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Greece Plans First Offshore Wind Farms to Reduce Fossil Fuel Dependence

Nov 01, 2023

Greece on Tuesday moved toward building its first offshore wind farms, identifying areas for private development in a draft plan that the conservative government hopes will lessen the country's dependence on fossil fuels.The Mediterranean country…

BP Low Carbon Boss Calls U.S. Offshore Wind Industry 'Fundamentally Broken'

Nov 01, 2023

The head of BP's gas & low carbon business said on Wednesday the U.S. offshore wind industry is 'fundamentally broken' but issues can be resolved, after BP and partner Equinor wrote down $840 million on their U.S. projects.Orsted, the world's largest offshore wind developer…

Portugal Launches Initial Phase of Offshore Wind Auction

Nov 01, 2023

Portugal has kicked off the preparatory process for its first auction of licenses to build wind farms off the Atlantic coast by inviting companies to present non-binding declarations of interest by Nov. 14.The environment ministry said in a…

Huisman and ESD Forge Offshore Cable-Lay Solutions Alliance

Nov 01, 2023

Dutch firm Huisman, which makes heavy construction equipment for the global offshore energy industry, has signed a partnership agreement with ESD to expand its cable-lay product portfolio and increase its position in the offshore wind market…

UK's Wood Group Ropes in Rolls-Royce exec as New CFO

Nov 01, 2023

John Wood Group on Wednesday named Arvind Balan, a finance executive at Rolls-Royce, as the British oilfield services and engineering firm's new chief financial officer, effective April 2024.Balan has been the CFO at the aero-engineer's Civil…

TGS Nets Four-year Extension for Reservoir Monitoring in Norway

Nov 01, 2023

TGS, a Norway-based provider of energy data and intelligence, said Wednedsay it had secured a four-year extension to a proprietary reservoir monitoring and source acquisition contract in Norway, with a further option to extend by another two years…

Terje Askvig Joins Prosafe as New CEO

Nov 01, 2023

Prosafe, an offshore accommodation rig provider, has welcomed Terje Askvig as its new CEO.'Terje brings extensive experience from shipping, oil service and private equity and has among others experience from Eitzen Chemical, Fred Olsen & Co and Triton Partners…

GMS Boosts Backlog to $326.2 M With Fresh Contract Wins

Nov 01, 2023

Gulf Marine Services (GMS), a provider of jack-up support vessels for the global energy industry, has secured new contracts for its fleet.The company said that it had won two contract extensions for four years in total and one new contract for two years in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) Region…

Orsted Records $4B in Impairments, Stops Development of Some US offshore Wind Projects

Nov 01, 2023

Denmark's Orsted said on Wednesday it had recorded a 28.4 billion Danish crowns ($4.03 billion) impairment charge for the first nine months of 2023, and that it will cease work on its U.S. offshore wind projects Ocean Wind 1 and 2.The world's…

US Offshore Wind Writedowns Seen Soaring with Orsted Earnings

Oct 31, 2023

European energy companies, including Denmark's Orsted, will likely write down more of their U.S. offshore wind investments this week after BP and Equinor booked $840 million in impairments in recent days.Orsted, the world's largest offshore wind developer…

Transocean Posts $220M Q3 Loss. CEO Upbeat About 'Multi-Year' Offshore Drilling Industry Upcycle

Oct 31, 2023

Offshore drilling firm Transocean posted a net loss of $220 million for the third quarter of 2023, on revenues of $713 million.Net loss was higher compared to $165 million in the second quarter of 2023.Contract drilling revenues for the three months ended September 30…

McDermott-PTSC Consortium Tapped for $1B Vietnam Offshore Gas Project

Oct 31, 2023

A McDermott-Petrovietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) consortium has received a limited letter of award from Vietnam's Phu Quoc Petroleum Operating Company for engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI), and hook-up and commissioning (HUC) services…

Crowley Names Guthman VP of Business Development for Wind Services

Oct 31, 2023

Crowley has named offshore wind veteran Christy Guthman as vice president of business development for its Wind Services business as the company grows in the clean, sustainable energy sector.Guthman most recently served as executive general manager…

Prysmian Group Inks €900 Million Cable Systems Deal with Clean Path New York

Oct 31, 2023

Italian power and telecom cable-making and installation services firm Prysmian Group has signed an agreement worth around €900 million with Clean Path New York to provide subsea and land power cable systems for one of the largest transmission infrastructure projects in the United States…

Eni Could more than Double Gas Production in Indonesia, Top Exec says

Oct 31, 2023

Italy's Eni could more than double its gas production in Indonesia thanks to the development of a recent discovery and potential synergies with assets it already owns, a company executive said on Friday.Eni announced earlier this month a gas find at Geng North-1…

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