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Offshore engineering firm Aquaterra Energy has signed an engineering and design service agreement with an unnamed "supermajor" to deliver multiple offshore platforms over a three-year period. The platforms, of Aquaterra Energy's Sea Swift design, will be destined for off the coast of the Cabinda Province, offshore Angola. "Won through a competitive tender process, Aquaterra Energy... Continue Reading →
(OE) Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said Tuesday it had made the world’s first recyclable wind turbine blades at its blade factory in Aalborg, Denmark. "Wind power is one of the cornerstones in the quest to tackle the climate emergency. With more than 200 GW of new offshore capacity projected by the Global Wind Energy... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 has revealed the proposed executive team for Seaway 7, the company set to be created by the planned combination of OHT and Subsea 7’s Renewables business unit. Seaway 7 will be managed by an experienced executive team led by Stuart Fitzgerald as chief executive officer (CEO). Current OHT CEO Torgeir E. Ramstad will... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil major Chevron (CVX.N) plans to invest $600 million in two soybean crushing facilities owned by U.S. agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd (BG.N), securing future feedstock for renewable fuels, the two companies said on Thursday. The investment will result in a 50/50 joint venture, under the memorandum of understanding the two companies said they reached. U.S.... Continue Reading →
Norway-based consultancy DNV has said that fossil fuels will still constitute 50 per cent of the global energy mix by 2050, compared to 80 per cent held for decades, warning that the energy transition is not fast enough for the world to achieve the net-zero target by 2050. DNV also warned in its latest energy... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - PetroChina (601857.SS)aims to have oil, gas and green energies to each account for a third of its portfolio by 2035, it said on Thursday, as the Chinese oil major shifts toward a lower-carbon future. For PetroChina, Asia's largest oil and gas producer, natural gas currently accounts for about 47% of total output and oil... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) IBAMA released the map showing the location of offshore wind energy generation projects that are in the licensing process. Of the 23 projects, only one belongs to an oil company. It is the Aracatu wind farm, owned by Equinor, which will have a generation capacity of 4 GW. The Aracatu I and Aracatu II... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), along with Chevron Corp (CVX.N), is seeking to bulk up in the burgeoning renewable fuels space by finding ways to make such products at existing facilities, sources familiar with the efforts said. The two largest U.S. oil companies want to produce sustainable fuels without ponying up billions of... Continue Reading →
Offshore engineering company Aquaterra Energy has completed the engineering design for a renewable-powered Sea Swift offshore platform for DeNovo Energy. The offshore platform is part of the development activity for the Zandolie field, located in the Gulf of Paria, off the west coast of Trinidad, and is scheduled to be installed in Q4 2021. The... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The port complex intends to attract partners to develop the four Ventos do Açu parks Porto do Açu, Prumo's port complex in Norte Fluminense, started the environmental licensing of offshore wind farms with 2,160 MW of installed capacity, and intends to attract one or more partners to develop the four wind farms of Ventos... Continue Reading →
