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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its CEO, Jean Paul Prates, submitted to the Executive Board, which in turn, discussed and validated the following proposals, to be considered in the Strategic Planning, in compliance with current governance practices, the commitment to create value and the company's long-term financial sustainability: 1) Total attention to people,... Continue Reading →
Vaca Muerta, one of the world’s largest oil and gas shale reservoirs and Argentina’s most critical asset in helping propel the country’s hydrocarbons output higher, ended the year with outstanding figures. Record production and impressive well performance advances were met by short-term takeaway constraints as many ambitious commitments to increase capacity are yet to be... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - General Electric Co (GE.N) has settled all its outstanding wind turbine technology patent disputes in the United States and Europe with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A (GAM.HA), the companies said on Friday. Terms of the settlement, which was described as amicable, were not disclosed. Under the deal, the companies and their subsidiaries will receive cross licenses... Continue Reading →
(OE) UK-based machine learning and applied AI company Cognitive Business has won a contract to provide a complete package of AI and forecasting to RWE’s Robin Rigg wind farm offshore Scotland. Congitive Business will to provide the wind farm with a suite of AI, Pattern Recognition and Production Forecasting technology that will enable the owner-operator to predict... Continue Reading →
(PN) Brazil's energy matrix offers technological opportunities that can place the country at the forefront of decarbonization in a wide range of demand segments. The analysis is by energy research firm Rystad Energy. According to the consultancy, the country has a head start in the transition to low-carbon energy compared to many other large countries... Continue Reading →
(OW) The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine floating wind foundation projects in Phase One of the FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize. Each project will receive USD 100,000 in funding and USD 75,000 in vouchers for technical support provided by DOE national laboratories. The winners of the first phase of the FLOWIN... Continue Reading →
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has picked Halliburton’s digital platform to accelerate digital transformation and address subsurface challenges. Halliburton revealed on Wednesday, 29 March 2023, that Petrobras would use its Landmark iEnergy digital platform. This comes after the two players executed a contract that gives Petrobras access to the entire Halliburton Landmark DecisionSpace 365 Geoscience... Continue Reading →
(CGTN) Goldwind, the world's top wind turbine supplier in 2022, expects the global offshore wind power market to expand hundreds-fold, possibly even thousands-fold, in the next few decades. "The global offshore wind power development we see now is just the beginning," Wu Kai, vice president of Goldwind, told CGTN in Beijing. "With the comprehensive utilization... Continue Reading →
(AP) The U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday it has a new strategy to meet the goal of vastly expanding offshore wind energy to address climate change. The Biden administration wants to build 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030 — enough to power more than 10 million homes. The turbines would be anchored to the seafloor.... Continue Reading →
(OW) Following Principle Power and Ocergy, California – the US state poised to become one of the global floating wind hotspots – is now also home to the third US floating wind technology developer, Aikido Technologies, which aims to launch a demonstration project next year and plans on rolling its technology out internationally, once it is ready... Continue Reading →
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