Offshore engineering and installation firm McDermott has teamed up with electrical equipment giant Schneider Electric, and io consulting - a Baker Hughes company - to design carbon-neutral facilities for the upstream oil and natural gas market. The trio plans to jointly explore and develop a proof of concept based on an offshore platform reference case,... Continue Reading →
Keppel O&M Scores $442M Vessel Order in Offshore Renewables Sector
Singapore's Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) said Friday it had secured a contract valued at approximately S$600 million (USD 442 million) in the offshore renewable energy industry. Sharing the news on Friday, Keppel gave little details on the client and the type of order. It said that the contract was with "an energy... Continue Reading →
Floating Wind Supply Chain Group Formed in UK
A floating offshore wind supply chain group has been formed in Scotland, as a subgroup of the Scottish DeepWind supply chain cluster, looking to ensure that the local firms benefit from the nascent but growing floating offshore wind industry. "Scotland is currently the world leader in the deployment of floating offshore wind with the Hywind... Continue Reading →
Airborne Oil & Gas becomes Strohm
Dutch-based thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) manufacturer Airborne Oil & Gas has changed its name to Strohm. The launch of the new brand comes as the organisation confirms its commitment to the oil and gas sector’s energy transition and accelerates its strategic growth into the renewables market. The company was the first in the world to... Continue Reading →
OPEC Says Oil Demand to Plateau in Late 2030s
World oil demand will plateau in the late 2030s and could by then have begun to decline, OPEC said on Thursday, in a major shift for the producer group that reflects the lasting impact of the coronavirus crisis on the economy and consumer habits. The prediction from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, made in its... Continue Reading →
Total adds another floating wind project to its portfolio
Total has bought a 20 per cent stake in the EolMed floating wind pilot project in France, located in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan and near Port-La-Nouvelle. The 30 MW EolMed will feature three MHI Vestas 10 MW turbines installed on Ideol’s Damping Pool floating foundation and is scheduled to be built in 2023.... Continue Reading →
Shell to cut up to 9,000 jobs in low-carbon transition
(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell announced on Wednesday plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs, or over 10% of its workforce, as part of a major overhaul to shift the oil and gas giant to low-carbon energy. Shell, which had 83,000 employees at the end of 2019, said that the reorganization will lead to additional... Continue Reading →
Total to increase investments in renewable energy production
(Reuters) - France's Total TOTF.PA on Wednesday said it would hike its annual investments in renewable energy and electricity by 50% as it cuts its reliance on oil and aims to become a major low-carbon power producer. Faced with gloomy long-term prospects for oil demand, Total has been accelerating a push into alternative sources of revenue, with... Continue Reading →
Energy transition could force majors to sell or swap $100B in oil and gas assets
To adjust and transform to cleaner sources of energy, the world’s largest oil and gas firms could sell or swap oil and gas assets of more than $100 billion, Rystad said. Rystad said on Tuesday that oil and gas majors were revising their long-term oil price and demand outlook and that they need to streamline... Continue Reading →
Shell teams up with Microsoft in push to lower carbon emissions
Oil major Shell and tech giant Microsoft are embarking on a new strategic alliance to support progress towards a world with net-zero emissions. Joining other oil majors like BP and Equinor, Shell revealed its plans to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 or sooner back in April 2020. Shell and Microsoft said on Tuesday that... Continue Reading →