(OE) Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has entered into a new $620 million revolving credit facility with a pool of fourteen national and international financial institutions. The facility has a tenor of three years, extendable for a further period of either one or two years at the option of the lenders. The new credit... Continue Reading →
Swiss asset manager EIP lifts stake in Eni’s Plenitude to 10%
(Reuters) - Swiss asset manager Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) will raise its stake in Eni's Plenitude unit to 10%, in a deal that values the group's retail and renewable business at more than 10 billion euros ($11 billion) including debt. The Italian energy group said in a statement on Monday that EIP had agreed to subscribe... Continue Reading →
Italy’s Eni to boost buyback after Q3 profit beats expectations
(Reuters) - Italian energy group Eni (ENI.MI), opens new tab will increase its share buyback programme by 25% to 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion), it said on Friday, after beating third-quarter profit expectations. It reported an adjusted net profit of 1.27 billion euros, topping the 1.08 billion expected by analysts in a poll compiled by the company... Continue Reading →
Global Floating Offshore Wind Pipeline Grows to 266 GW – Report
(offshoreWIND.biz) The global pipeline of floating offshore wind projects has expanded from 244 GW to 266 GW in the last twelve months, reflecting a nine per cent increase, according to a report published by RenewableUK. The number of global projects has increased from 285 to 316, with the pipeline including projects at various stages: fully... Continue Reading →
Aker Solutions to Design Substations for Mediterranean Floating Wind Project
Renexia, through its subsidiary Renext Solutions, has signed a front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) with Aker Solutions to design the underwater substations for Med Wind project, a 2.8 GW floating wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea. Aker Solutions will work in close cooperation with its alliance partner ABB to deliver the project scope. The... Continue Reading →
Orsted Might Consider Chinese Turbines
(Reuters) Offshore wind farm developer Orsted has no Chinese turbines in its current project pipeline, its CEO said on Thursday, but did not rule out buying turbines or technology from China in the future. The European wind turbine market is dominated by local players such as Vestas and Siemens Gamesa, but Chinese turbine makers have... Continue Reading →
RINA Clears Saipem’s Protocol for Subsea Hydrogen Pipeline Materials
(OE) Italian classification and marine engineering consultancy RINA has issued two certifications for Saipem’s methodology of qualification of the performances of subsea hydrogen pipelines. One of the challenges of transporting hydrogen through converted or newly constructed pipelines is the risk of weakening materials. In response, Saipem has developed its own protocol to evaluate the performance... Continue Reading →
Mingyang Enters Deal with Renexia, Italian Gov’t to Set Up Shop in Italy; 18.8 MW Offshore Wind Turbines Planned for Large-Scale Mediterranean Project
(offshoreWind.biz) Renexia, Mingyang Smart Energy and Minister Adolfo Urso from the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will see the Chinese OEM producing wind turbines in Italy and supplying 18.8 MW wind turbines for Renexia’s Med Wind floating wind farm. The agreement includes a EUR... Continue Reading →
Eni accelerates buyback after Q2 net profit beats expectations
(Reuters) - After reporting a smaller than expected drop in second-quarter net profit, Italian energy group Eni promised to accelerate its share buyback and hinted at the possibility of nudging it up in the coming months. A stronger than anticipated performance at the group's upstream and Gas & LNG divisions supported results, while actions to streamline... Continue Reading →
Eni Finds Oil Offshore Mexico
(OE) Italian energy giant Eni has made a new oil and gas discovery in an exploration well in Block 9 in the Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico. The discovery was made on the Yopaat-1 EXP exploration well, approximately 63 kilometers off the coast in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina. The preliminary estimates indicate a... Continue Reading →