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FPSO Planned for Namibia's Offshore Oil Discoveries. First Oil Expected in 2030

Oct 13, 2023

Namibia expects the first oil from major offshore finds by 2030 and is considering a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platform to help it export the crude oil, its petroleum commissioner said on Wednesday.Namibia, which has yet to produce any oil and gas…

UK Regulator Greenlights North Sea Oil Field Farmout

Oct 13, 2023

Malaysian oil and gas company Hibiscus Petroleum has received UK regulator approval to acquire a stake in a UK North Sea license from Rapid Oil, as proposed in late August 2023.Hibiscus Petroleum's subsidiary Anasuria Hibiscus, and Ping Petroleum on August 30…

SBM Offshore Secures Fifth FPSO Contract in Guyana

Oct 13, 2023

Dutch firm SBM Offshore said Friday it had won contracts to perform front-end engineering and design (FEED) for a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) for the ExxonMobil-led Whiptail development project in Guyana.Following…

Mozambique Attack Survivors File Complaint Against TotalEnergies

Oct 12, 2023

Survivors and relatives of victims of a 2021 insurgent attack in Mozambique have filed a complaint against TotalEnergies for negligence and indirect manslaughter, saying the company had failed to ensure the safety of subcontractors.TotalEnergies rejected the allegations…

Explainer - How Does Norway Export Its Natural Gas?

Oct 12, 2023

A gas pipeline and a data cable connecting Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea sustained damaged on Sunday due to 'outside activity' according to Helsinki, stoking concern over the security of energy supply in the region.Finland's neighbor Norway is Europe's largest gas exporter…

Poland and Norway Join Forces to Drive Innovation in Offshore Wind

Oct 12, 2023

Norwegian Offshore Wind, a Norway-based representative offshore wind body, has signed two agreements in the Polish offshore wind market.At Baltexpo event, the Polish Offshore Wind Energy Society (PTMEW) signed a collaboration agreement with Norwegian Offshore Wind…

Japan's Marubeni and Partners to Invest $12.3B in UK clean energy

Oct 12, 2023

Japan's Marubeni Corp has pledged to invest 10 billion pounds ($12.3 billion) with partners over the next decade in clean energy in the United Kingdom, according to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Wednesday. Marubeni and the UK government signed the MoU…

PHOTO: Giant Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig Leaves Norway aboard COSCO Heavy Lifter

Oct 12, 2023

COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Transport shared images on Wednesday of its semi-submersible heavy lift and transportation vessel carrying a massive semi-submersible drilling rig.The company, which specializes in the handling of heavy cargoes, did not…

Maxwell Marine's Anchoring Solutions for Ørsted-bound Uncrewed Surface Vessels

Oct 12, 2023

Anchoring solutions specialist Maxwell Marine has won a contract  to design and supply a technical anchoring system for the first uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) which will be used for offshore met-ocean measurement campaigns in the offshore wind farm industry…

DNV: “The Pace of the Transition is Far from Fast Enough”

Oct 11, 2023

DNV has released the 7th edition of its Energy Transition Outlook highlighting that global energy-related emissions are still climbing and are only likely to peak in 2024. “The pace of the transition is far from fast enough for a net-zero energy system by 2050…

Kosmos Energy Makes Oil Discovery Near Lucius SPAR in U.S. GoM

Oct 11, 2023

Oil and gas company Kosmos Energy has made an oil discovery at the Tiberius exploration well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico near the Occidental-operated Lucius SPAR production facility.According to Kosmos, the Tiberius exploration well tested a four-way structural trap in the outboard Wilcox trend…

Global Energy Transition Hasn't Truly Started Yet as Fossil Fuels Persist - DNV

Oct 11, 2023

Between 2017-2022 renewables met 51% of new energy demand, while the remaining demand was supplied by fossil fuels, according to DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook.'Renewables are still just meeting increased demand rather than replacing fossil fuels…

Biggest Oil and Gas Sector Deals Since Start of the Century

Oct 11, 2023

U.S. energy major Exxon Mobil said it would acquire Pioneer Natural Resources in a deal valued at $59.5 billion to more than double the company's presence in the Permian Basin, the largest shale play in the U.S.. Once completed, it would be…

Nigerian Oil Regulator 'optimistic' on Exxon Asset Sale to Seplat

Oct 11, 2023

The head of Nigeria's oil regulator said he is 'very optimistic' that oil major Exxon Mobil's asset sale to Seplat Energy can move forward, he told Reuters on Wednesday.The regulator last year refused to approve the $1.28 billion sale, which…

MOL and MOLMEC to Launch DP System Simulator Training Program for Offshore Wind Crews

Oct 11, 2023

Japanese companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and MOL Marine & Engineering Co. (MOLMEC) said Wednesday they would launch a training program using the Dynamic Positioning (DP) System simulator, targeting crewmembers of self-elevating platform (SEP) vessels and service operation vessels (SOVs)…

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