(PN) FPSO Almirante Tamandaré began its journey to Brazil. The unit left the CMHI shipyard in China today (31) and is headed for the Buzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The new platform will be the first with high capacity to be installed in the field, with the potential to produce... Continue Reading →
EWE, Siemens Energy to build 280 MW green hydrogen electrolysis plant
(Reuters) - Turbine and engine maker Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE), opens new tab will build a 280-megawatt (MW) green hydrogen electrolysis system for Northern German utility EWE (LANDWE.UL) which is expected to begin operating in 2027, the two companies said on Thursday. The awarding of the contract is one of a flurry of deals after Germany last week... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Buys Into RWE’s Dutch Offshore Wind Farm to Produce Green Hydrogen; Contracts Signed with Main Suppliers
(offshoreWIND.biz) RWE and TotalEnergies have entered into an agreement under which TotalEnergies will acquire a 50 per cent stake in RWE’s OranjeWind offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. TotalEnergies said it would use its share of the electricity from the 795 MW OranjeWind to produce green hydrogen. The new partners have now also taken the... Continue Reading →
Portugal plans to raise share of renewables in electricity consumption to 93% by 2030
(Reuters) - Portugal plans to raise the contribution of renewables in electricity consumption to 93% by 2030, as part of its decarbonisation push, according to an updated draft of its energy and climate plan seen by Reuters on Monday. However, the draft proposal plans to lower the 2030 target for the installed capacity of electrolyzers... Continue Reading →
FPSO Bacalhau Becomes World’s First Newbuild with DNV Emissions Abatement Notation
(OE) MODEC has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) for Abate Notation from classification society DNV for its FPSO Bacalhau, set for deployment at an Equinor-operated oil project offshore Brazil. In this project, a comprehensive assessment of greenhouse gas emissions abatement on FPSO Bacalhau was conducted according to DNV guidelines. The Abate notation requires stringent... Continue Reading →
ABS to Class Seatrium-built FPSO Pair for Petrobras
(OE) Singaporean rig- and shipbuilder Seatrium has tapped the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to class a pair of floating production storage and offloading units (FPSO) being built for Brazil's state-owned Petrobras, the classification society announced. Slated for delivery in 2029, the FPSOs P-84 and P-85 will be deployed in the Atapu and Sépia fields,... Continue Reading →
CIMC to Supply Hulls for Two FPSOs Being Built by Seatrium for Petrobras
(OE) CIMC Raffles, a subsidiary of CIMC Group, has secured engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts from Seatrium for the supply of the hulls for two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units being built for Brazil’s national oil and gas company Petrobras. With the latest agreement, CIMC Raffles has previously delivered two and is... Continue Reading →
BP Energy Outlook: Both Main Scenarios See 2025 Oil Peak, Rapid Renewables Growth
(Reuters) BP expects oil demand to peak next year and wind and solar capacity to grow rapidly in both of the two main scenarios in its annual Energy Outlook, a study of the evolution of the global energy system to 2050 it published on Wednesday. Carbon emissions, caused predominantly by the burning of fossil fuels,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs a Master Agreement with Yara Brasil Fertilizantes S.A.
Petrobras hereby announces that it has signed a Master Agreement with Yara Brasil Fertilizantes S.A. (Yara) as a next step in its negotiations to structure potential business partnerships in the fertilizer segment, production of industrial products and decarbonization of production, in line with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the parties on February 29,... Continue Reading →
EU Approves Major $11.6B Investment in French Offshore Wind
(OE) The European Commission has approved a $11.64 billion (€10.82 billion) French scheme to support the deployment of offshore wind energy, which will help foster the transition towards a net-zero economy. The state aid scheme will run for 20 years. In particular, the measure will support the construction and operation of two bottom-fixed offshore wind... Continue Reading →