(Reuters) - Ocean Winds, a joint venture between Portugal's main utility EDP (EDP.LS) and French company Engie (ENGIE.PA), said on Tuesday it has lodged applications with the Australian government to develop offshore windfarms off the coast of Victoria. The JV, which participated in the Victoria tender through its bidding company High Sea Wind, has presented applications for three... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC rakes in multi-million deal with Angola’s largest independent oil & gas producer
(OET) UK-headquartered TechnipFMC has been hired by Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, to provide subsea production systems for a development project offshore Angola. TechnipFMC deems the contract to be a “significant” one since it is between $75 million and $250 million. Thanks to this deal, the company will supply subsea production systems for Azule... Continue Reading →
Cadeler, Eneti to Form New Offshore Wind Installation Company
(OW) Offshore wind turbine and foundation installation companies Cadeler and Eneti have signed a business combination agreement to establish a new company. The parties said this will enable them to operate more efficiently and target larger and more complex projects as requested by customers. They agreed to merge through a stock-for-stock exchange offer to be... Continue Reading →
‘Encouraging’ Drilling Result Offshore Guyana as Frontera, CGX Wei Well Reaches Total Depth
(OE) Frontera Energy Corporation, in partnership with CGX Energy, said Tuesday it had reached total depth (TD) of 20,450' on the Wei-1 bypass exploration and appraisal well (Wei-1BP1), offshore Guyana. The original Wei-1 wellbore reached a depth of 19,142'. A bypass well (Wei-1BP1) was drilled from 18,757' to total depth (TD) and penetrated the primary... Continue Reading →
Foundation Installation Kicks Off for First Commercial-scale U.S. Offshore Wind Farm
(OE) The installation of the first monopiles and transition pieces has kicked off for the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States - the Vineyard Wind 1. “We can finally say it – as of today, there is ‘steel in the water,’” said Klaus S. Moeller, CEO of Vineyard Wind, the company developing the Vineyard Wind... Continue Reading →
MOL, Toyo Construction Form Japanese Offshore Wind Joint Venture
(OW) Japanese-based Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) and its compatriot Toyo Construction have established a joint venture focusing on offshore wind power generation. Through the joint venture, the companies said that they will create stronger synergies in a wide range of areas related to offshore wind, including survey planning, procurement of work vessels, and offshore construction.... Continue Reading →
Shell and Ocean Winds Joint Venture Seeks to Terminate and Rebid US Offshore Wind Contracts
(OW) SouthCoast Wind, the developer of an offshore wind lease area off the coast of Massachusetts, has started discussions with this US state’s representatives and utilities to terminate its existing Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) citing ”material and unforeseen supply chain and financing cost increases affecting the whole offshore wind industry.” The SouthCoast Wind, a 2.4 GW... Continue Reading →
Venezuela, Trinidad to Continue Talks on Joint Development of Dragon Offshore Gas Field
(Reuters) Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago will continue negotiations on jointly developing a dormant offshore natural gas field, with a meeting scheduled for mid-June in Caracas, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Officials from both governments last met in March in Venezuela, where they signed confidentiality agreements required to set up a negotiation... Continue Reading →
Floating Offshore Wind: EDP Group Transfers Stake in Principle Power to Ocean Winds
EDP Group agreed with Ocean Winds (OW), the joint venture created by EDP Renewables and ENGIE dedicated to offshore wind, to transfer EDP’s position in floating wind design firm Principle Power to OW. Principle Power is specialized in the design of floating structures to support offshore wind turbines that can be used in deeper waters. ... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Raizen mulls asset sales and partnerships to boost growth
(Reuters) - Brazilian energy company Raizen Energia SA (RAIZ4.SA) is mulling divestment opportunities and strategic partnerships to drive growth across its business units, company executives said on Wednesday. Raizen, a joint-venture between Shell PLC (SHEL.L) and Cosan (CSAN3.SA), has many assets that could be monetized through sales or partnerships, its CEO Ricardo Mussa said during a meeting with investors and... Continue Reading →