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(PN) As of today, the domestic Oil & Gas market will have a new company operating ultra-deep water drilling assets. Created from the restructuring of the Ocyan Drilling Unit, Foresea is born with a totally independent operation and with great potential for new investments. Its main shareholders are international funds. Under the presidency of the... Continue Reading →
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has joined forces with leading offshore wind developers and seabed mobility experts to provide clear guidance on seabed change and how it affects offshore wind and marine energy projects. ORE Catapult is leading a consortium of offshore renewables giants – SSE, ESB, Scottish Power Renewables, and RWE – with... Continue Reading →
German renewable energy company RWE said Wednesday that 40 of the 72 offshore wind turbines at what will be Denmark's largest offshore wind farm Thor will be equipped with recyclable rotor blades. The 40 SG 14-236 DD wind turbines will be equipped with recyclable rotor blades manufactured by Siemens Gamesa. Installation at sea is expected... Continue Reading →
Norwegian energy firm Equinor has selected the engineering firm DORIS to provide Owner’s Engineering services under a Master Services Framework Agreement for offshore wind and low-carbon projects. Across the five-year agreement, DORIS will provide its expertise in these energy industries to Equinor across its project portfolio. DORIS will deliver services to Equinor across three central... Continue Reading →
(OE) Frontera Energy Corporation, in partnership with CGX Energy, said Tuesday it had reached total depth (TD) of 20,450' on the Wei-1 bypass exploration and appraisal well (Wei-1BP1), offshore Guyana. The original Wei-1 wellbore reached a depth of 19,142'. A bypass well (Wei-1BP1) was drilled from 18,757' to total depth (TD) and penetrated the primary... Continue Reading →
(PH) Angelica Ruiz took charge of bp in Brazil just three months ago, but she already has a lot of work ahead of her. The executive, who accumulates the position of VP of Latin America, has the challenge of leading the operation of a company that, present in the country since 1957, operates in the... Continue Reading →
(OET) Total E&P do Brazil, a subsidiary of France’s energy giant TotalEnergies, has exercised a contract extension with Norway’s shipping company Siem Offshore for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) carrying out operations off Brazil. According to Siem Offshore, a 12-month option has been exercised for PSVs Siem Atlas and Siem Giant for continued operations offshore Brazil. This enables both... Continue Reading →
(OE) In a Westwood survey on offshore wind cost inflation, nearly three-quarters of industry players indicated that they had started reviewing the viability of their projects in light of recent cost increases, with over 90% indicating that decision-making had slowed as a result. The survey and market analysis by Westwood explores the impact of inflation... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Minority shareholders of Siemens Gamesa on Tuesday approved a capital reduction for the remaining 2.21% stake parent Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) does not already own, paving the way for a full integration of the Spanish-based wind turbine maker. "This is an important step in preparing for full integration. Besides, the turnaround program at Siemens Gamesa, Mistral,... Continue Reading →
The drillship DS-17, owned by Valaris, arrived off the coast of Rio de Janeiro to begin its exploratory campaign in the Bacalhau field, in the Santos Basin. This will be the second exploratory rig in operation in the field – the first of which, West Saturn, began activities in November last year. The DS-17 is... Continue Reading →
