4th August 2026: Intermoor, Acteon’s Moorings and Anchors business line, has been awarded a new contract by Petrobras for the provision of inspection, preservation, maintenance, and operational readiness services for subsea interconnection, mooring and anchoring materials. This award marks the third contract secured by Intermoor from Petrobras in less than a year, reinforcing a long-standing... Continue Reading →
France Selects Five Ports for EUR 260 Million Floating Wind Infrastructure Boost
July 31 (offshoreWIND.biz) The French government has selected five ports to receive nearly EUR 260 million in funding under the France 2030 investment programme to upgrade infrastructure supporting the country’s floating offshore wind industry. The selected ports are Cherbourg, Brest, Nantes-Saint Nazaire, Port-la-Nouvelle, and Marseille-Fos, with the port funding expected to leverage almost EUR 1... Continue Reading →
Saipem Mobilizes for GranMorgu Oil Development off Suriname
June 23 (OE) Italian energy services company Saipem has launched operations for the GranMorgu offshore project in Suriname with the arrival of the multi-purpose construction vessel Normand Navigator at the Jules Sedney Harbour commercial port in Paramaribo. The vessel is berthed and ready to begin preliminary activities for the project, which is located in Block... Continue Reading →
Europe Needs 65-Ship CO2 Fleet by 2050 to Support CCS Growth, Xodus Finds
June 16 (OE) Europe will require a dedicated fleet of around 65 CO2 carriers and a network of 33 ports by 2050 to support the large-scale deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), according to a new study led by energy consultancy Xodus. The CCUS Enabling Infrastructure Study, prepared by Xodus on behalf of the... Continue Reading →
California Reaffirms 25 GW Offshore Wind Target for 2045
May 25 (offshoreWIND.biz) California remains committed to deploying 25 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2045, according to state officials who were at the recently held 2026 Pacific Offshore Wind Summit, hosted by Offshore Wind California. David Hochschild, Chair of the California Energy Commission, reiterated California’s offshore wind ambitions and said the state would continue... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Lula Doubles Down On Oil And Rare Earths As Brazil’s Strategic Future
May 22 (oilprice.com) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has explicitly linked oil exploration and rare-earth mining to Brazil's national sovereignty, declaring that the country’s subsoil resources must be used to drive domestic industrialization rather than enrich foreign nations. Speaking at Petrobras’(NYSE:PBR) giant refinery, Refinaria de Paulínia (Replan), in São Paulo, Lula emphasized that Brazil must actively... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Omnia, Casa dos Ventos sign $2 billion energy deal for TikTok data center
May 18 (Reuters) - Omnia, the data center platform of Brazil's Patria Investments, has signed a $2 billion, 20-year energy supply agreement with renewable generator Casa dos Ventos to power a data center it is building for TikTok-owner ByteDance, the companies told Reuters. The data center, located at the Pecem port complex in the northeastern... Continue Reading →
UK launches third funding round for offshore wind supply chain projects
May 14 (splash) The Crown Estate has launched a third round of its Supply Chain Accelerator, making an additional £15m ($20.3m) in early‑stage development funding available to support UK offshore wind supply chain businesses and projects. The programme, first established in 2024 with a £50m pool, is now entering its third and final funding round,... Continue Reading →
Camuzzi, Vitol sign MoU for Argentina’s $3.9 billion LNG del Plata project
April 27 (Reuters) - Camuzzi Gas Inversora and Vitol signed a memorandum of understanding for Argentina's LNG del Plata project, the Argentine firm said on Monday, with Vitol potentially acquiring up to 100% of production and evaluating an equity investment. The project, currently wholly owned by Camuzzi, is located at the Port of La Plata... Continue Reading →
Vast Performs First ExxonMobil Oil Transshipment Operation in Brazil
April 2 (TN) Vast Infraestrutura carried out the first ExxonMobil oil transshipment operation in Brazil, moving one million barrels from the Bacalhau Field to Vast's Oil Terminal (T-Oil), in the Porto do Açu, in the north of the state of Rio de Janeiro, destined for the international market. The operation involved two Suezmax class tankers... Continue Reading →