(Offshore-energy.biz) Bermuda-headquartered owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) midstream infrastructure Golar LNG has sealed a deal with Pan American Energy (PAE), a Latin American integrated energy company, for a multi-year use of a floating LNG (FLNG) vessel, which will leverage Argentina’s prolific natural gas resources, positioning the South American country for further LNG... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore and Technip Energies Launch Floating Wind Joint Venture
(O) SBM Offshore and Technip Energies have formally launched Ekwil, a 50-50 joint venture dedicated to floating offshore wind. Ekwil is a pure player delivery partner offering a diversified range of ‘series production’ floating offshore wind solutions to meet the growing and demanding needs of energy customers around the world. The joint venture brings together... Continue Reading →
EU Approves Major $11.6B Investment in French Offshore Wind
(OE) The European Commission has approved a $11.64 billion (€10.82 billion) French scheme to support the deployment of offshore wind energy, which will help foster the transition towards a net-zero economy. The state aid scheme will run for 20 years. In particular, the measure will support the construction and operation of two bottom-fixed offshore wind... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies and Partners to Develop Reusable Floating Wind Anchors
(OE) Technip Energies, in partnership with Université Gustave Eiffel, Valeco, and OPEN-C Foundation, has launched the PAREF project, an R&D program aimed at accelerating industrial-scale development of floating wind. The project, funded by the French State as part of France 2030 operated by ADEME, aims to design, fabricate, and test a reusable anchoring system, high... Continue Reading →
SLB OneSubsea Gets TotalEnergies’ Kaminho Deepwater Job Off Angola
(OE) SLB, through its OneSubsea joint venture, has secured a contract from TotalEnergies to provide subsea production system, including associated equipment and services, for the development of Kaminho project, offshore Angola. SLB OneSubsea, a joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, will provide a 13-well subsea production system scope. The project will be developed... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs on the Addendum to the Cessation Commitment (TCC) for Gas signed with CADE
Petrobras, in continuity to the Material Fact disclosed on May 22, 2024, informs that the Court of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense ("CADE") and Petrobras signed, today, an addendum to the Terms of Cessation Commitment ("TCC") for Gas, signed on July 8, 2019. As announced by Petrobras, the addendum results from extensive debates between... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs on the Addendum to the Cessation Commitment (TCC) for Refining signed with CADE
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras, in continuity to the Material Fact disclosed on May 22, 2024, informs that the Court of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (”CADE”) and Petrobras signed an addendum to the Terms of Cessation Commitment (”TCC”) for Refining, signed in 2019, through which new obligations were agreed involving the activities carried out... Continue Reading →
Transpetro carries out unprecedented oil transshipment operation at the Port of Itaqui (MA)
(TN) On June 29th and 30th, Transpetro carried out the first oil transfer operation between ships (Ship to Ship) at the Port of Itaqui, in Maranhão. The company was already transshipping diesel and gasoline at the São Luís Terminal. With the operation, the Port of Itaqui returns to handling oil after 40 years, which demonstrates... Continue Reading →
Trident Energy Ready to Restart Drilling Off Equatorial Guinea
(OE) U.K.-based oil and gas company Trident Energy has welcomed Noble Corporation’s Noble Venturer drillship for a new drilling campaign offshore Equatorial Guinea, expected to begin shortly. Trident Equatorial is the operator of Block G in the Ceiba and Okume complex fields offshore Equatorial Guinea. The drilling campaign, which is expected to recommence shortly with... Continue Reading →
BOEM Approves COP for Avangrid’s New England Wind Projects
(OE) The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced its approval of Avangrid's New England Wind Construction and Operations Plan (COP), which authorizes construction and operation of two wind energy projects. This is the final approval of these two projects from BOEM, following the agency’s April 2024 Record of Decision. The approval will permit... Continue Reading →