Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that, after an audit carried out by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP), it received, on 12/12/2022, an interdiction notice for the shutdown of operations in 37 onshore oil and gas production facilities in Bahia. The Company is taking the necessary measures for the safe... Continue Reading →
DNV Recertifies Petrojarl I FPSO, Enabling Two-year Charter Extension, Enauta Says
The Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said Tuesday that classification society DNV had issued the recertification for the Petrojarl I FPSO, enabling a contract extension for the production unit. The Petrojarl I FPSO is an early production system used for production at Enauta's Atlanta field. Enauta is working to deploy a larger FPSO -... Continue Reading →
CIP Wins Rights to Build 500-600MW Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan
(OE) Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) said Wednesday it had been allocated 500–600 MW of capacity in the first round of Taiwan’s Round 3 Zonal Development offshore wind auction. "On December 14, 2022, it was announced that CI IV’s [a CIP subsidiary] Fengmiao offshore wind project, located ~35km off the coast of Taichung City in the... Continue Reading →
HSBC to Stop Funding New Oil Field Projects
(Reuters) HSBC will no longer provide new lending or capital markets finance for new oil and gas fields, the British bank said on Wednesday, as part of a wider update to its energy policy. The bank said it will continue funding natural gas projects for now, given the global energy crisis and the pressures placed... Continue Reading →
Dutch Company Launches Wind Turbine Foundation Installation Vessel Design
(OE) Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam has launched a design for a new offshore wind foundation installation vessel (FIV), called VERticale, in response to ever-growing wind turbines needing larger foundations. "VERticale is developed for an optimized deck layout," says Kuno van den Berg, Department Manager Operational Engineering at Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam. ©Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam "The location of the... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies to design mega floating offshore wind project
(Reuters) - Italian renewable developer Renexia has selected France's Technip Energies (TE.PA) to study and design key elements of one of the world's biggest floating offshore wind farms, the French engineering group said on Thursday. The French group, which this year launched a division dedicated to energy transition projects, will conduct the front-end engineering and design for... Continue Reading →
Eletrobras, Shell Mull Co-investment in Brazil Offshore Wind Power
(Reuters) Brazilian power company Eletrobras and Shell have signed a cooperation agreement to exchange information as they mull a potential co-investment in offshore wind power in the South American country, Eletrobras said on Thursday. The move marks another step for Shell in the sector in Brazil, where it already has several offshore wind projects pending... Continue Reading →
China shipyards feast on record LNG tanker orders as South Korea builders are full up
(Reuters) - China is making fast inroads in the market for newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers as local and foreign shipowners turn to its shipbuilders for the specialty vessels because long dominant yards in South Korea are fully booked. Three Chinese shipyards - only one of them having experience building large LNG tankers -... Continue Reading →
Houston American Energy acquires acreage in Colombia’s Llanos basin
(WO) — Houston American Energy Corp. announced the acquisition of an additional interest in Hupecol Meta, LLC., on December 9th. “We are excited about the increase of our interest in the CPO-11 block, the progress made by Hupecol Meta to date, and the outlook for the development of the block,” John Terwilliger, CEO of Houston... Continue Reading →
Vattenfall issues inter-array cable contract notice for German offshore wind farms
(OET) Vattenfall Atlantis 1 and Global Tech II Offshore Wind GmbH have issued a contract notice seeking contractors to install inter-array cables for two wind farm projects offshore Germany. The two projects, Vattenfall Atlantis 1 and Global Tech II, are located in the German North Sea, in the N-7.2 and N-6.6 zones. The contract is... Continue Reading →