tidal Transit Secures Funding for ‘World’s First’ Electric CTV Fleet

Feb 03, 2025

U.K.-based offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner Tidal Transit has secured equity financing from maritime and logistics investor HICO Investment Group to expand its fleet with six new electric CTVs (E-CTVs).The strategic expansion is…

Mitsubishi Reassessing Japan Offshore Wind Projects Amid Market Changes

Feb 03, 2025

Mitsubishi Corp on Monday said it is reviewing how to proceed with its offshore wind projects in Japan given a 'significantly changed' business environment, showing that the country is not immune to rising costs across offshore wind projects globally…

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