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(OE) State-backed export credit agency Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) has provided loan guarantee financing to Spanish energy company Iberdrola, a transaction that supports Norwegian exporters’ participation in the East Anglia Three wind park project in the UK. Through the transaction, Eksfin has provided guarantee financing for the first time to a Spanish energy company and... Continue Reading →
(OM) Mexico’s regulator has approved the unitized development plan for the offshore Zama oil field, according to partner Harbour Energy. The Pemex-led joint venture is now preparing to start the FEED and reassess cost estimates ahead of a potential final investment decision in 2024. Earlier this year Harbour participated in the Wintershall Dea-operated Kan-1 exploration... Continue Reading →
(OE) Renewable energy firms Mainstream Renewable Power and Ocean Winds have partnered to develop a second ScotWind floating offshore wind site of 500 MW east of Shetland, expanding the overall footprint of the Arven Offshore Wind Farm to 2.3 GW. Arven comprises two sites. The first is the 1.8 GW site east of the Shetland... Continue Reading →
(OET) Offshore accommodation provider Prosafe is optimistic about the demand outlook for 2024 and beyond, thanks to a substantial boost in tendering activity for this period. As a result, the vessel owner is anticipating higher day rates and fleet utilisation in the future. Prosafe recorded revenues of $21 million in 2Q 2023, compared to $60.9... Continue Reading →
Salamander, a floating offshore wind joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group, and Subsea7, looking to develop a 100 MW floating wind farm in Scotland, has appointed Hugh Yendole as development director. Yendole has more than 25 years of experience in the wind industry, and has played a crucial role in delivering and managing multiple ground-breaking offshore and... Continue Reading →
(OE) Rovco, a UK-based subsea robotics and survey firm, has won a contract with Flotation Energy to carry out a geo-environmental survey at its planned Cenos floating offshore windfarm, 200 kilometers off the north-east coast of Scotland. Located in the Central North Sea, the planned 1.4 GW Cenos floating wind development will cover approximately 333 km2. ... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oilfield services firms SLB, Subsea 7, Aker Solutions have received approvals from all relevant competition authorities to create a subsea joint venture, as proposed in August 2022. "Following clearance as of [Friday] by antitrust authorities in Brazil, all regulatory approvals/clearances required to close the transactions have been obtained, including required clearances in Angola, Mozambique, Australia, Norway,... Continue Reading →
(OED) The campaign to install the first of 277 turbines at the world’s largest offshore wind farm - the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK - is underway, SSE Renewables said Thursday. The 260-meter-tall offshore wind turbines – each almost twice the height of the London Eye – will be installed around 80 miles... Continue Reading →
(OE) Offshore engineering services company DORIS has been appointed Principal Designer on the Broadshore and Bellrock floating offshore wind farm projects in Scotland by the BlueFloat Energy | Renantis Partnership. The Broadshore and Bellrock projects are located 50 km north of Fraserburgh and 130 km east of Aberdeen, respectively. The floating wind farm projects are... Continue Reading →
Spain-headquartered Iberdrola has secured a EUR 500 million loan from Citi, partly guaranteed by the Norwegian Export Credit Agency (Eksfin), to support the development of the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. The loan has a drawdown period of two years. According to Iberdrola, it will improve the company’s liquidity... Continue Reading →
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