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(PN) British oil company BP has notified the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) about the discovery of oil signs in the pioneer well of the Pau Brasil block, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. As we reported, the well (which received the technical name 1-BP-12D-RJS) is located in a water depth of 2,283 meters... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) An Exxon Mobil consortium's crude output in Guyana has been fully restored at two floating production facilities after workers completed a natural gas pipeline tie-in, a company spokesperson said on Monday. Output had fallen to between 400,000 and 500,000 barrels per day from July 2 through the end of the month, government data showed,... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) The internal turret buoy single-point mooring system developed by China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC), controlled by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has received two approvals in principle (AIP), one from the China Classification Society (CCC) and another from Bureau Veritas. As the system is said to be the first of its kind... Continue Reading →
This is an op-ed piece by Liz Burdock, Founder and CEO of Oceantic Network, the US offshore renewable energy industry organisation. (offshoreWIND.biz) When I started Oceantic Network 11 years ago, I was motivated by the confident belief that offshore wind would be an economic and environmental game-changer for the U.S. Not only because of the industry’s... Continue Reading →
(OE) DeepOcean won a contract extension with Diavaz for the vessel, Arbol Grande. The vessel will work on Inspection Maintenance and Repair (IMR) services in Mexico for the next five years. Arbol Grande is a construction and subsea vessel, delivered in 2003 with specifications tailor made for the Mexican market. The vessel has been used as an accommodation and... Continue Reading →
(OE) Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. completed the purchase on the market of 89,500 shares of common stock of MODEC, Inc. and along with the 10,162,300 shares already acquired in June 2023, MOL now holds a 15% stake in MODEC and will make it an equity-method affiliate. MODEC is a leading company in the offshore oil... Continue Reading →
Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (OE) The intermittency of offshore wind power is both a challenge and an opportunity for green hydrogen production. There will be a new generation of platforms taking up space in offshore wind farms as hydrogen production is used to help balance power supply and demand. Green hydrogen could be produced at... Continue Reading →
(OE) British startup DRIFT Energy has closed a seed funding round for making green energy at sea using hi-tech sailing vessels. Led by Octopus Ventures, one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in the UK and Europe, and with support from Blue Action Accelerator, the company has secured £4.65 million ($6 million),... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) DOF Subsea has secured a contract extension for its high-end subsea vessel that will keep the vessel busy until mid-2028. The new commitment for DOF’s Skandi Africa will run until May 2028 and will commence in direct continuation with the current commitment, which runs until February 2025. According to the company, the high-end subsea vessel... Continue Reading →
(TN) OceanPact received the award for the third most honored company in Latin America, in the small cap category in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical sector, in the traditional survey conducted by Institutional Investor Research, which consulted around 1,200 investors and market analysts. OceanPact's “Investor Day” was considered the best in this same category.... Continue Reading →
