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Ulstein Designs SOVs for Shanghai Electric

Jan 27, 2022

Ulstein Design & Solutions, part of the Norwegian-based Ulstein Group, said it has secured ship design contracts from ZPMC for two types of service operation vessels (SOVs) that the Chinese shipyard will construct for Shanghai Electric Windpower Group…

DOE Announces $25 Million for Wave Energy Research

Jan 27, 2022

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $25 million in funding to support increased research, development, and demonstration of technologies that harness wave power to create electricity. Wave energy converters, which capture and convert waves into carbon-free electricity…

Malaysia Bid Round 2022: Petronas Offers Exploration Blocks, Discoveries, Late-life assets

Jan 27, 2022

Malaysia's state energy firm Petronas said it was offering 14 offshore exploration blocks, six clusters of discovered resource opportunities (DRO), and one cluster of late-life assets (LLA) in its annual bid exercise launched on Thursday.The…

EU Approves Funding for Northern Lights CCS Project Expansion

Jan 27, 2022

Norwegian carbon capture and storage project Northern Lights is set to receive four million euros from the EU under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding scheme.The Northern Lights joint venture, owned by Equinor, TotalEnergies, and Shell…

Equinor's Martin Linge Offshore Field Officially Open

Jan 27, 2022

Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Marte Mjøs Persen, will Thursday officially open the Martin Linge field, located in the North Sea, offshore Norway.As previously reported, the field came on stream in June 2021, after years of delays…

Nord Stream 2 Registers German Subsidiary, Certification Still Suspended

Jan 27, 2022

The operator of the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has registered a subsidiary for the German part of the pipeline to meet German regulatory requirements, it said on Wednesday, though certification for the project still remains suspended by Berlin…

Wellesley Drills Dry Well in North Sea, Off Norway

Jan 27, 2022

Oil and gas company Wellesley Petroleum has completed the drilling of the wildcat well 36/1-4 S in the North Sea off Norway, and the well is dry, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said Thursday. Wellesley Drilled the well some 40 kilometers…

Nigeria: Panoro Energy Gets Gov't Nod to Sell Aje Field Stake to PetroNor

Jan 27, 2022

Panoro Energy said Thursday it had received government approvals to sell its interest in the OML 113 offshore block in Nigeria to PetroNor.The company will sell its stake in Aje Petroleum which holds a 6.502% participating interest, with 16…

Woodside Exits Myanmar, Flags $138M Profit Hit

Jan 27, 2022

Woodside Petroleum Ltd joined on Thursday multinational oil majors Chevron Corp and TotalEnergies in their plans to exit Myanmar, nearly a year after a military coup plunged the Southeast Asian nation into turmoil.Myanmar has faced unrest since…

NJ Seeks New Wind Institute for Offshore Wind Research

Jan 26, 2022

No, that’s not the clarinet and saxophone sections in the band. New Jersey’s Economic Development Authority (EDA) released an RFP (request for proposals) on January 7 seeking a “qualified entity to conduct a feasibility study for a world-class…

Subsea 7 Scores 'Substantial' Contract at Shenandoah Field in U.S. Gulf

Jan 26, 2022

Offshore oil and gas installation services company Subsea 7 said Wednesday it had scored a contract for subsea installation services related to Beacon Offshore Energy’s Shenandoah Development, located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in water depths up to 6…

Peru Investigating Possibility of Second Repsol Offshore Oil Spill

Jan 26, 2022

Peru's environmental regulatory agency said on Wednesday it was investigating the possibility that Spanish energy company Repsol SA was responsible for a second oil spill in as many weeks off the country's central Pacific coast.The suspected…

Magnora Partners with Welsh Firm Hiraeth Energy for 700MW Floating Wind Projects in Celtic Sea

Jan 26, 2022

Oslo-listed company Magnora has through its subsidiary Magnora Offshore Wind agreed Heads of Terms (HoT) for cooperation with the Welsh renewable energy developer Hiraeth Energy for the development of two floating offshore wind projects in the Celtic Sea with a total capacity of around 700 MW…

Friede and Goldman's WTIV Integrated Feeder Barge Gets ABS AiP

Jan 26, 2022

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted its Approval in Principle (AIP) to a coordinated design for a wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) in conjunction with the BargeRack feeder barge system by Friede and Goldman (F&G).The design…

PTTEP Awards Long-term Charter Extension for FPSO Kikeh

Jan 26, 2022

PTTEP Sabah Oil Limited, a Malaysian subsidiary of the Thai oil company PTTEP, has awarded a six-year contract extension for the FPSO Kikeh, operating in deep waters offshore Sabah, Malaysia.The charter extension news was shared this week by Malaysia's MISC…

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