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Construction of New York’s First Offshore Wind Farm Set to Start as Final Approval Granted

Jan 20, 2022

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has granted Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm, Ørsted confirmed Thursday. This is the final decision…

Appeals Court Revives BP’s Fight Over Deepwater Cleanup Workers’ Claims

Jan 20, 2022

A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a fight between BP, two contractors, and an insurance company over who should pay for thousands of personal injury claims brought by cleanup workers after the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in 2010…

Eco Wave Power to Ring Nasdaq Bell

Jan 19, 2022

Wave energy technology firm Eco Wave Power said Wednesday it would hold its official bell ringing ceremony on Nasdaq Stock Market on Thursday morning, at 9:15 a.m.  ET to celebrate becoming a public company on the Nasdaq U.S.  Eco Wave Power began its trading on the Nasdaq on July 1…

TenneT CEO Says Bringing in Private Investors Not Ruled Out

Jan 19, 2022

European power transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT might bring in private co-owners at some point to support huge investments needed to build up power links fit for the continent's renewable energy expansion, its CEO said.'We all agree that the energy transition in general…

UK: ABP Gets Marine License for Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility for Offshore Wind Support

Jan 19, 2022

UK's Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has recently granted a marine license to Associated British Ports (ABP) for the development of the Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) for offshore wind.This followed a period of collaboration and joint working…

Kremlin: Idle Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Bad for Consumers, Economy

Jan 19, 2022

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that the fact no gas was being shipped through the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany, which is awaiting regulatory clearance, was bad for gas consumers and economic development during the COVID-19 pandemic…

BSEE: Multiple Factors Behind 2020 Gulf of Mexico Platform Fatality

Jan 19, 2022

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has released an investigation report into an incident that saw a rigger fall to his death through the grating aboard Fieldwood Energy's oil platform offshore Louisiana in May 2020.The incident happened aboard Ewing Bank…

Norwegian Supply Increase Not Enough to Replace Missing Russian Gas

Jan 19, 2022

Norway is delivering natural gas to Europe at maximum capacity, but this cannot replace any missing supplies from Russia, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Wednesday.Norwegian companies have optimized their delivery potential…

Petrojarl I FPSO Extends Stay at Enauta's Atlanta Field, Offshore Brazil

Jan 19, 2022

Brazilian oil company Enauta has extended the charter of the Petrojarl I FPSO, used as an early production system at its Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.Enauta signed contracts with Altera to extend the charter and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of FPSO Petrojarl I…

Eco Atlantic Increases Exposure in Canje Block Off Guyana

Jan 19, 2022

Oil and gas firm Eco Atlantic has increased its stake in JHI Associates by acquiring additional 800,000 common shares in JHI in return for 1,200,000 new common shares in Eco.'The purchase of the 800,000 common shares in JHI is expected to be completed on 21st January 2022…

BV to Provide Project Certification for 100MW Celtic Sea Floating Wind Farm

Jan 19, 2022

Bureau Veritas (BV) has said it has been selected to carry out the project certification of Erebus floating wind farm in the Celtic Sea, in Wales, UK.Located 44km from the Pembrokeshire coastline in up to 75 meters water depth, the 100MW Erebus…

Germany Signals it Could Halt Nord Stream 2 Pipeline if Russia Invades Ukraine

Jan 19, 2022

Germany signaled on Tuesday that it could halt the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia if Moscow invades Ukraine, and Western nations rallied behind Kyiv over a Russian troop buildup that has stoked fears of war.Stepping up diplomacy after talks with Russia ended in stalemate last week…

Decarbonization: Seismic Surveyor PGS Nets Another CO2 Storage Survey Gig

Jan 19, 2022

PGS, a Norwegian seismic data company best known for its offshore oil and gas exploration services, is expanding into the carbon capture and storage arena with its second carbon storage survey deal announced in as many days.Namely, a day after…

Inside OPEC, Views are Growing That Oil's Rally Could be Prolonged

Jan 19, 2022

Oil's rally may extend further in the next few months due to recovering demand and limited capacity in OPEC+ to add supply and prices could break $100 a barrel, OPEC officials have told Reuters.Oil last traded at $100 a barrel in 2014, after averaging $110 a barrel over the previous two years…

Brazil's Bolsonaro to Visit Suriname and Guyana to Discuss Oil Cooperation

Jan 19, 2022

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will visit Suriname and Guyana on Thursday and Friday for talks on economic cooperation following recent discoveries of oil and gas by Brazil's two neighbors, the foreign ministry said on Monday.Bolsonaro and the presidents of Suriname…

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