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(OE) Consulting and engineering firm Wood has taken charge of the Joint Industry Partnership (JIP) to create industry guidelines for CO2 specifications to accelerate sustainable carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects. The guidelines are the first of their kind to focus on the impact of impurities in CO2 across the entire CCUS value chain.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The main focus of Brazil state-run oil firm Petrobras remains in its home country, its director of exploration and production said on Thursday, adding that Brazil was a priority even as it intends to expand into Africa. Petrobras has been publicly showing interest in expanding its oil fields in Africa as it seeks to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A goal to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030 and cut fossil fuel use is within reach, the International Energy Agency said in a report on Tuesday, but will require a huge push to unlock bottlenecks such as permitting and grid connections. The report comes as leaders from government and business come... Continue Reading →
(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 →
(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 →
(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 →
(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 →
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 →
(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 →
(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 →
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