(OE) Sonadrill, Seadrill's 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of Sonangol, has secured a 12-well extension in Angola for the Libongos drillship at $402,500 per day. The total contract value for the firm part of the deal is around $327 million, inclusive of additional services, Seadrill said. The contract is expected to start in the... Continue Reading →
Mainstream, Ocean Winds Sign Seabed Lease for 1.8 GW Floating Wind Farm Off Shetland
(OED) Mainstream Renewable Power and Ocean Winds said Wendesdayhave signed the seabed lease agreement with Crown Estate Scotland to the value of £36million for the development of a 1.8 GW floating offshore wind farm off Shetland. The companies were appointed preferred bidder by Crown Estate Scotland during the ScotWind clearing process in August 2022. With... Continue Reading →
New spud window for exploration well in Guyana as Noble rig gets delayed
Canada’s CGX Energy and Frontera Energy, partners in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, have revised the spud window for their second exploration well on this block since the rig, which has been hired to carry out drilling operations, has run into delays on its current assignment. Following positive results from the first well, Kawa-1, Frontera Energy... Continue Reading →
Venezuela’s oil partners head for the exit, forgoing unpaid debt
(Reuters) - Venezuela is allowing partners in state oil company PDVSA's joint ventures to leave - by selling their shares to others or returning them - so long as they forgo payment for past debts and unpaid dividends, four people close to the matter said. Having to take a loss or relinquish unpaid debt has... Continue Reading →
Ørsted, CIP to Develop 5.2GW of Offshore Wind in Denmark
(Reuters) Denmark's Ørsted and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have teamed up to develop 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind in Denmark, corresponding to more than double the country's current installed capacity, the two companies said on Tuesday. The total of four projects will be developed through the so-called open-door procedure where the developers takes initiative... Continue Reading →
Borr Drilling Bags $715M in Jack-up Rig Contracts in Mexico
Offshore drilling company Borr Drilling said Thursday that its joint venture company in Mexico (Perfomex) had entered into new contracts for the company's five premium jack-up rigs. The rigs in question are the "Galar", "Gersemi", "Grid", "Njord" and "Odin" and the contracts are with OPEX Perforadora S.A. de C.V. and Perforadora Profesional Akal I S.A.... Continue Reading →
Vårgrønn Buys Plentitude’s Stake in Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Project
Norwegian offshore wind company Vårgrønn, a joint venture between the Italian energy company Plenitude and the Norwegian energy investor HitecVision, has acquired Plenitude’s stake in Dogger Bank A, B and C in the UK, which will be the world's largest offshore wind project, once operational. Plentitude is a renewable energy subsidiary of the Italian oil... Continue Reading →
AvenHexicon Gets Priority Rights to Develop Two Floating Wind Farms in Italy
The Swedish floating wind technology specialist Hexicon has obtained maritime priority rights for two offshore wind concessions in Italy, where it is operating through its joint venture, AvenHexicon Srl, with local partner Avapa Energy Srl. Earlier this year, applications for both grid connections and Maritime Concessions were sent in. AvenHexicon has now obtained priority rights for... Continue Reading →
REGENT, TotalEnergies Testing Use of Seagliders for Offshore Travel
REGENT, a company developing an electric seaglider for sustainable high-speed maritime travel , and TotalEnergies, a French oil and gas giant, have partnered up to explore the use of REGENT’s all-electric seaglider for maritime travel to offshore wind and oil platforms. According to REGENT, seagliders - described as a mix between a boat and a... Continue Reading →
U.S. Offshore Wind Developer Names Its First CEO
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50/50 partnership between Shell New Energies US LLC and EDF Renewables North America, has appointed Joris Veldhoven as the company’s first Chief Executive Officer. The joint venture is working to develop offshore wind projects on the U.S. east coast, with the aim of providing electricity to New York and New... Continue Reading →