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REGENT, TotalEnergies Testing Use of Seagliders for Offshore Travel

Oct 05, 2022

REGENT, a company developing an electric seaglider for sustainable high-speed maritime travel , and TotalEnergies, a French oil and gas giant, have partnered up to explore the use of REGENT’s all-electric seaglider for maritime travel to offshore wind and oil platforms…

U.S. Offshore Wind Developer Names Its First CEO

Oct 05, 2022

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50/50 partnership between Shell New Energies US LLC and EDF Renewables North America, has appointed Joris Veldhoven as the company’s first Chief Executive Officer.The joint venture is working to develop offshore wind projects on the U…

Exxon Working on Sakhalin-1 Exit

Oct 05, 2022

Exxon Mobil XOM.N is working with its partners on the U.S. company's exit from the Sakhalin-1 oilfield in eastern Russia, its head of upstream operations said on Tuesday. Production from the giant field, which Exxon operates and in which it owns a 30% stake…

Drones Seen Near North Sea Gas Field, Danish Police Say

Oct 04, 2022

Danish police have over the weekend received reports of drone activity near the Roar gas field in the North Sea, a police spokesperson said on Tuesday.  The Roar field is next to Denmark's largest gas field, Tyra, both of which are operated by TotalEnergies…

Sval Energi Completes $1.3B NCS Acquisitions

Oct 04, 2022

Norwegian energy company Sval Energi said Monday it had strengthened its position on the Norwegian Continental Shelf by closing the previously announced Martin Linge and Greater Ekofisk Area transactions with Equinor and the acquisition of Suncor Energy Norge AS…

Petrobras Orders 10th FPSO for Búzios Field

Oct 04, 2022

Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has ordered a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel from Singapore's Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters.The FPSO, named P-82, will be deployed at the giant Búzios oil field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area…

UK Mustn't Spook Investors with Energy Reforms, SSE says

Oct 04, 2022

Britain must be careful not to spook investors with its energy reforms, so it can continue attracting funds for its transition to a cleaner future, the CEO of renewables and networks company SSE said on Monday.Britain has a target to install up to 50 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity by 2030…

Ørsted Won't Take Part in Taiwan's Offshore Wind Round

Oct 04, 2022

Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted has decided not to submit a bid in the first auction of the Round 3 Zonal Development Phase in Taiwan, citing limitations of regulations, high inflation, and growing interest rates.Per Mejnert Kristensen…

Norwegian Police Install Drone Detectors on Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms - Newspaper VG

Oct 04, 2022

OSLO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Norwegian police have placed drone detection systems on offshore oil and gas platforms to investigate recent safety breaches, newspaper VG reported on Tuesday, part of a wider security ramp-up following damage last week to the Nord Stream gas pipelines…

More U.S. LNG Heads to Europe Despite Output Constraints

Oct 04, 2022

U.S. producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) boosted exports to Europe in September even as a plant outage kept overall shipments below the average for the first eight months of 2022, Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Monday.A June fire at the…

Heerema Installs Tyra TEG Module in 'Heaviest Offshore Crane Lift Ever'

Oct 04, 2022

Dutch offshore installation firm Heerema Marine Contractors said Tuesday it had broken a world lifting record with the installation of a 17,000 metric ton TotalEnergies' Tyra TEG module in the Danish sector of the North Sea.The TEG module, described as the biggest Tyra II project topside…

Veolia Water Technologies' Seawater Treatment Process Module for One Guyana FPSO

Oct 04, 2022

Veolia Water Technologies has won a multi-million dollar contract to supply a seawater treatment process module for the One Guyana FPSO, that will operate in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek block, offshore Guyana.The Yellowtail - SBM Offshore/McDermott…

CHC Secures Dutch North Sea Offshore Transport Deal with Neptune Energy

Oct 04, 2022

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has awarded a contract worth $53 million to CHC Helicopters for offshore transport in the Dutch North Sea.CHC will provide regular transport to and from the 29 offshore platforms it operates in the Netherlands…

Belgium's Elia Presents Plans for 'World's First' Artificial Energy Island

Oct 03, 2022

Belgium's transmission operator, Elia, has presented its draft plans for what is expected to be the world’s first artificial energy island. The energy island, called the Princess Elisabeth Island, will be located almost 45 km off the Belgian…

Sweden Sends Diving Vessel to Inspect Leaking Nord Stream Pipelines

Oct 03, 2022

Sweden sent a diving vessel on Monday to the site of Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea that ruptured last week following blasts in the area, to probe an incident that has added new tension to Europe's energy crisis.Europe is investigating…

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