ExxonMobil’s Longtail development outlines layered safeguards for marine protection offshore Guyana

May 25 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil proposed Longtail development will incorporate multiple environmental safeguards aimed at reducing impacts on marine ecosystems, water quality, and coastal resources offshore Guyana, according to the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in March. The mitigation and monitoring approaches proposed for Longtail build on environmental management systems and... Continue Reading →

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California Reaffirms 25 GW Offshore Wind Target for 2045

May 25 (offshoreWIND.biz) California remains committed to deploying 25 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2045, according to state officials who were at the recently held 2026 Pacific Offshore Wind Summit, hosted by Offshore Wind California. David Hochschild, Chair of the California Energy Commission, reiterated California’s offshore wind ambitions and said the state would continue... Continue Reading →

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CIP Remains Eager to Invest in Italian Offshore Wind

May 23 (Reuters) Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, a Danish firm eager to invest in Italian offshore wind farms, is getting impatient. Two years after the country's 2024 law offered incentives to would-be developers to provide offshore wind capacity, the government has yet to announce a calendar for auctions it said it would hold by 2028. The inertia reflects a reluctance... Continue Reading →

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Brazil’s Lula Doubles Down On Oil And Rare Earths As Brazil’s Strategic Future

May 22 (oilprice.com) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has explicitly linked oil exploration and rare-earth mining to Brazil's national sovereignty, declaring that the country’s subsoil resources must be used to drive domestic industrialization rather than enrich foreign nations. Speaking at Petrobras’(NYSE:PBR) giant refinery, Refinaria de Paulínia (Replan), in São Paulo, Lula emphasized that Brazil must actively... Continue Reading →

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Consortium Behind 1.14 GW Sicily South Floating Wind Project Submits EIA to Italian Gov’t

May 22 (offshoreWIND.biz;) The consortium comprising Oxan Energy, Ingka Investments, and Avapa Energy has submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the 1.14 GW Sicily South floating wind project to Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security. The filing of the EIA officially launches the public consultation phase. Now renamed Dentice, the floating wind farm... Continue Reading →

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Guyana to survey offshore block licensed to TotalEnergies

May 21 (oilnow.gy) The Guyana government and Viridien/CGG Services will commence geotechnical and seismic survey operations within offshore Block S4, which was licensed last year to a TotalEnergies-led group. Guyana’s Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) announced the survey in notices.  The notices, dated May 18, 2026, said the work will take place within Guyana’s Exclusive Economic... Continue Reading →

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