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Siemens Gamesa's Giant Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Delivers Power to the Grid

Dec 10, 2021

Offshore wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said Friday that its giant 14MW SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine prototype had started delivering power to the grid. The prototype has been installed in Østerild, Denmark.'We are excited to announce…

Seaway 7 Confirms Sizeable Offshore Installation Contract in Taiwan

Dec 10, 2021

Seaway 7, a subsidiary of Subsea 7 focused on the offshore renewable energy industry, has this week confirmed the award of a 'sizeable' contract in Taiwan. For Seaway 7, sizeable contracts are worth between $50 million and $150 million.The contract…

Fugro's Survey Vessel to Run on Methanol as Part of Dutch Push to Lower Emissions in Shipping

Dec 10, 2021

A Fugro-led consortium has secured a grant from Dutch Government’s Netherlands Enterprise Agency for the development of methanol as a low-carbon shipping fuel.The MENENS (Methanol as Energy Step Towards Emission-free Dutch Shipping) consortium has 22 partners…

Bristow, BP Complete First Offshore Helicopter Flight Using Sustainable Fuel

Dec 10, 2021

Offshore helicopter giant Bristow Group said Friday it had completed an offshore revenue flight using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).The company said that the operation marked one of the first SAF-powered flights to an offshore operation in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS)…

Offshore Helicopter Firm NHV Names New COO

Dec 10, 2021

NHV Group, a company specializing in offshore helicopter transportation, has informed that Mike Gislam, the current Managing Director of NHV Helicopters Ltd is to take up the position of Chief Operations Officer of the NHV Group with immediate effect…

Japan Launches Auction for Happo-Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 10, 2021

Japan's industry ministry said on Friday it had launched a public auction to select an operator for the 356 megawatt (MW) offshore wind power project in Happo-Noshiro, off Akita prefecture in northern Japan.The Happo-Noshiro area was selected…

Excelerate Sequoia FSRU Starts Operations in Brazil

Dec 10, 2021

Excelerate Energy has started natural gas deliveries to the Brazilian market at the Bahia Regasification Terminal (TR-BA) in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil.Excelerate's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Excelerate Sequoia, which has an LNG storage capacity of 173…

Neptune Energy's CEO Set to Step Down. Replacement Named

Dec 10, 2021

Oil and gas firm Neptune Energy said Friday that Jim House has decided to retire from his role as Chief Executive Officer and from the Neptune Energy Board on December 31, 2021. Pete Jones, currently Neptune’s VP Operations, Europe, will succeed…

Saipem to Use 'Largest-ever' Vibratory Hammer at Calvados Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 10, 2021

Dieseko has secured a contract with Italian offshore services firm Saipem for the supply of the Vibratory Hammer used to install the monopiles on the Calvados offshore wind farm in France.Saipem in February 2021 secured a contract worth 460…

Shell Makes 'Material' Deepwater Oil Discovery in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Dec 10, 2021

Oil major Shell has this week announced 'a material' discovery at the Blacktip North prospect in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, ~220 miles SSE of Houston. Blacktip North is located in OCS block Alaminos Canyon (AC) 336, approximately 4.5 miles northeast of the recently appraised Blacktip discovery…

TechnipFMC Bags 'Large' Flexible Pipe Deal with Petrobras

Dec 10, 2021

Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC has signed three flexible pipe frame agreements with Brazil's Petrobras.'Altogether, the frame agreements form a large contract for TechnipFMC,' the company said. For TechnipFMC, a “large” contract is between $500 million and $1 billion…

Bilfinger, Global E&C JV Secures Work on Three CNR International's North Sea Platforms

Dec 10, 2021

Bilfinger UK and Global E&C have, under the newly formed Torus BGP brand, secured 'a major' contract with oil and natural gas production company CNR International.The two companies will collaborate to deliver operations and maintenance, engineering…

Horisont Energi, Equinor, Vår Energi in Polaris Carbon Storage Pact

Dec 10, 2021

Norwegian low-carbon tech firm Horisont Energi has entered a collaboration agreement with oil firms Equinor ASA and Vår Energi to develop the carbon transportation and storage project Polaris, off the coast of Northern Norway. As part of the agreement…

Chevron, Equatorial Guinea Pen Production Sharing Agreement for Offshore Block

Dec 10, 2021

Oil major Chevron and the government of Equatorial Guinea have signed a production-sharing agreement for an offshore block in the Douala Basin, oil minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima said on Thursday.The agreement grants Chevron 80% ownership over block EG-09…

Brazil Energy Council Puts 11 Pre-salt Blocks on Permanent Offer

Dec 09, 2021

Brazil's energy policy council CNPE authorized oil regulator ANP to put 11 pre-salt blocks in the Campos and Santos basins up for sale permanently, with a total signing fee estimated at 1.3 billion reais ($233 million), the government said on Thursday…

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