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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…

Indonesia OKs Plan for Rokan Block

Dec 05, 2023

Indonesia has approved a $238.71 million development plan for steamflood enhanced oil recovery in the Rokan block, the country's upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas said. The first development phase of the Rantaubais field in Rokan block…

CBED Expands Fleet with Two SOVs

Dec 04, 2023

Danish shipowner CBED has acquired two SOVs which are expected to be delivered end of Q1 2024.  Following delivery from seller, Dutch-based shipping company Vroon, both Wind Evolution (formerly Vos Start) and Wind Creation (formerly Vos Stone) will be dry-docked for refurbishing…

16,000 Extra Workers Needed in UK’s Offshore Wind Sector by 2030

Dec 04, 2023

A new labor forecasting tool (LFT) is predicting around 16,000 additional workers could be needed in the UK’s offshore wind industry by 2030, and 12,000 extra workers will be needed specifically for carbon capture and hydrogen projects by 2027…

Talos Energy Names Spath EVP & Head of Operations

Dec 04, 2023

Talos Energy Inc. announced the appointment of John Spath as Executive Vice President and Head of Operations, effective immediately. Spath, who succeeds Robert 'Bob' Abendschein, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will have…

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…

UK, Finland, Estonia Practice Subsea Infrastructure Protection in Baltic Sea

Dec 04, 2023

The navies of Britain, Finland and Estonia were practising subsea infrastructure protection in the Baltic Sea region on Monday together with the Finnish Border Guard, Finland's Defence Forces said in a statement.In early October a gas pipeline…

Snam Finalizes Purchase of FSRU for Ravenna

Dec 04, 2023

Snam has finalized the 400 million euro acquisition of a new floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal that will be located offshore from the city of Ravenna, the Italian gas grid operator said on Monday.The new ship dubbed BW Singapore has a storage capacity of about 170…

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%…

PXGEO Bags 4D OBN Project in Brazil

Dec 04, 2023

Marine geophysical service provider PXGEO on Monday announced it has secured a contract with Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras for a 4D Monitor Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) survey in the Santos Basin, Brazil.The survey is to be acquired in water depths up to 2…

Van Oord Completes Offshore Wind Farm Install

Dec 04, 2023

Van Oord completed the installation of the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, located 18.5 km off the west coast of the Netherlands near Egmond aan Zee.CrossWind, a joint-venture between Shell and Eneco, contracted Van Oord in 2020. As a Balance of Plant contractor…

Ørsted Breaks Ground on Carbon Capture Project

Dec 04, 2023

Ørsted is embarking on the construction of two carbon capture (CCS) facilities designed to capture and store carbon emissions from the woodchip-fired Asnæs Power Station in Kalundborg and the straw-fired unit at Avedøre Power Station in Greater Copenhagen…

ExxonMobil CEO Rebuffs IEA Criticism of Carbon Capture Strategy

Dec 03, 2023

ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods on Saturday rejected the International Energy Agency's recent claim that using wide-scale carbon capture to fight climate change was an implausible 'illusion', saying the same could be said about electric vehicles and solar energy…

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