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Renewables Competitiveness Accelerates Despite Cost Inflation

Aug 29, 2023

The fossil fuel price crisis has accelerated the competitiveness of renewable power, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Around 86% (187GW) of all the newly commissioned renewable capacity in 2022 had lower costs than fossil fuel-fired electricity…

DEME Reports Strong H1 Performance

Aug 29, 2023

DEME Group has released its half year results saying its orderbook is 7.7 billion euro ($8.3 billion), up 36% compared to H1 2022, reflecting continued healthy demand and strong market positioning across all segments.Group turnover grew 14% year-over-year to 1…

Cadeler Reports Strong Results, Outlook

Aug 29, 2023

Cadeler A/S published its interim financial report for the first half of 2023 presenting a positive result exceeding the guidance projected for the fiscal year 2023. Revenue in the first six months of 2023 was EUR 68 million, which is an increase of 57% against the same period last year…

Norway-Poland Offshore Wind Deal Signed

Aug 29, 2023

Norwegian Offshore Wind has signed an MoU with The Polish Investment and Trade Agency, aiming to boost offshore wind collaboration between the two countries.“These two markets have different strengths within offshore wind, and we therefore have…

Norway Oil and Gas Exploration Round Attracts Bids from 25 Companies

Aug 29, 2023

Norway's annual offshore exploration licensing round in mature areas attracted bids from 25 oil and gas firms, including Shell, ConocoPhillips, Aker BP and Equinor, the country's energy ministry said on Tuesday.In May, the ministry offered 92…

Australia Announces 2023 Offshore GHG Storage Acreage Release

Aug 29, 2023

The Australian government has announced that 10 acreage release areas are available for bidding to explore offshore greenhouse gas storage locations.The areas are offshore of Western Australia, Victoria and Tasmania across seven basins: Bonaparte…

CNOOC, Petrobras Announce Strategic Cooperation Agreement

Aug 29, 2023

Chinese state-owned oil and gas giant CNOOC has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Brazilian state oil firm Petrobras, Chinese government-backed media outlet The Paper reported on Tuesday, citing CNOOC.The agreement stated that the…

Exxon Says World Set to Fail 2°C Global Warming Cap by 2050

Aug 28, 2023

Oil and natural gas are still projected to meet more than half of the world’s energy needs in 2050, or 54%, Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday, with the world failing to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius.The largest U.S…

Maersk Supply Service to Narrow Business Focus

Aug 28, 2023

Maersk Supply Service has announced that it will focus on scale and competitiveness in two core business areas: offshore wind and offshore support vessels.By focusing on fewer business areas and regions, the company says it will increase its presence in core markets…

Expro to Acquire PRT Offshore

Aug 28, 2023

Energy services firm Expro announced it has entered into a definitive agreement (subject to customary closing conditions and working capital adjustments) to acquire offshore services provider PRT Offshore.Total consideration to be paid at closing is approximately $106 million…

Sinopec Not Interested in Acquiring Shell's Singapore Assets

Aug 28, 2023

Asia's top refiner, Sinopec Corp 0386.HK, is not interested in acquiring Shell's refinery or petrochemical plant in Singapore although it is keen on participating in a shale gas project in Saudi Arabia, the Chinese company's president said on Monday…

Eksfin Reaches Loan Milestone for Offshore Wind Projects

Aug 28, 2023

State-backed export credit agency Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) has provided loan guarantee financing to Spanish energy company Iberdrola, a transaction that supports Norwegian exporters’ participation in the East Anglia Three wind park project in the UK…

Cyprus Declines Chevron's Gas Field Development Proposal

Aug 25, 2023

Cyprus rejected Chevron Corp's plan to develop the island nation's offshore Aphrodite natural gas field, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou.Papanastasiou told Bloomberg that the concerned parties…

BOEM Publishes Details of Planned Lease Sale 261, NOIA Complains

Aug 23, 2023

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced it will publish the Final Notice of Sale for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 in the Federal Register on August 25, 2023.BOEM plans to conduct the lease sale on September 27…

Woodside, Unions Reach Deal

Aug 23, 2023

Woodside Energy on Thursday reached an in-principle agreement with unions at Australia's largest LNG project, potentially averting a disruption to supplies from the world's biggest exporter of the super-chilled fuel.Both Woodside and the union…

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