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 →
Venezuela’s oil exports in Sept boosted by sales to China, swaps with Iran
(Reuters) - More shipments to Asia through intermediaries and growing cargo swaps with Iran drove Venezuela's oil exports in September to their third highest level this year, internal documents and tanker tracking data showed. The OPEC-member nation's oil exports were volatile earlier this year due to a lack of diluents required to produce exportable grades... 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 →
MODEC and Aibel hand out deals for ‘one of the largest FPSOs ever delivered to Brazil’
(OEM) Japan’s FPSO provider MODEC and Norway’s Aibel have picked Axess Group, an integrity and engineering solutions provider, for inspection and certification work on a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel bound for an Equinor-operated field off Brazil. Axess Group revealed on Tuesday that it has secured two contracts – one with MODEC and the other one... Continue Reading →
France starts process to fully nationalise power group EDF
(Reuters) - France on Tuesday started the process to fully nationalise debt-laden nuclear power group EDF (EDF.PA), seeking to secure greater control of its energy supplies just as Europe scrambles to replace Russian gas. The Paris government filed an offer with the market regulator to buy all shares in the group it does not already own... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on P-82 construction contract
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that today it signed a contract with Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters for the construction of the P-82 platform, as a result of the advancement of the Búzios field development project, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The P-82 will be of the FPSO type and will have the... Continue Reading →
Eco Atlantic Starts Operations at Gazania-1 Wildcat Offshore South Africa
(OE) The Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig has arrived on Block 2B offshore South Africa, and is set to start operations on the Gazania-1 exploration well. The Gazania-1 exploration well is being drilled in approximately 150 meters of water and is located 25 kilometres offshore the Northern Cape in the Orange Basin. The Orange Basin... Continue Reading →
Veolia Water Technologies’ Seawater Treatment Process Module for One Guyana FPSO
(OE) Veolia Water Technologies has won a multi-million dollar contract to supply a seawater treatment process module for the One Guyana FPSO, that will operate in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek block, offshore Guyana. The Yellowtail - SBM Offshore/McDermott Joint Venture (YTSM JV) awarded the contract to Veolia's subsidiary VWS Westgarth. The award is for the design,... Continue Reading →
Valaris Secures Rig Contract Extensions Worth $95M
Offshore drilling company Valaris has secured new contracts and contract extensions worth $95 million in total. The contracts were awarded subsequent to the issuing of Valaris' most recent contract awards and fleet status update on September 1, 2022. The contract backlog excludes lump sum payments such as mobilization fees and capital reimbursements. In Brazil, TotalEnergies... Continue Reading →
Lula and Bolsonaro in the second presidential round, their proposals for the energy sector
(PN) The decision on who will run the country for the next four years will be decided on the 30th. With 99.90% of the votes counted, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) has 48.41% of the valid votes, against 43.22% of his opponent, the incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro. The counting of votes showed... Continue Reading →