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DEA Announces Thor OWF Tender

Nov 17, 2019

The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has published detailed material concerning central elements and questions which will be discussed at a market dialogue event on 25 Nov 2019 in Copenhagen for the Thor Offshore Wind Farm(OWF).Thor Offshore Wind…

Mayflower Wins 800MW Massachusetts OWF

Nov 03, 2019

Mayflower Wind Energy, a joint venture of Shell New Energies US and EDPR Offshore North America, has been chosen by Massachusetts for an 804-MW offshore wind farm (OWF), located 20 miles south of Nantucket.“Mayflower Wind is proud to have been…

Crown Estate Opens Offshore Wind Round 4

Oct 14, 2019

The Crown Estate has officially opened the Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4, which will offer seabed rights for at least 7GW of new projects in the waters around England and Wales.'The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) for Offshore Wind Leasing…

Crown Estate Hosts Round 4 Bid Talks

Oct 09, 2019

The Crown Estate, which acts as manager of the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, has hosted a Round 4 bidders day to give offshore wind developers further insight into how it will run the 7GW seabed rights auction.More than…

Mayflower Joins Connecticut Offshore Bids

Oct 01, 2019

Mayflower Wind has submitted bids to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in response to Connecticut's Request for Proposals.Mayflower is a joint venture of Shell New Energies US LLC and EDPR Offshore North America LLC…

Crown Estate Delays Scottish Offshore Wind Bid

Sep 26, 2019

Crown Estate Scotland has delayed the launch of the ScotWind offshore wind leasing round until after the publication of Marine Scotland’s draft Sectoral Marine Plan (SMP).Aligning timescales with the SMP will help to ensure maximum transparency…

UK Launches Offshore Wind Leasing Round

Sep 20, 2019

The Crown Estate has launched its Round 4 offshore wind leasing competition for the rights to develop at least 7GW of new capacity off England and Wales.The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has hailed today’s launch as a major step forward…

DEA Plans Thor Tender Meet-Up

Sep 06, 2019

The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and transmission system operator Energinet have scheduled for 25th of November 2019 market dialogue for potential bidders and investors for the upcoming Thor offshore wind farm tender.The Thor offshore wind farm…

Mayflower Wind Bids for Massachusetts Offshore

Sep 02, 2019

Mayflower Wind, a joint venture of Shell and EDPR Offshore North America, has submitted proposal to the state and utility company to deliver energy from offshore wind installations.The provider of cleaner energy solutions using the power of…

Bay State Wind Bids for Massachusetts Offshore

Aug 26, 2019

Bay State Wind, a 50/50 joint venture between Ørsted and Eversource, has submitted its proposal in response to Massachusetts’ second request for proposals (RFP) for offshore wind energy generation.Bay State Wind included proposals for a 400 MW and 800 MW project…

Crown Estate Readies for Offshore Wind Auction

Jul 22, 2019

The seabed landlord Crown Estate  has presented a revised tender design for offshore wind leasing round 4 for offshore wind sites off England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK Crown Estate holds rights to seabeds around British Isles for wind and wave power…

Five Bid on 12 Blocks Offshore in Israel

Jul 19, 2019

Five companies submitted proposals to explore for oil and gas on 12 blocks among 19 offered in Israel's second offshore licensing round. This was the second Israeli offshore licensing round.A government press release quoted Minister of Energy…

Inpex Submits Revised Indonesian LNG Plan

Jun 21, 2019

Japan's largest oil and gas exploration and production company Inpex Corporation has submitted a revised plan of development (POD) for the Abadi  LNG Project, a gas field on the remote Masela Block in the Arafura Sea off Indonesia.  The revised…

ADNOC Launches Bid for Five Blocks

May 02, 2019

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said that it has launched the second exploration bid round for five new oil and gas blocks.The bidding will be for both conventional and unconventional resources, and the successful bidders will enter into agreements granting them exploration rights…

GoM Lease Bids Hit $244mln

Mar 21, 2019

Oil and gas Lease Sale 252 generated $244.3 million in high bids for 227 tracts covering 1,261,133.85 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). According to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management data, that’s still way below the $405 million…

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