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Renewable energy company RWE Renewables France and offshore vessel services provider Bourbon Subsea Services have agreed to jointly bid for the Mediterranean floating offshore wind auction. The two companies have applied to be selected as eligible bidder for the A06 tender, and the respective announcement by the French government is expected during the coming weeks. ... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company BW Energy has agreed to buy Saipem's Cidade de Vitoria FPSO for $73 million in cash. The vessel is currently owned by Saipem and operated for Petrobras in the Golfinho field offshore Brazil. The sale and purchase of the FPSO is subject to the closing of the acquisition by BW Energy... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dutch hydrogen technology developer, OneSea Energy, to collaborate in the field of floating offshore green hydrogen production. The Memorandum of Understanding provides that OneSea and Subsea 7 will move forward together in exploring and developing field-specific solutions for offshore hydrogen production. Both companies will... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Italy's Saipem (SPMI.MI) said on Thursday it would have financial resources available for less than one year if its plans to raise capital did not go through. The Italian energy services group on Wednesday launched a 2 billion-euro ($2.10 billion) rights issue, which will start on June 27, as it strives to bolster its finances... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has revealed that one of its drillships has set off towards Angola to embark on its new assignment with an affiliate of the U.S. energy giant, ExxonMobil. Back in October 2021, Valaris won a two-year deal for the drillship VALARIS DS-9 with Esso Exploration Angola, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, for operations offshore Angola. At... Continue Reading →
Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood) has revealed that of the 121 GW worth of floating offshore wind projects that the company is currently tracking using its WIndLogix intelligence software, close to 15 GW of floating wind capacity is expected to come online by 2030. Westwood says that 15 GW of capacity will account for four... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Italian energy services group Saipem said on Wednesday it would launch a planned 2 billion-euro ($2.10 billion) rights issue from June 27 as it strives to bolster its finances and re-focus its business after a surprise profit warning in January. The move is part of a plan to get the group back into the... Continue Reading →
German energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop, build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities that will supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required to produce low-emissions steel in Germany. The partnership centres on driving forward the production of carbon-neutral steel,... Continue Reading →
Global group Libra has acquired a U.S. shipyard through a subsidiary to capitalize on growing shipbuilding demand for the offshore wind industry as Washington accelerates efforts to boost cleaner power, top company executives said. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is pushing to expand the fledgling offshore wind energy industry in the coming decade by opening... Continue Reading →
(OED) Italian oil and gas firm Eni's giant oil find offshore Ivory Coast last year won the 'discovery of the year' award, and Eni also secured the title of the upstream industry’s most-admired explorer, an accolade awarded as part of Wood Mackenzie’s annual Exploration Survey. Eni's exploration director Luca Bertelli won the Lifetime Achievement Award, too.... Continue Reading →
