(offshoreWIND.biz) Milad Sheikhi, Head of Sales and Business Development – Offshore Wind at Jumbo Offshore discusses the way forward for standardisation in offshore wind. Is regulatory restriction the way forward for offshore wind – or will a free market approach yield more rapid returns? With increasingly ambitious targets in the coming years, the pressure is... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s plans to drill for oil in the Amazon hit stiff Indigenous resistance
(Reuters) - State-run energy firm Petrobras has hit growing resistance from Indigenous groups and government agencies to its premier exploration project, which would open the most promising part of Brazil's northern coast to oil drilling. Environmental agency Ibama denied Petrobras a license for exploratory drilling offshore in the Foz do Amazonas area last year, citing... Continue Reading →
Norway Clears TGS and PGS Merger
(OE) Norwegian seismic firms TGS and PGS have received merger approval from the Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA), brining them one step closer to establish a premier energy data company. The merger between the companies, first announced in September 2023, has been subject to review by the competition authorities in the UK as well as in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about mothballed fields sale in the Campos Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Executive Board, at a meeting held today, approved the sale of its entire stake in the Cherne and Bagre fields, located in shallow waters in the Campos Basin, to Perenco Petróleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda (Perenco). Production from the two fields was interrupted in March 2020... Continue Reading →
Petrobras obtains environmental license for drilling in the Potiguar Basin, on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin
Petrobras received the environmental license from Ibama for drilling two exploratory wells in the BM-POT-17 maritime block, in deep waters of the Potiguar Basin, on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin. The first well will be drilled 52 km off the coast. Drilling is expected to begin in the coming weeks, after the rig arrives at the... Continue Reading →
Equinor Granted Permission for Two Offshore Wind Extensions in Britain
(Reuters) Norway's Equinor has been granted a development consent for two extensions on offshore wind projects in Britain, the energy producer said in a statement on Thursday. "With these extensions, Equinor’s wind farms in Norfolk will power nearly 1.5 million households," Equinor said in a statement, adding more assessments would still need to be done... Continue Reading →
All Clear for Construction Start of Virginia’s 2.6GW Offshore Wind Farm
(OE) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the final air quality permit for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project located off the coast of Virginia Beach in the United States. Issued on April 9 following a 30-day public comment period, the permit authorizes the construction and operation of the... Continue Reading →
2.6 GW US Offshore Wind Farm Receives Final Federal Permit, Monopile Installation to Start in May
(offshoreWIND.biz) Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has received an air quality permit from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – the final federal permit required to begin offshore construction. The installation of monopiles at the project site off the coast of Virginia Beach is scheduled to begin in May. Belgian... Continue Reading →
Brazil Judge Suspends Petrobras Chair Over Conflict of Interest
(Reuters) A Brazilian judge has suspended the chair of state oil firm Petrobras, Pietro Sampaio Mendes, over a conflict of interest regarding his role in the Ministry of Energy, a court decision seen by Reuters on Thursday showed. The ruling by Sao Paulo Judge Paulo Cezar Neves Junior also ordered wage and salary payments to... Continue Reading →
BP in Talks to Sell Some Trinidad Upstream Assets to Perenco
(Reuters) BP is close to an agreement to sell some of its Trinidad and Tobago oil and gas assets to Anglo-French oil company Perenco, according to three people familiar with the talks. BP is Trinidad and Tobago's largest natural gas producer with an output of just over 1.3 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd), most... Continue Reading →