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Shell Plans Water Injection at Vito Field

Aug 14, 2024

Shell announced it will use water injection to enhance oil volume capacity at its deepwater Vito field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The British multinational oil major on Wednesday said its Shell Offshore Inc. subsidiary has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the project…

Europe's Gas Surplus Nearly Dried Up

Aug 14, 2024

Europe's record gas surplus inherited from the winter of 2023/24 has been largely eliminated following an unusually small accumulation of inventories so far in the summer of 2024.Inventories across the European Union and the United Kingdom have risen by just 336 terawatt-hours (TWh) since March 31…

Equinor, Dominion Win US Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Auction

Aug 14, 2024

Norway's Equinor and U.S. power company Dominion were the winning bidders in a U.S. government offshore wind auction of two areas off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, the U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday.The offshore…

Petrobras Rumored to be Considering Additional FPSO for Its Buzios Field

Aug 14, 2024

State-run oil firm Petrobras has begun studies for the implementation of a new oil platform in Brazil's Buzios field, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.Each Buzios platform has an average cost of $3.5 billion, said a source…

Project Labor Agreement Signed for Salem Offshore Wind Terminal

Aug 14, 2024

Workers, community members, and elected officials have marked the signing of a new Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the construction of a $300 million maritime terminal that will support the construction of offshore wind farms in Massachusetts…

Poland Launches $5.5B Offshore Wind Loan Plan

Aug 14, 2024

Poland is launching a nearly 5 billion euro ($5.46 billion) programme financed from the European Union's recovery funds to provide loans to builders of offshore wind farms on the Baltic Sea, the state assets ministry and bank BGK said on Tuesday…

Germany Seeks Arrest of Ukrainian Diver in Nord Stream Probe

Aug 14, 2024

Germany has asked Poland to arrest a Ukrainian diving instructor who was allegedly part of a team that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines two years ago, according to reports in German media published on Wednesday.However, one media outlet said the man appeared to be no longer living in Poland…

DNO Norge Gets Clearance for North Sea Drilling Operation

Aug 14, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted DNO Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea, to be conducted using Noble Corporation's Noble Invincible ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig.The drilling permit is for a wellbore2/6-7 S in production license 1086…

Corio Teams Up with Brazilian Shipyard to Assess Its Offshore Wind Hub Potential

Aug 14, 2024

Offshore wind developer Corio Generation, a Macquarie Group company, and Brazilian shipyard and marine construction company Estaleiros do Brasil (EBR) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore how EBR’s facilities could support future offshore wind projects off Brazil’s south coast…

BOEM’s Environmental Analysis Sees No Significant Impacts of Wind Leases Off Oregon

Aug 14, 2024

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has concluded that leases for potential offshore wind energy development off the Oregon coast would have no significant impacts to people or environment.BOEM has made available its final Environmental…

Philippine Fishermen Fear Floating Solar Farm Could Sink Their Livelihoods

Aug 13, 2024

Fishing has been a lifeline for Alejandro Alcones for the past four decades, but he now fears his small boat may be replaced by a floating solar farm on the Philippines' largest lake.Alcones is part of a group of fishermen opposed to the government's plan to place solar panels atop Laguna de Bay…

Vineyard Wind Cleared to Resume Limited Offshore Turbine Installs

Aug 13, 2024

Vineyard Wind and GE Vernova on Tuesday said U.S. safety officials have allowed them to resume limited construction on an offshore wind farm off the Massachusetts coast where a turbine blade shattered last month.Vineyard Wind, owned by Avangrid AGR…

Anglo-Eastern to Manage Windcat’s Hydrogen-Powered CSOV

Aug 13, 2024

Offshore personnel transfer company Windcat, part of CMB.TECH, has partnered with Anglo-Eastern for the technical and crewing management of the first out six ordered hydrogen-powered Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs).Windcat has ordered six Elevation Series CSOVs…

‘World’s Largest’ Floating Wind Platform on Its Way to Offshore Site in China

Aug 13, 2024

China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has started towing what’s said to be the world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform, rated at 16.6MW, to the the Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm site in South China Sea.The floater, dubbed OceanX, features…

Brazil Environmental Workers Agree to Stop Strike Affecting Oil Permits

Aug 13, 2024

A union representing Brazil's federal environment workers said it had signed an agreement with the government to end a strike affecting oil and gas licenses in Latin America's largest economy, according to a press release on Monday.The union Ascema…

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