(Reuters) President Joe Biden's administration unveiled plans on Wednesday to hold up to a dozen auctions of offshore wind development rights through 2028, including four before the end of this year. The schedule will help companies, states and others plan for projects that require massive amounts of investment and infrastructure, the Interior Department said in... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have obtained the offshore planning approval for the Green Volt floating wind farm offshore Scotland. With onshore consent announced earlier this month, Green Volt has now received all its planning approvals and remains on track to be the first commercial-scale floating offshore... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWindbiz) Brazil’s SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) installed a LiDAR in the Paracuru municipality in the state of Ceará on 3 April, the last piece of equipment of what is said to be the largest offshore wind resource monitoring network in Brazil. Through an agreement with the Ministry of Science, Technology and... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) A battle in the National Congress to extend contracts for coal-fired thermal plants is blocking the arrival of the long-awaited offshore wind industry in Latin America's largest economy. A bill to regulate the sector is currently stalled in the Federal Senate, after a group of deputies presented a series of amendments, including one to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil major Shell (SHEL.L), opens new tab is seeking a long-term license from the U.S. before making a final investment decision on the Dragon natural gas project in Venezuela, four people familiar with the matter said. The Dragon field lies in Venezuelan waters near the maritime border with Trinidad and Tobago, and holds up to... Continue Reading →
(Offshore-energy.biz) Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas player Challenger Energy Group (CEG) has formally signed a license for a shallow water exploration block off the coast of Uruguay. Aside from embarking on technical work, the firm intends to go on the lookout for partners to enable an early farm-out. After Challenger Energy submitted a bid for the AREA OFF-3 block... Continue Reading →
In relation to the article published in the press this Tuesday (30/01) about Ibama predicting maximum environmental impact in oil exploration in Foz do Amazonas, Petrobras clarifies: Degree of impact: Firstly, we would like to clarify that Decree 6,848/09 establishes the guidelines for calculating the degree of impact of the activity, for the purpose of... Continue Reading →
(epbr) TotalEnergies submitted four more licensing applications at IBAMA for offshore wind farms off the Brazilian coast. Together, the projects in Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul and Piauí total 12.1 GW in installed capacity. The oil company already has another 9 GW in three offshore wind projects under licensing.... Continue Reading →
(OM) Eco Orinduik has informed Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources of its intention to enter the second phase of the second renewal period of the offshore Orinduik license. There is a commitment to drill one exploration well into the Cretaceous Formation before the license period ends on Jan. 13, 2026. TOQAP Guyana, the joint entity held... Continue Reading →
The US State of Massachusetts has extended the deadline for submitting bids in its ongoing offshore wind energy solicitation until 27 March. Connecticut and Rhode Island, Massachusetts’s partner states under an agreement signed last year that allows for the procurement of multi-state offshore wind projects, have also extended the bidding deadline in their respective solicitations.... Continue Reading →
