(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled a plan to accelerate development of next-generation floating offshore wind farms by slashing the cost of the technology by 70% and setting a goal for it to power 5 million U.S. homes by 2035. The announcement was the latest in the White House's push to bolster the... Continue Reading →
Shell picks renewables boss as CEO to lead green transition
(Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L) has turned to the head of its gas and renewables business to drive its transition to a greener future, picking Wael Sawan to replace Ben van Beurden as chief executive. Sawan's appointment comes at a pivotal time for the oil giant, which is aiming to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050 and... Continue Reading →
Equinor to drill well in Bacalhau and starts importing gas to the Peregrino operations
(PN) The company's president in the country, Veronica Coelho, announced the forecast to start drilling a well in Bacalhau, in the Santos Basin. According to the executive, the activity should start between the end of September and the beginning of October. Veronica also said that there is an estimate of using a second rig in... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies and Mitsui OSK line up for ground-breaking offshore CCS hub
France-headquartered Technip Energies and Mitsui OSK Lines of Japan are in the frame for a key contract for a planned carbon dioxide floating storage and injection hub facility offshore Australia. A letter of intent covering engineering, procurement and construction and operation of the facility was issued by Perth-based CCS developer deepC Store (dCS) in relation... Continue Reading →
The U.S. oil executive making a big bet on combating climate change
(Reuters) - The chief executive of a small U.S. oil company has jumped to the forefront of the energy industry's greenhouse gas reduction efforts, recruiting high-profile firms to his vision of striking it big by selling access to carbon storage developments. Tim Duncan, the founder of Talos Energy Inc (TALO.N), a decade-old offshore oil firm with... Continue Reading →
All Turbines Installed at France’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm
Jan De Nul has completed the installation of 80 sets of 6 MW wind turbine generators (WTG) at Saint-Nazaire, France's first commercial offshore wind farm. The company said Tuesday it had completed the project "significantly ahead of schedule." The first turbine was installed back in April using Jan De Nul's Vole au Vent jack-up vessel. On September... Continue Reading →
Africa’s first hydrogen power plant seen producing electricity in 2024
(Reuters) - French independent power producer HDF Energy (HDF.PA) expects its green hydrogen power plant in Namibia, Africa's first, to start producing electricity by 2024, a senior company executive said on Monday. Once operational, the 3.1 billion Namibian dollar ($181.25 million) Swakopmund project will supply clean electricity power, 24 hours a day all-year round, boosting electricity supply... Continue Reading →
Saipem and Worley join initiative for curbing methane footprint from oil & gas industry
Italy’s oilfield contractor Saipem and Australia’s engineering company Worley have backed an industry initiative, which aims to eliminate methane emissions from the upstream oil and gas industry by 2030. Saipem and Worley revealed on Wednesday that they have joined the Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions Initiative, which was established by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI)... Continue Reading →
Could Green Ammonia Floaters Be Deployed at Offshore Wind Farms?
Companies in the renewables energy business have set out to determine whether a green ammonia floating production vessel can be deployed on certain offshore wind locations. Norway-based H2Carrier AS, developer of the unique P2XFloater concept, said it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Norwegian state-owned hydropower company Statkraft for the study. H2Carrier recently... Continue Reading →
API: American oil & gas as ‘reliable and realistic partners’ of renewables and energy security
As the global energy crisis grips the world in its clutches, taking it by storm, the American Petroleum Institute (API), a trade association representing the oil and gas industry, is advocating for a ramp-up of the U.S. oil and gas production not only as a solution to the energy security concerns plaguing the world at large... Continue Reading →