Bureau Veritas, a testing, inspection, and certification company, will work with the Korean Register (KR) to certify Bada Energy's Gray Whale 3 floating offshore wind farm project in Ulsan, South Korea. Gray Whale 3 floating offshore wind farm is a product of a partnership between Corio Generation, a Green Investment Group company, and the French... Continue Reading →
Karoon completes drilling well in Patola and results exceeds expectations
(PN) Australian Karoon Energy announced that it has concluded the drilling of the PAT-2 well in the Patola prospect, located in the Santos Basin. The well was drilled with the Noble Developer rig (formerly known as Maersk Developer) and reached a total depth of 2,313 meters. According to the company, the preliminary interpretation of the... Continue Reading →
Fugro Wins Survey Deal at U.S. Offshore Wind Project
(OED) Community Offshore Wind, a U.S. joint venture between RWE Renewables and National Grid, has awarded Fugro an offshore survey contract to support site appraisal and concept design activities in the New York Bight. The joint venture was last year succesful in a joint bid in the New York Bight offshore lease auction which it secured area OCS-A... Continue Reading →
Brazil: No Gato do Mato Offshore Field FID in Next 12-24 Months, FPSO Firm Says
(OE) Shell's Brazilian subsidiary Shell Brasil Petróleo will not be making final investment decision (FID) on its Gato do Mato oil and gas field development offshore Brazil within the next 12 to 24 months. This is according to FPSO leasing firm BW Offshore which said Monday that Shell had informed it of its decision. BW... Continue Reading →
Geophysical survey underway at Irish offshore wind project
A geophysical survey has commenced at the Oriel Wind Park project off County Louth in the Irish Sea. The ultra-high-resolution geophysical survey started in November and is expected to be completed by mid-December, subject to weather and operational constraints. The goal of the survey, which will be carried out by the shallow draft vessel Fastnet Pelican,... Continue Reading →
Application period closes for Scottish offshore wind round targeting oil & gas decarbonization, innovation projects
(OET) Crown Estate Scotland has closed the window for applications under its Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round, dedicated to offshore wind projects that will directly reduce emissions from oil and gas production and to small scale innovation projects, including alternative outputs such as hydrogen. A two-week registration window for INTOG opened... Continue Reading →
Angola: Chevron Extends Jack-up Drilling Rig Contract
(OE) Oslo-listed offshore drilling company Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for its Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig. The contract is in direct continuation of its current contract for drilling operations offshore Angola until November 2023. The contract includes an additional one-year option. According to Shelf Drilling's fleet status report, the BMC Pacific 375... Continue Reading →
Shell Wraps Up Bonga FPSO Maintenance in Nigeria
(Reuters) Shell has completed a scheduled maintenance at its 200,000 barrels-per-day Bonga deep water storage and offloading vessel in Nigeria, a spokesperson said. The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company said in a statement late on Thursday that the maintenance was completed in 22 days, less than the scheduled 30 days. Bonga is typically one... Continue Reading →
American Offshore Energy Launches Novel Floating Wind Turbine Design
American Offshore Energy (AOE) has this week announced novel patents in the floating wind turbine industry including a vertical axis wind turbine which, the company says, can be deployed quickly, and even submerged in the wake of a hurricane. AOE said said: "The AOE VAWT design, the "American Turbine", is the first wind turbine that... Continue Reading →
Transocean to Buy Newbuild Ultra-Deepwater Drillship from DSME Ordered by Seadrill in 2013
(OE) Offshore drilling contractor Transocean said Thursday that it had together with Perestroika and funds managed by Lime Rock Management L.P created a joint venture, Liquila Ventures. Liquila Ventures agreed with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (“DSME”), to purchase Hull 3623, the ultra-deepwater newbuild drillship formerly known as West Aquila, for approximately $200 million.... Continue Reading →
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