(Reuters) - Top U.S. oilfield service firms SLB and Halliburton posted higher quarterly profits on Friday helped by strong global demand, but they warned of softer activity in North America for the second half of this year. Oilfield service providers have in recent quarters bet on growth overseas, particularly in the Middle East and Asia, as well... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Ecopetrol in talks to buy CrownRock stake from Occidental
(Reuters) - Colombia's majority state-owned energy company Ecopetrol said on Friday that it is in talks with U.S. oil major Occidental Petroleum to possibly buy a stake in CrownRock. Ecopetrol, in a statement, did not include additional details and added that a final decision on the size of the stake and the amount it could pay were... Continue Reading →
Fugro Nets Fresh Work for Community Offshore Wind on US East Coast
(OE) Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE and National Grid Ventures, has selected Fugro to perform a geotechnical investigation of their lease area in the New York Bight. With 3 GW of offshore wind energy potential, the developed lease area could power more than one million homes in the region, making a valuable... Continue Reading →
Future oil growth likely centered in Guyana-Suriname, GlobalData finds
(OilNow.gy) The oil and gas industry has long underpinned the global economy, with demand growing steadily except during the COVID-19 pandemic. New discoveries and massive oilfield reserves sustain global production, essential for meeting this demand. In May 2024, GlobalData conducted a poll to identify which oil field developments have the best short to medium-term prospects.... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind Turbines Offer Path for Clean Hydrogen Production
NREL Researchers Identify Promising Locations off US Coastlines for Installation of Technology (CleanTechnica.com) Using electricity generated by offshore wind turbines as one pathway to split water to produce clean hydrogen may make economic sense, particularly along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, according to researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory... Continue Reading →
California greenlights 25 GW floating offshore wind scheme
(Splash) The California Energy Commission has approved a strategic plan to develop a massive floating offshore wind industry with the aim of achieving 25 GW of capacity by 2045. California’s electricity grid is served by nearly 35,000 MW of renewable resources today, but to meet the 2045 goal, the state will need an additional 148,000... Continue Reading →
Atlantic Shores seeks first offshore wind role in New Jersey
(Reuters) - Atlantic Shores, a joint venture of Shell and France's EDF , on Wednesday submitted a proposal to be the initial provider of offshore wind energy to the state of New Jersey in the Fourth Offshore Wind Solicitation. The project proposed involves Atlantic Shores Projects 1 and 2, which can generate more than 2,800 megawatt of electricity,... Continue Reading →
Ørsted Assumes Full Ownership of Sunrise Wind Offshore Wind Farm
(OE) Ørsted has completed the acquisition of Eversource’s 50 % share of Sunrise Wind, a 924 MW offshore wind farm located off the coast of New York. The purchase price at closing to acquire Eversource’s share of Sunrise Wind is $152 million. At signing in January 2024, the transaction was valued at $230 million, and... Continue Reading →
Dominion Buying Iberdrola’s US Offshore Wind Lease Area North of CVOW Project Site
(offshoreWind.biz)Iberdrola, through its US subsidiary Avangrid, and Virginia Electric and Power Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy, have signed an agreement under which Dominion will acquire the Kitty Hawk North Wind offshore wind lease area. The site, located some 40 kilometres north of the under-construction Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, would be renamed CVOW-South,... Continue Reading →
Global hydro rebound will curb fossil fuel growth in 2024: Kemp
(Reuters) - Global hydroelectric generation slumped to a five-year low last year as a result of lower-than-average rainfall across China, North America and India, contributing to record fossil fuel combustion and emissions in 2023. Global hydro generation amounted to 4,240 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2023 down from a record 4,359 billion kWh in 2020, according... Continue Reading →