Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) said Thursday that Enel Green Power (EGP) has deployed OPT's PB3 PowerBuoy off the coast of Las Cruces, Chile to support the country’s transition to clean energy. OPT’s PB3 PowerBuoy converts wave motion into electricity to supply continuous and autonomous power and enable secure collection and transmission of data from... Continue Reading →
Fugro Assisting Jumbo with Mero 1 Offshore Work in Brazil
Dutch offshore services provider Fugro has won a deal with offshore transportation and installation firm Jumbo Maritime to provide providing positioning and construction support services on the Mero 1 deepwater field development, offshore Brazil. Using its navigation suite and augmented reality camera system Fugro is supporting Jumbo in the installation of 35 subsea torpedo piles and... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC Awarded a Significant Subsea Contract for Petrobras’ Marlim and Voador Fields
(BUSINESS WIRE)--TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) (PARIS: FTI) today announced that it has been awarded a significant(1) subsea contract from Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) for the Marlim and Voador fields, located offshore Brazil. “We are very excited to bring new technology and automation capabilities to this project through the use of the RVC to operate the manifolds. Our innovations... Continue Reading →
Kraken Robotics Buys Brazil’s 13 Robotics
Canada-based offshore robotics company Kraken Robotics has acquired Brazil's 13 Robotics Ltda of Brazil (“13R”). The 13R team, with offices in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, Brazil, consists of software developers and engineers who have significant experience in underwater robotics and autonomous systems for the energy markets, Kraken said. "Since inception in 2013, 13R have... Continue Reading →
Shell to Produce Majority of Oil and Gas Reserves by 2050. Plays Down Stranded Assets Risk
Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday the majority of its oil and gas reserves will be produced by 2050, playing down the risk of stranded assets as it prepares to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades. The disclosure is a rare admission by a major oil and gas company that some of... Continue Reading →
Chevron, Moreld Invest in Floating Wind Tech Firm Ocergy
Oil major Chevron has, via its Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), entered the offshore wind arena through investment in Ocergy, a company developing floating offshore wind turbine foundation technology and environmental monitoring buoy. Ocergy, Inc, a company with offices in Oakland, California, and in Aix-en-Provence, France, said Tuesday it had secured investments from Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) and the... Continue Reading →
ADM, Eunisell Exploring Barracuda Field Development Options
Oil and gas investment company ADM Energy which in March agreed to invest in the development of the Barracuda oil field in OML 141, an existing discovery and near-term production asset in swamp/shallow waters offshore Nigeria, has signed a deal with Eunissel to explore collaboration to develop the Barracuda. Under the term of the agreement, ADM... Continue Reading →
Halliburton and Optime Subsea forge global alliance
Oilfield services giant Halliburton has formed a global strategic alliance with Optime Subsea to jointly commercialize and deploy subsea interventions and controls. The alliance entails applying Optime Subsea’s Remotely Operated Controls System (ROCS) to Halliburton’s completion landing string services, the alliance partners informed. The companies will also collaborate and offer intervention and workover control system... Continue Reading →
Vitol $85 billion revenue hit offset by trading profits
(Reuters) - Global energy trader Vitol suffered an $85 billion fall in revenue last year, but its profits were boosted as trading plays offset the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oil demand and prices. Many traders benefited in 2020 from extreme oil price volatility and storage opportunities. In April last year, U.S. light sweet... Continue Reading →
Winds of Change: How Enel and Iberdrola Powered Up for the Energy Transition
Europe's biggest utilities Enel and Iberdrola saw the clean energy transition coming decades ago when others baulked at the high cost of producing energy from the sun and wind and instead stuck with coal and oil. Thanks to early decisions to buy power grids and build renewable plants, the once-staid utilities are now among a... Continue Reading →