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(oilprice.com) Exxon’s chief executive has warned president-elect Donald Trump it would be a bad idea to leave the Paris Agreement on climate change, saying it would create uncertainty for the business world. “I don’t think the stops and starts are the right thing for businesses,” Darren Woods told the Wall Street Journal in an interview. “It is... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) ScottishPower has awarded Siemens Gamesa a turbine contract worth more than GBP 1 billion for its 960 MW East Anglia Two offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the contract, Siemens Gamesa will supply 64 of its flagship SG 14-236 DD wind turbines, which have a rotor diameter of 236 metres, for ScottishPower’s third... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Norwegian company Entrion Wind has been issued a US patent for its Fully Restrained Platform (FRP) monopile, which combines fixed and floating platform technologies. The technology can extend the water depths for monopile foundations to up to 100 metres, according to the company. Entrion Wind plans to commercially roll out the FRP monopile in... Continue Reading →
(PN) According to the company's Director of Engineering, Technology and Innovation, Renata Baruzzi, the bidding processes for the contracting of two FPSOs for the Sergipe Aguas Profundas project (SEAP 1 and 2) will be launched by the end of this year. Petrobras is currently discussing with the other companies in the SEAP consortium the best... Continue Reading →
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has made the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed SouthCoast Wind Project available. If approved, the project could generate up to 2.4GW of offshore wind energy, enough to power more than 800,000 homes. The SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC proposal includes up to 147 wind turbine... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Swiss asset manager Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) will raise its stake in Eni's Plenitude unit to 10%, in a deal that values the group's retail and renewable business at more than 10 billion euros ($11 billion) including debt. The Italian energy group said in a statement on Monday that EIP had agreed to subscribe... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil announced details of its new climate change pledge late on Friday night that sets a target to lower the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, which it will present during the United Nations climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan, according to a government statement. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Brazil is the largest country in... Continue Reading →
– Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. following up on Communication of September 11, 2024, informs that the Natural Gas Processing Unit (UPGN), located at the Boaventura Energy Complex (Itaboraí, RJ), began commercial operation. The UPGN is currently operating with its first module, which has the capacity to process 10.5 million m³/day of gas. The second module is... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The World Bank Group, in collaboration with the Republic of Türkiye’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, has launched an offshore wind roadmap for the country that outlines the potential for up to 7 GW of capacity to be installed by 2040. The Government of Türkiye has set a target of 5 GW installed capacity... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Argentine state oil company YPF blew past expectations with a third-quarter net profit of $1.47 billion posted on Thursday, boosted by increases in output and prices of oil and natural gas. Analysts polled by LSEG expected YPF to post a much smaller net profit of $312 million, but still reversing its year-ago loss... Continue Reading →
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