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Wood to Conduct Pre-FEED for Irish Floating Wind Project

May 27, 2021

Early-stage floating wind farm developer Simply Blue Energy has hired engineering firm Wood for pre-FEED work related to its proposed Western Star floating offshore wind farm, to be located off the west coast of Ireland.Simply Blue Energy plans…

Report: Japan's JX Nippon Eyes $1.5B UK North Sea Fields Sale

May 27, 2021

Japan's JX Nippon wants to sell its British North Sea oil and gas assets including stakes in some of the basin's biggest fields in a deal that could fetch up to $1.5 billion, five banking sources [told Reuters this week].The sale is the latest…

Norway and Germany Open NordLink Power Cable

May 27, 2021

Germany and Norway officially opened NordLink on Thursday, a direct power cable between the two countries that will provide Europe's largest economy with green energy at a time it is phasing out polluting coal power.Norway's electricity production…

Maersk Drilling Sells Yme Field-tied Offshore Rig for $373M

May 27, 2021

Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has struck a deal to sell the drilling and production unit Mærsk Inspirer, on contract with Repsol at Yme offshore field in Norway, to Havila Sirius for $373 million.As part of the deal, Repsol will…

Headwinds: Offshore Wind will Take Years to Carry Factory Jobs to U.S.

May 27, 2021

When U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration approved the country’s first major offshore wind farm this month, it billed the move as the start of a new clean energy industry that by the end of the decade will create over 75,000 U.S. jobs.Industry executives and analysts do not contest that claim…

Equinor Acquires Base for Polish Offshore Wind Projects

May 27, 2021

Norwegian energy company Equinor has acquired a site at the port of Łeba in northern Poland, to serve as the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the Polish Baltic Sea offshore wind projects. This, according to Equinor, makes the company…

Exxon Loses Board Seats to Activist Hedge Fund in Landmark Climate Vote

May 27, 2021

A tiny hedge fund dealt a major blow to Exxon Mobil Corp on Wednesday, unseating at least two board members in a bid to force the company's leadership to reckon with the risk of failing to adjust its business strategy to match global efforts to combat climate change…

Offshore Accommodation Firm Floatel Bags First Offshore Wind Assignment

May 27, 2021

Floatel International, a company providing offshore accommodation services to the international oil and gas industry, has won its first offshore wind assignment.'The company is proud and honored to announce that the Group has been awarded its first offshore wind farm contract…

Atlantic Shores Keeps Fugro Busy Offshore New Jersey

May 27, 2021

Dutch offshore survey firm Fugro has won a contract renewal with the U.S. offshore wind developer Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind.The contract is for the provision of real-time wind and metocean measurements off the coast of New Jersey in the U…

PGS Nets Black Sea Seismic Survey Deal

May 27, 2021

Norwegian marine seismic surveyor PGS has said it has won a 'significant' seismic data acquisition contract in the Black Sea. The project is scheduled to start in mid-August 2021 and be completed in November. The customer will have the opportunity to extend the contract…

Former MHI Vestas Offshore Wind CEO Takes Helm at Aker Offshore Wind

May 27, 2021

Philippe Kavafyan, the former CEO of offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the recently established Norwegian offshore wind developer Aker Offshore Wind.Aker Offshore Wind…

Total, Chevron Stop Payments to Myanmar Junta from Offshore Gas Project

May 27, 2021

French oil and gas group Total and U.S. energy company Chevron have suspended some payments from a gas joint venture that would have reached Myanmar's junta, earning praise from pro-democracy activists for taking an important first step.International…

Wintermar Nabs 5-Year Charters for AHTS Duo

May 27, 2021

Indonesia offshore vessel operator Wintermar has secured five-year contracts for two of its offshore support vessels with an unnamed multinational oil and gas firm in Indonesia.Under the contracts, the two Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels…

Maersk Drilling Secures Well Intervention Gig with Equinor

May 27, 2021

Danish offshore drilling firm Maersk Drilling has won further work for its Maersk Intrepid jack-up rig with Equinor in Norway.Namely, Equinor has exercised an option to add well intervention work at the Martin Linge field offshore Norway to…

Nigeria Renews Offshore Lease OML 118 with Shell, Total, Exxon, Eni

May 26, 2021

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp renewed Oil Mining Lease 118 [Bonga] with the local subsidiaries of Shell, Total, Exxon, and Eni for another 20 years, the West African country’s state oil firm said in a statement on Tuesday.The deal signals…

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