(Folhapress) The decision by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to suspend new wind power projects in the country, arguing that windmills “kill their birds and ruin their beautiful landscapes”, has the potential to boost the interest of investors in this sector in the Brazilian market. Trump's action mainly halts future leasing of... Continue Reading →
CRRC Installs ‘World’s Largest’ Floating Offshore Wind Turbine in China
(offshoreWIND.biz) Chinese state-owned CRRC has installed what the company claims to be the world’s largest floating offshore wind turbine in the Shandong Province. On 11 January, the company installed the 20 MW Qihang floating offshore wind turbine prototype at the Dongying wind power testing and certification innovation base in Shandong. CRRC said this marks an... Continue Reading →
Hull for Guyana’s Jaguar FPSO arrives at Singapore yard
(oilnow.gy) SBM Offshore said the multi-purpose floater (MPF) 5 has arrived at the Seatrium yard in Singapore. The hull is the base vessel for the Jaguar floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel bound for Guyana. With the hull’s safe arrival in Singapore from the SWS shipyard in Shanghai, the initial focus will be on... Continue Reading →
FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão Leaves China on Its Way to Brazil for the Mero Field
The FPSO (Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading Unit) Alexandre de Gusmão left China today, December 16, heading towards the Mero oil field in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The platform, leased by Petrobras in partnership with SBM, can produce 180,000 barrels of oil per day and compresses 12 million cubic meters of gas... Continue Reading →
Mingyang’s 16.6 MW Dual-Turbine Floating Wind Platform Enters Operation in China
(offshoreWIND.biz) Mingyang Smart Energy’s OceanX, which the company says is the world’s largest single-capacity floating wind power platform, has started operating at the Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm in Yangjiang, China, where it was installed this summer. The dual-turbine, V-shaped floater operates autonomously, starting up with its own power systems, and has been tested for off-grid... Continue Reading →
State of Ceara and Chinese company CGN Brasil Energia sign memorandum of understanding for renewable energy development
(ceara.gov.br) With great local potential for renewable energy generation, the Ceara government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the company CGN Brasil Energia (CGNBE), part of the CGN Group, one of the largest in China, for collaboration in the development of solar and wind energy projects and the green hydrogen chain. Governor Elmano de... Continue Reading →
Strike steel ceremony held for ‘largest FPSO in Petrobras’ history’
(offshore-energy.biz) A steel-cutting ceremony has been held for one of the two floating storage, production, and offloading (FPSO) units Singapore-headquartered Seatrium is building for Brazil’s state-owned giant Petrobras. The start of construction on FPSO P-84, described as the “largest FPSO in Petrobras’ history,” was marked with a ceremony held on November 15 at the CIMC Raffles Offshore’s Yantai shipyard in China.... Continue Reading →
Sinopec’s Q3 earnings fall 52.1% on lower oil prices, refining margins
(Reuters) - Chinese refiner Sinopec posted a 52.1% year-on-year decline in net profit to 8.54 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) for the third quarter because of lower oil prices and weak refining margins. The world's largest refiner by capacity, Sinopec's third-quarter revenue was 790.4 billion yuan, down 9.8% from a year earlier, the company said in... Continue Reading →
Jaguar FPSO to follow Liza Unity model – SBM Offshore CEO
(oilnow.gy) SBM Offshore’s Chief Executive Officer, Øivind Tangen confirmed that the upcoming Jaguar floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) will be executed with the same team and expertise that handled the Liza Unity FPSO. “We inherently bring all the learnings from [Liza] Unity and the execution of [Liza] Unity into that project,” said Tangen said in an... Continue Reading →
Modec announces progress on Guyana bound FPSO Errea Wittu
Japan’s Modec has made further progress in the construction of a hull for a floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) that will be deployed at ExxonMobil’s fifth oil development in the Stabroek block, offshore Guyana. The company announced the completion of the hull assembly of the FPSO Errea Wittu, 40 days ahead of schedule.... Continue Reading →