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(offshore-energy.biz) Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas company Challenger Energy Group (CEG) is making progress in setting the stage to embark on a formal farm-out process later this year for a shallow water exploration block off the coast of Uruguay. As the firm is also expected to make up its mind about assets in Trinidad and... Continue Reading →
(OE) Portugal is beckoning a new era for offshore wind after officially signing ‘rules of procedure’ for a new Technological Free Zone located off the coast of Viana do Castelo. The news was announced during an international conference in Lisbon promoting offshore wind supply chain development between Portugal and Norway. Addressing the delegation, Portugal’s Secretary... Continue Reading →
(offfshoreWIND.biz) All companies that submitted applications to participate in Colombia’s first offshore wind tender have been pre-qualified, meeting legal, financial, and technical requirements. The announcement was made on 9 December by Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH). Among the companies included in the preliminary list of qualified bidders are energy giants from Belgium, the UK, Spain, and... Continue Reading →
Delmar Systems has been selected to deliver mooring scope for TotalEnergies’ Culzean floating wind pilot project, which will supply renewable electricity to an offshore oil and gas platform in the North Sea. Delmar Systems was hired by Archer Wind, which secured a contract from TotalEnergies in August 2024 for the delivery of floating wind foundation... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The bill that regulates offshore wind power generation in Brazil advanced in the Senate on Tuesday with approval in the Infrastructure Committee, with a vote scheduled for the plenary session of the House on Wednesday. Bill 576/2021, which is on the voting agenda, has been heavily criticized by the electricity sector due to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Denmark's failure to attract any bids in an offshore wind power tender last week stems from a rigid auction model, a failure to adapt to a changed economic reality for renewable energy projects and rising competition, analysts said on Friday. The outcome was a blow to Denmark, home to turbine maker Vestas and offshore wind... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) With projects in pre-construction, under construction and undergoing permitting, the US offshore wind industry is getting busier by the day. Over the past week, updates on project milestones, contracts and permitting made the news on offshoreWIND.biz. Catch up with these stories in our recap 👇 Sif Produces First Empire Wind 1 Monopile in Netherlands... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil and partners are continuing to negotiate with Guyana's government on the terms for developing a shallow-water oil block, an Exxon spokesperson said on Monday. Exxon, Hess and CNOOC won offshore block S8 in a bidding round launched in late 2022 by President Irfaan Ali's administration. The group remains interested... Continue Reading →
(OE) In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today issued a Record of Decision identifying environmental measures expected to be applied to future wind energy development of the six lease areas offshore New York and New... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil will put 91 oil blocks into sale permanently, which could bring 2.4 billion reais ($394.11 million) in signing bonuses in the next round of auctions, said the country's Ministry of Mines and Energy in a Friday statement. The government will make available 39 blocks in Minas Gerais state's Sao Francisco Basin, 41... Continue Reading →
