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Canada Releases Draft Guidance on New Oil and Gas Project Emissions

Oct 06, 2022

Canada has released draft guidelines on how new oil and gas projects should demonstrate 'best-in-class' greenhouse gas emissions performance, following up on a government announcement first made in April.The guidance, released late on Tuesday…

Petrobras Hires Radix for Well Engineering and Subsea Engineering Work

Oct 06, 2022

Radix Engineering and Software has closed a R$49 million (~$9.5 million) contract with Petrobras in Brazil to develop and maintain scientific software focused on Well Engineering and Subsea Engineering. The contract will create 50 new jobs.Radix…

Norway Hikes Tax on Oil Industry by NOK 2B in 2023

Oct 06, 2022

Norway's center-left government said on Thursday it planned to raise taxes on the country's oil and gas industry by 2 billion Norwegian crowns ($191 million) in 2023 by partly reversing an incentive package introduced during the coronavirus pandemic…

Crowley Wraps Salem Harbor Acreage Buy to Create Offshore Wind Port Terminal

Oct 05, 2022

Crowley has completed the purchase of 42 acres in Salem, Massachusetts, the latest milestone toward the development of the state’s second major offshore wind port terminal.The Salem Harbor Wind Terminal is a public-private partnership between Crowley and the City of Salem…

German Police See State Actor Role in Nord Stream Blasts as Probable - Spiegel

Oct 05, 2022

Germany's BKA federal police assumes explosions in the Nord Stream pipelines last week were 'a targeted act of sabotage' and said it is probable that state actors were involved, the Spiegel weekly reported, citing a letter to industry representatives…

QatarEnergy to Be the Largest LNG Trader Over Next 5-10 years - Minister

Oct 05, 2022

QatarEnergy CEO and state minister for energy Saad al-Kaabi said on Wednesday that his company will become the world's largest trader of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over the next 5-10 years, a position that is currently held by Shell. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine…

Offshore Drilling Workers Plan Strike in UK

Oct 05, 2022

Labour union Unite Scotland said on Wednesday that more than 300 offshore drilling and contract maintenance workers employed by companies including Maersk and Odfjell have backed a strike action in the UK.The Unite union said the industrial…

Two Firms Offered CO2 Storage Acreage Offshore Norway

Oct 05, 2022

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said that two companies were on Wednesday offered exploration permits for CO2 storage in an acreage in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.'An announcement regarding this acreage was made in April this year…

New Energy Saving System for Subsea 7's Seven Arctic Vessel

Oct 05, 2022

Offshore installation services company Subsea 7 said Wednesday that its heavy construction/flex-lay vessel Seven Arctic would be equipped with a new energy-saving system. The new energy-saving and storage system will hybridise the vessel which…

Decommissioning: Petrofac Takes Northern Endeavour FPSO Operatorship

Oct 05, 2022

Oilfield services firm Petrofac has officially taken over operatorship of the Northern Endeavour FPSO on behalf of the Australian Government, following the decommissioning contract award earlier this year.The Northern Endeavour FPSO is currently moored between the Laminaria and Corallina oil fields…

Mainprize Offshore's Wind Farm Service Vessel Hits the Water

Oct 05, 2022

UK-based Manor Marine has recently launched an offshore wind farm service vessel being built for Mainprize Offshore.With lifting assistance from Ainscough Crane Hire, Manor Marine launched the Mainprize Offshore Ltd vessel MO8 into the water in the last week of September…

CorPower Ocean, Maersk Supply Service Install Subsea Export Cable for Wave Energy Project in Portugal

Oct 05, 2022

CorPower Ocean, a Sweden-based developer of wave energy converters, and Danish offshore vessel owner Maersk Supply Service have installed a 6.2km subsea export cable off the coast of northern Portugal to energize CorPower Ocean's HiWave-5 Project…

REGENT, TotalEnergies Testing Use of Seagliders for Offshore Travel

Oct 05, 2022

REGENT, a company developing an electric seaglider for sustainable high-speed maritime travel , and TotalEnergies, a French oil and gas giant, have partnered up to explore the use of REGENT’s all-electric seaglider for maritime travel to offshore wind and oil platforms…

U.S. Offshore Wind Developer Names Its First CEO

Oct 05, 2022

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50/50 partnership between Shell New Energies US LLC and EDF Renewables North America, has appointed Joris Veldhoven as the company’s first Chief Executive Officer.The joint venture is working to develop offshore wind projects on the U…

Exxon Working on Sakhalin-1 Exit

Oct 05, 2022

Exxon Mobil XOM.N is working with its partners on the U.S. company's exit from the Sakhalin-1 oilfield in eastern Russia, its head of upstream operations said on Tuesday. Production from the giant field, which Exxon operates and in which it owns a 30% stake…

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