(PN) Brava Energia (formed by the merger between 3R and Enauta) announced it has received the operating license from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) for the Atlanta platform ship (FPSO), which will be installed in the field of the same name, in the Santos Basin. The company is now working to obtain approval... Continue Reading →
Seatrium Hires KBR on Topsides Job for FPSOs Bound for Petrobras Brazil Fields
(OE) U.S.-based engineering and construction giant KBR has been hired by Seatrium to develop topsides facilities for two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, being designed for Petrobras’ Atapu and Sepia fields in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Under the terms of the contracts, KBR will provide Seatrium with detailed engineering services and technical... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC: It’s a wrap on Guyana’s flagship $1.9 billion gas-to-energy project (video)
(offshore-energy.biz) UK-headquartered energy technology provider TechnipFMC has put the finishing touches on its assignment at a gas-to-energy (GtE) project off Guyana’s Atlantic coast, which is envisioned to enable infrastructure buildout required to allow for natural gas to be transported from an oilfield in the waters of the prolific Stabroek Block to an integrated natural gas... Continue Reading →
Environmental Approval Granted for Floating Wind Project in South Korea
(OE) Mainstream Renewable Power, the pureplay global wind and solar company majority-owned by Aker Horizons, has announced that KF Wind, a 1,125MW floating offshore wind project being developed off the coast of Ulsan, South Korea, has secured the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval from the Ministry of Environment for the totality of the two-phase project.... Continue Reading →
The Mounting Offshore Oil & Gas Decommissioning Cost
By Andrew Burr, North America Analyst, Welligence Energy Analytics (OE) The safe, timely and cost-efficient decommissioning of offshore infrastructure is one of the big challenges faced by the oil & gas sector. We estimate that the liability currently stands at over $300 billion (real terms), and this will only increase as companies continue to make... Continue Reading →
US Grants Maine First Floating Offshore Wind Research Lease
(offhsoreWIND.biz) The US State of Maine and the Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have agreed on a floating offshore wind research lease in the Gulf of Maine, which could allow for the deployment of twelve floating wind turbines capable of generating 144 MW. The research lease site, an area of up to 15... Continue Reading →
Kent demystifying oil & gas decarbonization economics
(offshore-energy.biz) Dubai-headquartered engineering and services company Kent is developing a comprehensive report aiming to offer guidance for determining the cost of decarbonization, including its societal aspect, in the upstream oil and gas industries on behalf of the London-based Energy Institute. While the guideline document will focus on the UK North Sea, it will be written... Continue Reading →
Start-Up Aims for Free-Range Wind Farms via Sailing Vessels
(OE) British startup DRIFT Energy has closed a seed funding round for making green energy at sea using hi-tech sailing vessels. Led by Octopus Ventures, one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in the UK and Europe, and with support from Blue Action Accelerator, the company has secured £4.65 million ($6 million),... Continue Reading →
BOEM’s Environmental Analysis Sees No Significant Impacts of Wind Leases Off Oregon
(OE) The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has concluded that leases for potential offshore wind energy development off the Oregon coast would have no significant impacts to people or environment. BOEM has made available its final Environmental Assessment (EA) of the possible impacts from issuing leases for potential offshore wind energy development off the... Continue Reading →