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(Reuters) Guyana's fourth oil floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility is expected to depart for the South American country in the first quarter next year, the CEO of U.S. producer Hess, John Hess, said on Wednesday. The firm, which alongside Exxon Mobil and CNOOC are responsible for all oil and gas production in the... Continue Reading →
(offshore-mag.com) Ocean Winds (OW), the joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte to support development of an offshore wind energy industry in Brazil. Since 2020, OW has registered five offshore wind energy project proposals with environmental agency IBAMA for a total capacity... Continue Reading →
(OE) Brava Energia, a Brazilian oil and gas firm created by the merger of 3R Petroleum and Enauta, has ceased production from Petrojarl floating, production storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit, as the new FPSO Atlanta gets ready to take over at a field offshore Brazil. As part of the production transfer to the FPSO Atlanta,... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The French government has pre-qualified twelve candidates for the AO9 tender, which offers four new sites for offshore wind development, one off South Brittany, two in the Mediterranean and one in the French South Atlantic region. France opened the tendering procedure in July 2024 and has now completed the first of its three phases. Competitive dialogue... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Massachusetts State Legislature has passed a clean energy bill aimed at strengthening future offshore wind contracts. Among other provisions, the bill would allow the state to negotiate contracts of up to 30 years, extending the current 20-year limit. According to Massachusetts State Senator Karen E. Spilka, the legislation allows future offshore wind contracts to... Continue Reading →
(OE) DNV has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Seatrium to cooperate on strategic activities and projects in the areas of engineering, technology and new product design, with key focus on floating offshore energy solutions. Under the MoU, DNV will provide Seatrium with expert advice on market and regulatory trends, emerging technologies, and best... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has opened a public consultation on a regional environmental analysis of potential mitigation measures on future development activities for five offshore wind lease areas off California’s central and north coasts. The Notice of Availability (NOA) for the California Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) will be... Continue Reading →
(cleantechnica.com) The offshore wind industry has planted tens of thousands of turbines in coastal waters around the world since the early 2000s. That’s a good start, but it’s just a start. New offshore floating wind technology is beginning to hit the market, extending the reach of wind turbines into new territory and providing new opportunities... Continue Reading →
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has made the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed SouthCoast Wind Project available. If approved, the project could generate up to 2.4GW of offshore wind energy, enough to power more than 800,000 homes. The SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC proposal includes up to 147 wind turbine... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil announced details of its new climate change pledge late on Friday night that sets a target to lower the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, which it will present during the United Nations climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan, according to a government statement. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Brazil is the largest country in... Continue Reading →
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