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Offshore Helicopter Firm NHV Names New COO

Dec 10, 2021

NHV Group, a company specializing in offshore helicopter transportation, has informed that Mike Gislam, the current Managing Director of NHV Helicopters Ltd is to take up the position of Chief Operations Officer of the NHV Group with immediate effect…

Southern Norway Seen Tipping into Power Deficit by 2026 as Offshore Platform Electrification Grows

Dec 10, 2021

Norway's power production surplus is expected to fall significantly by 2026, with the south of the country moving into deficit owing to rapidly increasing demand, power grid operator Statnett said on Friday.Power demand in Norway is expected to grow to 158 terawatt-hours (TWh) by 2026…

Apollo, Riverstone Reps Resign from Talos Energy Board

Dec 10, 2021

U.S. oil and gas company Talos Energy on Thursday said that two representatives of Apollo Global Management and one of the two representatives of Riverstone Holdings have resigned from the Company's Board of Directors. Talos said that Olivia C…

Japan Launches Auction for Happo-Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 10, 2021

Japan's industry ministry said on Friday it had launched a public auction to select an operator for the 356 megawatt (MW) offshore wind power project in Happo-Noshiro, off Akita prefecture in northern Japan.The Happo-Noshiro area was selected…

Excelerate Sequoia FSRU Starts Operations in Brazil

Dec 10, 2021

Excelerate Energy has started natural gas deliveries to the Brazilian market at the Bahia Regasification Terminal (TR-BA) in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil.Excelerate's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Excelerate Sequoia, which has an LNG storage capacity of 173…

Neptune Energy's CEO Set to Step Down. Replacement Named

Dec 10, 2021

Oil and gas firm Neptune Energy said Friday that Jim House has decided to retire from his role as Chief Executive Officer and from the Neptune Energy Board on December 31, 2021. Pete Jones, currently Neptune’s VP Operations, Europe, will succeed…

Saipem to Use 'Largest-ever' Vibratory Hammer at Calvados Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 10, 2021

Dieseko has secured a contract with Italian offshore services firm Saipem for the supply of the Vibratory Hammer used to install the monopiles on the Calvados offshore wind farm in France.Saipem in February 2021 secured a contract worth 460…

Shell Makes 'Material' Deepwater Oil Discovery in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Dec 10, 2021

Oil major Shell has this week announced 'a material' discovery at the Blacktip North prospect in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, ~220 miles SSE of Houston. Blacktip North is located in OCS block Alaminos Canyon (AC) 336, approximately 4.5 miles northeast of the recently appraised Blacktip discovery…

TechnipFMC Bags 'Large' Flexible Pipe Deal with Petrobras

Dec 10, 2021

Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC has signed three flexible pipe frame agreements with Brazil's Petrobras.'Altogether, the frame agreements form a large contract for TechnipFMC,' the company said. For TechnipFMC, a “large” contract is between $500 million and $1 billion…

Bilfinger, Global E&C JV Secures Work on Three CNR International's North Sea Platforms

Dec 10, 2021

Bilfinger UK and Global E&C have, under the newly formed Torus BGP brand, secured 'a major' contract with oil and natural gas production company CNR International.The two companies will collaborate to deliver operations and maintenance, engineering…

Horisont Energi, Equinor, Vår Energi in Polaris Carbon Storage Pact

Dec 10, 2021

Norwegian low-carbon tech firm Horisont Energi has entered a collaboration agreement with oil firms Equinor ASA and Vår Energi to develop the carbon transportation and storage project Polaris, off the coast of Northern Norway. As part of the agreement…

Chevron, Equatorial Guinea Pen Production Sharing Agreement for Offshore Block

Dec 10, 2021

Oil major Chevron and the government of Equatorial Guinea have signed a production-sharing agreement for an offshore block in the Douala Basin, oil minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima said on Thursday.The agreement grants Chevron 80% ownership over block EG-09…

Brazil Energy Council Puts 11 Pre-salt Blocks on Permanent Offer

Dec 09, 2021

Brazil's energy policy council CNPE authorized oil regulator ANP to put 11 pre-salt blocks in the Campos and Santos basins up for sale permanently, with a total signing fee estimated at 1.3 billion reais ($233 million), the government said on Thursday…

Danish Gov't Backs Carbon Capture and Storage Project Greensand

Dec 09, 2021

The Danish Energy Agency will award 197 million DKK (€26 million) to the INEOS-led consortium backing Project Greensand for carbon capture and storage in the North Sea.The project entails transporting CO2 by ship to the Nini West reservoir off…

Scotland's Largest: First Turbine Installed at Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 09, 2021

The first offshore wind turbine has been installed at Seagreen, an SSE-TotalEnergies project which will become Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed bottom offshore wind farm once complete.The installation of the first Vestas V164-10…

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