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Orsted, New Jersey Reach Settlement Over Canceled Offshore Wind Farms

May 28, 2024

New Jersey officials said the state will receive $125 million from a legal settlement with Denmark's Orsted ORSTED.CO over the company's cancellation last year of two offshore wind farm projects.The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities said…

Wood Scoops TotalEnergies’ Decarbonization Job in North Sea

May 06, 2024

Engineering consultancy Wood has secured a new decarbonization contract from TotalEnergies to support flare gas recovery in the North Sea.The 23-month contract, part of the Elgin-Franklin Flare Gas Recovery System Project, follows Wood's successful…

Eni Agrees to Merge UK Upstream Assets with Ithaca Energy

Apr 24, 2024

Eni has reached an agreement on the combination of substantially all of its upstream assets in the UK, excluding East Irish Sea assets and CCUS activities, with Ithaca Energy, creating a major independent oil and gas company present on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS)…

US Revises Tax Credit Rule to Help Offshore Wind Projects

Mar 24, 2024

The Biden administration on Friday released new rules that will make it easier for offshore wind developers to claim a subsidy for facilities planned in areas that have historically relied on fossil fuel industries for employment.The revision…

Launch Ceremony Held for A-O-S' New Jones Act CTV Gripper

Mar 17, 2024

An official launch ceremony was held to celebrate the commissioning of a new Jones Act compliant crew transfer vessel (CTV) built for American Offshore Services (A-O-S)—the company's first.Constructed by Blount Boats in Warren, R.I., the 100…

American Offshore Services Takes Delivery of Its First CTV

Mar 04, 2024

American Offshore Services (A-O-S) has taken delivery of its first crew transfer vessel (CTV), Gripper, purpose built to support the U.S. offshore wind industry. The vessel is scheduled to be christened during an official ceremony later this month…

Gulf Craft Delivers CTV for WINDEA

Jan 09, 2024

Franklin, La. shipbuilder Gulf Craft in December delivered WINDEA Intrepid, a new crew transfer vessel built for WINDEA CTV, a partnership between Hornblower Wind and MidOcean Wind.Designed by Incat Crowther and classed by Bureau Veritas, the…

Suriname Proposes Exchange of $675M Bonds for Oil-linked Debt

Oct 25, 2023

Suriname offered late Monday to exchange $675 million of dollar bonds for new notes, the next step in negotiations after reaching a deal with its bondholders in May.The government offered holders of debt due in 2023 and 2026 to swap their notes for a new 10-year bond due July 15…

Fishing Vessel Converted to CTV for Work in US Offshore Wind

Sep 05, 2023

A fishing vessel has been converted to operate as a Jones Act compliant crew transfer vessel (CTV) in the U.S. offshore wind industry.Hornblower Marine announced it converted the former fishing vessel Nice Day Too for New Bedford, Mass. based Coast Line Transfers…

Blue Ocean Transfers: A New Jones Act CTV Player Emerges

Aug 15, 2023

There's a new player in the Jones Act crew transfer vessel (CTV) market: Blue Ocean Transfers (BOT), based on Long Island, N.Y.The McQuilling-Partners-owned company is planning to build a fleet of CTVs to support the U.S. offshore wind industry…

WINDEA Converts OSV to CTV for US Offshore Wind

Aug 03, 2023

A Jones-Act-compliant offshore supply vessel (OSV) has been converted for use as a crew transfer vessel (CTV) in the growing U.S. offshore wind industry.Windea CTV, a joint venture between MidOcean Wind and the Hornblower Group, said the vessel…

Major Strike Action to Hit UK North Sea Oil and Gas Platforms

Apr 24, 2023

UK-based union Unite said Friday that historic 48-hour strike action would hit platforms in the UK North Sea.Unite said that 1300 offshore workers would begin a 48-hour stoppage from Monday, April, 24, which will cause 'severe' problems for major oil and gas operators…

TotalEnergies Offshore Workers Balloting on Strike Action -Unite

Apr 14, 2023

British union Unite said on Friday that some 70 workers employed by TotalEnergies based on the Elgin Franklin and North Alwyn platforms along with the Shetland Gas Plant were being balloted for strike action. Unite last week announced that 1…

Offshore Workers' Strike Could Affect Over 30 Platforms in UK

Feb 10, 2023

UK-based workers' union Unite said Friday that some 300 Stork construction members would be balloted on strike action on over 30 offshore installations in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), potentially affecting operators such as EnQuest, Repsol…

TotalEnergies Hits Hydrocarbons at North Sea Appraisal Well

Jan 04, 2023

TotalEnergies encountered hydrocarbons upon entering the reservoir during recent appraisal drilling at the Isabella discovery in the UK North Sea, about 270 km southeast of Aberdeen.This was shared by Ithaca Energy, TotalEnergies' partner in the Isabella discovery (P1820) in Block 30/12d-12…

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