Offshore engineering company Aquaterra Energy has completed the engineering design for a renewable-powered Sea Swift offshore platform for DeNovo Energy. The offshore platform is part of the development activity for the Zandolie field, located in the Gulf of Paria, off the west coast of Trinidad, and is scheduled to be installed in Q4 2021. The... Continue Reading →
Exxon Considers Pledging Net-zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
Exxon Mobil Corp is considering a pledge to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The report comes more than two months after the oil major's shareholders cast out three Exxon directors for the nominees of a hedge fund that... Continue Reading →
Floating wind development could incorporate green hydrogen
Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7, the consortium behind the proposed Salamander floating wind project, have signed an MOU for potential incorporation of ERM’s Dolphyn hydrogen technology. Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7, the consortium behind the proposed 200-MW Salamander floating wind project, have signed a memorandum of understanding for potential incorporation of ERM’s Dolphyn hydrogen... Continue Reading →
Glencore to return $2.8 bln to shareholders in 2021
(Reuters) - Glencore (GLEN.L) will return $2.8 billion to shareholders in 2021 after soaring commodity prices helped the mining and trading company to a record performance for the first six months of the year, it said on Thursday. The London-listed company joins rivals Rio Tinto (RIO.L) and Anglo American (AAL.L) in declaring bonanza payouts after record half-year profits buoyed by a... Continue Reading →
McDermott sets up 2030 emission reduction targets
U.S. offshore engineering and construction services firm McDermott International has set up emission reduction targets, outlined in its recent sustainability report. McDermott’s aim is to reach a 50% reduction in scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, as well as a 35% reduction in scope 3 GHG emissions for ten key supply... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 buys into Spanish floating wind specialist
Subsea engineering, construction and services company Subsea 7 has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority interest in the equity of Nautilus Floating Solutions S.L. a developer of technology for the floating wind market based in Bilbao, Spain. According to Subsea 7, Nautilus has developed a promising concept for a floating wind foundation based... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC to Take Full Ownership of Well Intervention Firm TIOS
(OE) Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC plans to acquire the remaining 49% of shares in TIOS AS from Island Offshore. TIOS is an offshore well intervention joint venture formed in 2018 between TechnipFMC and Norwegian offshore vessel owner Island Offshore. TechnipFMC said Thursday the move would speed up the development of TechnipFMC’s integrated service model "focused... Continue Reading →
Saipem Posts 1H Loss. Expects Sales Pick-up in 2H
Italian energy services group Saipem on Friday forecast a sales pick-up in the second half after posting an operating loss in the first six months, hurt by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and problems with a wind project. The group posted an adjusted operating loss of 266 million euros ($316 million) for the first... Continue Reading →
WRAPUP Big Oil back to boom after pandemic bust, aiding climate push
(Reuters) - Europe's top energy companies signalled confidence in a lasting recovery from the pandemic impact by drawing on higher oil prices to boost shareholder returns and reassure investors as they roll out risky climate strategies. After swiftly cutting spending and jobs in response to the unprecedented collapse in energy demand last year, executives from... Continue Reading →
Shell’s 2Q Profit Jumps to Two-year High
Royal Dutch Shell boosted its dividend and launched a $2 billion share buyback program on Thursday after a sharp rise in oil and gas prices drove second-quarter profits to their highest in more than two years. As profits across the industry recovered from last year's pandemic-led collapse in energy demand, peers TotalEnergies and Norway's Equinor... Continue Reading →