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(Reuters) Companies working on a $300 million logistics facility in Guyana that will support offshore oil operations said on Wednesday the shore base will help reduce shipping costs for supplies by as much as 12% by allowing larger supply vessels to dock. A consortium consisting of U.S. companies Exxon Mobil Corp and Hess Corp and... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - At least three proposed U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants have likely found enough customers to receive financial approvals this year, according to Reuters calculations, developments that would make the country the world's largest LNG exporter for years to come. After a dearth of plant approvals last decade, developers have secured dozens... Continue Reading →
By David Boggs, Energy Maritime Associates (OM) The floating production construction market continued to grow in 2022, maintaining a rebound that began in 2021. As we enter a new year, the industry sentiment remains buoyant, with most respondents optimistic about the future. Recently, Energy Maritime Associates conducted its tenth annual Global Floating Production Industry Survey, which... Continue Reading →
U.S. maritime and logistics company Crowley said it has made a deal that could see it lease and develop an offshore wind terminal in Louisiana's Port Fourchon. The Right of First Refusal agreement was reached during Wednesday’s Greater Lafourche Port Commission (GLPC) Board Meeting in Cut Off, La. The more than 40-acre site, encompassing over... Continue Reading →
(OE) Heavy Lift Projects Ltd (HLP), a provider of offshore wind farm logistics, said Tuesday it had completed a funding round with private investors and opened its first office in Edinburgh. The company said that Capercaillie (Investments) Ltd and Giles W Pritchard-Gordon & Co Ltd have committed a "multi-million-pound" investment, which will be used to... Continue Reading →
General Electric recently filed a plan to build two new offshore wind manufacturing facilities in New York if it wins enough orders from companies in the state’s ongoing solicitation for up to 4.6 GW of offshore wind.GE proposed building the factories with Carver Companies at their Port of Coeymans site. The company said that, should... Continue Reading →
Philip Lewis, Contributor (OE) In recent State of the Port address, the first held since 2020, the Port of Long Beach’s Executive Director David Cordero discussed the port’s plan to support California’s emerging floating wind industry. The Port of Long Beach has not yet been identified as a marshalling port for any one project. However, under its Zero Emissions,... Continue Reading →
(OE) Leading Light Wind submitted its bid for an offshore wind power contract to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) as part of New York's third competitive offshore wind solicitation. Leading Light Wind, led by Chicago-based Invenergy and New York-based energyRe, proposes delivering up to 2,1 GW of electricity to the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norway's Equinor and UK's BP on Thursday jointly bid into New York’s third offshore wind solicitation (NY3). The bid was submitted to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in response to the state’s most recent offshore wind energy solicitation. Equinor said the bid would provide New York with renewable energy... Continue Reading →
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners-led Pentland floating offshore wind farm has been granted planning permission in principle from Scotland's Highland Council for its onshore infrastructure. To be located 7.5km off the coast of Dounreay in Caithness, Pentland will generate 100MW making it capable of providing electricity to almost 70,000 homes, equivalent to 65% of those in the... Continue Reading →
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