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Governments Take Action to Keep Offshore Wind Projects on Track

Dec 05, 2023

Governments have decided to pay up to revive offshore wind farm developments after rising costs put at risk multiple projects that are needed to help them cut emissions and reach climate targets.Many countries are relying on a huge and rapid…

Vattenfall, BASF Partner on Nordlicht 1 and 2

Dec 05, 2023

Vattenfall and BASF are in advanced and exclusive discussions to partner on the Nordlicht 1 and 2 projects through a sale of 49 percent of the project shares to BASF. Both parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formally express their joint ambition…

Burrows Tapped to Lead DNV CCUS Unit

Dec 05, 2023

DNV appointed Jamie Burrows to head its Energy Systems business area’s Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) unit. The appointment comes as a response to growing demand from these fossil fuels-reliant industries to reduce their CO2 emissions…

Offshore Wind: Great Lakes Awarded Another Rock Install Job

Dec 04, 2023

U.S.-based dredging and marine services company Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation on Monday announced it has been awarded a third rock installation contract to perform subsea rock cable protection on an offshore wind project off the East Coast of the United States…

Alicia Barton Named CEO of Vineyard Offshore

Dec 04, 2023

U.S.-based offshore wind developer Vineyard Offshore on Monday announced it has named Alicia Barton as the company’s new CEO, starting in January.Barton will take over for Lars T. Pedersen, who has led the company since it was founded in 2022 and before that led the team developing Vineyard Wind…

Petrofac Mulls Asset Sale; Warns on Cash Flow

Dec 04, 2023

Petrofac said on Monday it was in discussions to sell some non-core assets and warned it would no longer be able to meet its annual forecast of 'broadly neutral free cash flow', dragging the oilfield services provider's shares down nearly 8%…

Malaysia Banks 1 Billion+ BOE Discoveries in 2023

Dec 01, 2023

PETRONAS and its Petroleum Arrangement Contractors recorded 19 exploration discoveries and two exploration-appraisal successes, contributing over 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (bboe) of new resources for Malaysia in 2023. This achievement…

Fincantieri Set to Acquire Remazel Engineering

Dec 01, 2023

Fincantieri has set the main terms and conditions for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Remazel Engineering S.p.A. from Advanced Technology Industrial Group S.A. Remazel is a leader specialized in the design and supply of highly customized and complex topside equipment…

Japan Urged to Scale up Offshore Wind Auctions

Nov 30, 2023

International energy companies, from Germany's RWE to Spain's Iberdrola, are urging Japan to beef up offshore wind power auctions and make investments more attractive, amid soaring installation costs as competition for suppliers grows worldwide…

McAllister Towing Releases Its First Sustainability Report

Nov 30, 2023

McAllister Towing has released its inaugural sustainability report.ABS specialists worked with McAllister’s team to provide greenhouse gas inventory and sustainability reporting services, calculating the operational carbon intensity and benchmarking…

Ørsted Secures Korean Offshore Wind License

Nov 30, 2023

Ørsted has secured approval for a 1.6 GW Electricity Business License from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea.The license grants Ørsted exclusive development rights for a gigawatt-scale offshore wind project 70 kilometers off the coast of Incheon City…

Equinor Sells Nigerian Business to Chappal Energies

Nov 29, 2023

Equinor and Chappal Energies have entered into an agreement for the sale of Equinor Nigeria Energy Company (ENEC), which holds a 53.85% ownership in oil and gas lease OML 128, including the unitised 20.21% stake in the Agbami oil field, operated by Chevron…

European Commission Adopts its Sixth List of Projects of Common Interest

Nov 28, 2023

The European Commission has adopted the sixth list of Projects of Common Interest(PCIs). The list consists of 166 infrastructure projects: over half (85) are electricity, offshore and smart electricity grid projects, and 14 CO2 network projects are included…

RWE Raises Spending Target to $60 Billion by 2030

Nov 28, 2023

Germany's top utility RWE will raise investments in green energy technologies to 55 billion euros ($60.21 billion) over the next seven years, it said on Tuesday ahead of its capital markets day.'Thanks to our significant financial headroom,…

UK Offshore Wind and CCS Colocation Projects Underway

Nov 27, 2023

The UK Offshore Wind and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Colocation Forum, set up to provide strategic coordination of colocation research and activity on the nation’s seabed, has commissioned two research projects. The projects are designed…

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