(OW) All five innovation projects selected in Scotland’s INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing round have now signed exclusivity agreements with Crown Estate Scotland, which allows the developers to start offshore wind development work while Marine Scotland’s planning process for the INTOG Sectoral Marine Plan (INTOG SMP) is completed. The INTOG leasing round has three... Continue Reading →
Modec’s FPSO Guanabara completes one year of operation
The FPSO Guanabara (Mero 1) completed one year of operation on April 30th. This FPSO is the first of a series of four definitive platforms scheduled for the unitized Mero field, in the Libra block (Strategic Plan 2023-2027).In that first year, several milestones were achieved: the TOP of the unit in January/2023, the production record... Continue Reading →
CNOOC’s Floating Wind Turbine Starts Powering Offshore Oil Fields
(OE) China's CNOOC Limited said Monday that the Wenchang deep-sea floating wind demonstration project has been connected to the grid for power generation. The demonstration project is located near the Wenchang oilfields in the western part of the South China Sea, 136 kilometers away from the shore in a water depth of 120 meters. "The... Continue Reading →
BOEM Completes Environmental Analysis of New Jersey Offshore Wind Project
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) said Monday it had completed its environmental analysis of the proposed Ocean Wind 1 wind project offshore New Jersey, which could power up to a half million households. As part of the Ocean Wind 1 project, Orsted's Ocean Wind LLC proposes to build up to 98 wind turbine generators... Continue Reading →
Equinor puts Norwegian Trollvind offshore wind farm on hold
(Reuters) - Equinor (EQNR.OL) will postpone indefinitely its planned Trollvind floating offshore wind farm project in Norway, the Norwegian energy company said on Monday. "This decision is based on several challenges facing the project, including technology availability, rising cost and a strained timetable to deliver on the original concept," Equinor said in a statement. Equinor initially mooted... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Bahia Terra Production
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in continuity with the announcements of 03/31/2023, 03/14/2023, 04/13/2023, 05/02/2023, 05/05/2023 and 05/11/2023 informs that it obtained authorization from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels ("ANP") to resume production from eight more facilities of the Bahia Terra Pole (Itariri River Collector Station, Jandaia Collection Station, Fazenda Imbé... Continue Reading →
Petrobras’ investment in offshore wind may start abroad, says Tolmasquim
(epbr) Petrobras is considering investing first in projects for new renewable energy sources — such as offshore wind — abroad, in countries where the legal frameworks are already more consolidated, before starting to develop its own projects in Brazil, said the Energy Transition director of the company, Maurício Tolmasquim. In Brazil, the first steps may... Continue Reading →
BlueFloat, Renantis Ink Exclusivity Agreements for Scottish Floaters
(OW) The BlueFloat Energy and Renantis partnership has signed exclusivity agreements with Crown Estate Scotland to develop its Sinclair and Scaraben innovation projects which will now be part of a phased delivery of the partnership’s Broadshore project. The two 99.5 MW floating offshore wind farms will now be developed as part of a phased delivery... Continue Reading →
Aker Solutions to Provide Dynamic and Static Subsea Umbilicals for ExxonMobil’s Uaru Project
Norwegian offshore engineering and construction firm Aker Solutions said Friday it had won a sizeable contract from ExxonMobil to provide dynamic and static subsea umbilical for the Uaru project in Guyana. Aker Solutions defines a sizeable contract as between NOK 0.5 billion (currently around $45,9 million) and NOK 1.5 billion (currently around $137,7 million). The... Continue Reading →
Shell plans sale of French floating wind power unit Eolfi
(EV) Shell (LON: SHEL) is seeking to sell French floating wind developer Eolfi, a potential retreat from one element of its renewable power plans as new Chief Executive Officer Wael Sawan pushes to deliver greater value to shareholders. The oil major is exploring the sale just a few years after it acquired Eolfi, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked... Continue Reading →