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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…

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…

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…

Danish Gov't Backs Carbon Capture and Storage Project Greensand

Dec 09, 2021

The Danish Energy Agency will award 197 million DKK (€26 million) to the INEOS-led consortium backing Project Greensand for carbon capture and storage in the North Sea.The project entails transporting CO2 by ship to the Nini West reservoir off…

Scotland's Largest: First Turbine Installed at Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 09, 2021

The first offshore wind turbine has been installed at Seagreen, an SSE-TotalEnergies project which will become Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed bottom offshore wind farm once complete.The installation of the first Vestas V164-10…

Technip Energies’ Floating Offshore Wind Concept Making Progress

Dec 09, 2021

Technip Energies said Thursday it had received the acceptance of its basis of the design of its INO12TM floating offshore wind concept from classification society DNV.The company said that DNV's acceptance marked important progress towards the…

Nexans to Deliver Cables for 860MW Moray West Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 09, 2021

French power cable maker Nexans has won a contract for the supply of the onshore and offshore export cables for the 860MW Moray West offshore wind farm in the outer Moray Firth, Scotland.Subject to the award of a Contract for Difference in 2022 and Financial Close…

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