Category: Infrastructure

France Selects Five Ports for EUR 260 Million Floating Wind Infrastructure Boost

July 31 (offshoreWIND.biz) The French government has selected five ports to receive nearly EUR 260 million in funding under the France 2030 investment programme to upgrade infrastructure supporting the country’s floating offshore wind industry. The selected ports are Cherbourg, Brest, Nantes-Saint Nazaire, Port-la-Nouvelle, and Marseille-Fos, with the port funding expected to leverage almost EUR 1... Continue Reading →

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Golar LNG tasks Axess with work on FLNG pair bound for South American project

July 14 (offshore-energy.biz) Norway-headquartered asset integrity management company Axess Group has picked up new assignments with Golar LNG, the Bermuda-headquartered owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) midstream infrastructure, for two floating LNG (FLNG) units destined to be deployed at Argentina’s LNG project on the South American country’s Atlantic coast. Axess Group has been... Continue Reading →

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Floating Wind Farm Offshore France Reaches Full Power

July 10 (offshoreWIND.biz) The 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating offshore wind farm, located off France’s Mediterranean coast, has reached full power, Ocean Winds (OW), the owner and developer of the project, said. With three 10 MW turbines located 16 kilometers off the Occitanie coast and installed on semi-submersible floaters, this... Continue Reading →

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Venezuela’s Trump-backed reforms have yet to draw investors wary of legal system, infrastructure

June 3 (Reuters) - Global investors remain wary of signing deals in Venezuela, even after the interim government enacted business-friendly reforms backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, a dozen sources with knowledge of private sector investment deliberations told Reuters. The South American country's efforts to lure foreign investment in sectors as diverse as oil, shipping,... Continue Reading →

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ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips negotiate possible Venezuela comeback

May 31 (World Oil) – ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are pushing for durable contract terms and a way to resolve billions of dollars owed to them as they consider re-entering Venezuela after exiting the country two decades ago. Both companies are in active negotiations with President Delcy Rodríguez’s government about tapping Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. While they’ve recently said Venezuela has... Continue Reading →

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IMCA issued diver safety warning as global subsea decommissioning accelerates

May 29 - New guidance aims to reduce diver risk as ageing offshore infrastructure drives increasingly complex dismantlement operations The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published new industry guidance designed to improve safety during subsea decommissioning and dismantlement projects, warning that ageing offshore infrastructure, incomplete historical records and changing site conditions are creating an... Continue Reading →

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