Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday said he finds it 'difficult' to believe that oil exploration in the Amazon basin would cause environmental damage to the region's rainforest, the largest in the world. Brazil's environmental…
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said Monday it had completed its environmental analysis of the proposed Ocean Wind 1 wind project offshore New Jersey, which could power up to a half million households.As part of the Ocean Wind 1 project…
Offshore installation contractor Subsea 7 on Monday confirmed the award of a major contract by Turkish Petroleum for the second phase of the Sakarya field development in the Black Sea, offshore Turkey. Subsea 7 defines a major contract as being…
Oil companies working to develop what has been described as one of Europe's largest undeveloped offshore oil fields – the Barryroe field in Ireland - have suffered a setback after an Irish minister refused to grant them a permit to proceed with…
Bangladesh's Moheshkhali liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, operated by Excelerate Energy, resumed supply at nearly full capacity late on Sunday, two government officials told Reuters, after being closed for about a week due to a deadly storm…
The U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday it had rescued three boaters from an offshore oil platform after their vessel sank near Freeport, Texas, Sunday.'Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a report at approximately 3 a.m. from…
China's CNOOC Limited said Monday that the Wenchang deep-sea floating wind demonstration project has been connected to the grid for power generation. The demonstration project is located near the Wenchang oilfields in the western part of the South China Sea…
Exxon Mobil Corp on Friday said an ongoing dispute over oil-spill insurance in Guyana could halt production at its first offshore platform there, cutting revenue by about $350 million per month.A Guyanese court this month found Exxon in breach…
SSE Renewables and RWE joint venture's Southern North Sea offshore wind farm project, North Falls has launched the statutory consultation on its proposals.North Falls is a proposed extension to the existing 504MW Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm…
The BlueFloat Energy and Renantis Partnership said Friday it had signed exclusivity agreements with Crown Estate Scotland to develop its Sinclair and Scaraben innovation projects following successful bidding in the recent INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing round…
South Africa has granted Turkey's Karpowership access to the three ports of Ngqura, Durban and Saldanha Bay for a period of 20 years, the transport ministry said on Thursday, as it tries to find solutions to the country's power crisis.Karpowership aims…
UK-based union Unite said Friday that around 600 of its offshore members at Bilfinger UK Limited have rejected new pay offers, and confirmed fresh strike action will now occur in June.'New pay offers were rejected by Unite members based on the offshore assets of the operators Ithaca…
Russia's Sakhalin Energy operating company has filed a lawsuit in a Russian court over tugboats owned by Denmark's Svitzer, a unit of shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, court documents showed on Thursday. The Russian court on the Pacific…
A decision by Brazil's environmental regulator to block state-owned oil company Petrobras' Amazon oil project has exposed tensions in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's coalition between green advocates and those prioritizing economic development…
Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC will provide riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services on the Norwegian Continental Shelf for Equinor under a newly awarded contract.TechnipFMC said Friday the two-year contract with Equinor was a significant one…