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By Fernando Tamayo, Emissions Team Lead, Welligence Energy Analytics (OE) In recent years, the oil and gas industry has faced mounting pressure to address its environmental impact. This has led many companies to set decarbonization targets – we are tracking more than 460 targets set by independents, majors, and NOCs across the sector. However, achieving... Continue Reading →
(Offshore-energy.biz) The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved Fugro’s near- and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets. Fugro’s net-zero target spans all three emission scopes, with the ultimate goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the value chain by 2050. “This validation by the Science Based Targets initiative underscores Fugro’s strong dedication to... Continue Reading →
(OE) Saipem has installed the second unmanned High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) platform at Dogger Bank, being built in UK waters and set to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm once constructed. The substation is the second of three platforms, each supplied by Aibel, to be installed at Dogger Bank offshore wind farm, which... Continue Reading →
(TN) Petrobras is the company in the global oil and gas market whose investment has grown the most. In 2023, the company practically doubled its investment effort, totaling US$ 21.4 billion between direct investments and assets related to the leasing of production units, compared to an amount of US$ 10.9 billion in 2022. -Petrobras has... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Milad Sheikhi, Head of Sales and Business Development – Offshore Wind at Jumbo Offshore discusses the way forward for standardisation in offshore wind. Is regulatory restriction the way forward for offshore wind – or will a free market approach yield more rapid returns? With increasingly ambitious targets in the coming years, the pressure is... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petronotícias published an exclusive investigation report into the outcome of the Petrobras tender to contract the P-84 and P-85 platforms, for the Atapu and Sépia fields, respectively, in the pre- salt from the Santos Basin. After a few months of negotiations, Seatrium (a company formed by the merger between Sembcorp Marine and Keppel Offshore)... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oilfield services and technology company SLB has been awarded three contracts by Petrobras for completion hardware and services for up to 35 subsea wells in the development of Buzios Wave II offshore oil field. The scope of the contract includes SLB’s full bore electric interval control valves and electric subsurface safety valves. The award... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) A battle in the National Congress to extend contracts for coal-fired thermal plants is blocking the arrival of the long-awaited offshore wind industry in Latin America's largest economy. A bill to regulate the sector is currently stalled in the Federal Senate, after a group of deputies presented a series of amendments, including one to... Continue Reading →
(OE) Yinson Production has held the naming ceremony for FPSO Maria Quitéria which will deployed in at Petrobras’ Jubarte field offshore Brazil. The naming ceremony for the FPSO Maria Quitéria was held at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Shanghai) Shipyard in China on April 3, 2024. FPSO Maria Quitéria is a conversion project with a production... Continue Reading →
(OE) Offshore wind developers Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Eni’s Plenitude and HitecVision, have announced that their 560 MW floating offshore wind project Green Volt has been granted full onshore planning approval. The Green Volt floating wind farm, located offshore Scotland, will deliver electricity to oil and gas platforms, replacing power currently... Continue Reading →
