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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has signed with Equinor a letter of intent, expanding on the cooperation between the companies, so that they can assess the technical, economic and environmental feasibility of seven offshore wind power generation projects off the Brazilian coast. These will have the potential to generate up to 14.5... Continue Reading →
Fugro and Gardline have been awarded a contract to carry out preliminary geotechnical investigations for the future offshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea, Kattegat, and Danish Baltic Sea. The tender, which was published by the Danish transmission operator (TSO) Energinet, was divided into two lots. UK marine survey specialist Gardline will perform preliminary geotechnical... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Denmark has resumed its review of two of 33 offshore wind farm applications suspended last month over worries of breaching European Union state aid rules, the Energy Agency said on Friday. Denmark, which aims for a fivefold increase in offshore wind power capacity by 2030, has allowed energy companies to submit unsolicited applications... Continue Reading →
After discovering oil and the Graff-1 well in Namibia in 2022, Shell has now made another offshore oil discovery in the country's deep waters. This time, Shell made a discovery at the Jonker-1X deep-water exploration well, QatarEnergy and Namcor, Shell's partners in the PEL-39 Exploration License, offshore Namibia, said Monday. Using the Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig, the Jonker-1X... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Guyana, the South American country that is home to the world's largest oil discoveries in a decade, next wants to develop its mostly untapped natural gas reserves, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Sunday. The nation aimed to diversify its oil sector and secure new sources of revenue before the energy transition to renewables... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Exxon Mobil Corp hopes to get Nigerian government approval to allow the stalled sale of its shallow water oil production operations in the West African country, a top Exxon executive told Reuters. The largest U.S. oil company will keep its deep-water assets in Nigeria despite a change in the government's leadership, Exxon Global Upstream... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Guyana's coming auction of offshore oil exploration blocks has lured at least 10 companies including Shell, Petrobras, and Chevron, to consider the decade's hottest oil region, people close to the matter said. The South American country is offering 14 offshore blocks, a move to speed economic development and reduce an Exxon Mobil-led consortium's dominance... Continue Reading →
Breakwater Energy, a subsidiary of EIG, an institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, has acquired a 25% interest in Repsol Upstream for a total consideration of around $4.8 billion, including debt, with Repsol holding the remaining 75%. Repsol Upstream owns and operates Repsol’s globally diversified portfolio of upstream assets, comprising more than... Continue Reading →
Total production in January was 4.175 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), of which 3.274 million barrels of oil per day (bbl/d) and 143.215 million cubic meters of natural gas per day (m³/d ). In oil, there was an increase of 6.5% compared to the previous month and 8% compared to January 2022.... Continue Reading →
Subsea7, Siem Offshore, and Kongsberg Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly look at optimisation of marine operations for floating wind projects. The main objective of the study is to identify gaps in capabilities of existing marine operation methodologies and equipment, to enable robust and efficient execution of large-scale floating wind developments planned... Continue Reading →
