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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…

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…

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…

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…

First LNG Cargo Sets Sail from New Fortress Energy’s Mexico FLNG (Video)

Aug 13, 2024

One of the world’s leading LNG project developers New Fortress Energy (NFE) has completed the first cargo load and sail operation from its floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit offshore Altamira in Mexico.The first cargo has been loaded…

Video: Injured Crewmembers Airlifted from Fire-hit Liftboat in the Gulf of Mexico

Aug 12, 2024

Two crewmembers were medecaved on Sunday after being injured in a fire aboard a U.S.-registered liftboat in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said.At approximately 7:53 p.m. Coast Guard District Eight watchstanders received a notification…

Industry First: Deepwater Tech Brings Chevron's Anchor Field Online (Video)

Aug 12, 2024

The first oil from the Anchor field, operated by Chevron with partner TotalEnergies, has started flowing in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, marking the successful delivery of the high-pressure technology in an industry first.The high-pressure technology…

McDermott Scoops Shell’s EPCI Contract for Caribbean Gas Development

Aug 12, 2024

Offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott has secured an engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI), hook up and commissioning contract from Shell for the Manatee gas field development, offshore Trinidad and Tobago…

Talos to Drill Three High-Impact Wells in Gulf of Mexico with West Vela Drillship

Aug 12, 2024

U.S. oil and gas company Talos Energy has set out plans to drill three consecutive high-impact subsalt wells in the Gulf of Mexico, using Seadrill’s West Vela drillship.In an operations update, Talos Energy said it expects to take possession…

New Fortress Energy's Stock Goes Down Amid Q2 Net Loss Report

Aug 12, 2024

New Fortress Energy missed second-quarter earnings estimates on Friday after delays in starting up a floating LNG export facility off the coast of Altamira in Mexico.New Fortress stock was down 25% on Friday morning on Nasdaq.The company reported…

US Drilling Firms Grow Oil and Gas Rig Count

Aug 12, 2024

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the third time in four weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday.The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose by two to 588 in the week to August 9…

Crawlers to Inspect Blades After Vineyard Wind Failure

Aug 11, 2024

Vineyard Wind and GE Vernova on Friday released a plan outlining the steps to be followed after a turbine blade failure last month at the Vineyard Wind offshore project off the coast of Massachusetts, which left potentially dangerous debris on beaches on the island of Nantucket…

Mexico's New Government Plots Reform to Boost Oil Reserves Amid Soaring Debt

Aug 08, 2024

Mexico's incoming government will encourage state oil producer Pemex to seek equity partnerships with private oil companies, a model out of favor with the current president, in a bid to boost reserves amid towering debt, according to four sources familiar with the matter…

Coalition Forms to Combat US Offshore Wind

Aug 08, 2024

U.S. activists opposed to offshore wind development are forming a national coalition aimed at fighting projects from California to New England, according to the effort's founder and two other organizations.The National Offshore-wind Opposition Alliance…

SBM Offshore to Build FSO for Woodside’s Trion Development Off Mexico

Aug 08, 2024

Dutch FPSO leasing specialist SBM Offshore has signed a contract with Woodside for the construction of a floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit for the Trion deepwater oil field, located in the Perdido Belt of the western Gulf of Mexico…

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