Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media, clarifies that the signing of the tolling contract with Unigel complied with the company's governance system and all the relevant procedures, including the limit of competence laid down in the internal rules in force for the approval of service contracts. The value of... Continue Reading →
RWE and Masdar Form 3GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Pact
(OE) Masdar, the UAE’s clean energy powerhouse, has acquired a 49% stake in the UK Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind projects as part of the agreement with RWE. The partners will now jointly forge ahead with the delivery of these flagship projects. RWE, with a 51% stake, will lead development, construction and operation throughout... Continue Reading →
Engie’s Billion-Dollar Tax Equity Financing
(GIS) Engie North America secured over $1 billion in tax equity financing from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and BNP Paribas to finance the development of six renewable projects, focusing on diverse U.S. markets under the ERCOT, MISO, and SPP regions, with a combined capacity of 1.3 gigawatts. Engie's involvement in the ERCOT market is important including a collaboration with Schneider Electric on a solar-plus-storage... Continue Reading →
Hull reserved for Guyana’s Jaguar FPSO – SBM Offshore
(ON) Dutch shipbuilder, SBM Offshore, said it has reserved a multi-purpose floater hull for the Jaguar floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel it is expected to construct for ExxonMobil’s sixth development offshore Guyana. In its 2023 Annual Report, the company said the hull ‘MPF5’, for the Jaguar FPSO, is under fabrication at China’s SWS... Continue Reading →
New York Awards Equinor and Orsted New Offshore Wind Contracts
(OE) New York officials on Thursday awarded provisional contracts to two proposed offshore wind projects under a program meant to support the embattled industry and keep the state's clean energy goals on track. The state selected a planned 810-megawatt project, Empire Wind 1, (developed by Equinor) and Sunrise Wind, a planned 924-megawatt project (developed by... Continue Reading →
Trinidad and Tobago Extends Deadline for Shallow-Water Auction
(Reuters) Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday extended by almost two months a deadline to submit bids for an auction of shallow-water oil and gas blocks, the government said. Trinidad is Latin America's largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with installed capacity of 15 million metric tons per year, and one of the world's biggest exporters of methanol... Continue Reading →
US Offshore Wind: Down but Not Out
(As published in the February 2024 edition of Marine News magazine by Eric Haun) “The winds of change are blowing wild and free.” – Bob Dylan In the U.S. offshore wind industry, developments over recent months have placed an exclamation point on the word “wild”. Yes, the wind still blows “free”, but mounting challenges have proven... Continue Reading →
MME Sec. Barral says Brazil has goal of making viable three large scale Green Hydrogen projects by 2030
(PN) The National Secretary for Energy Transition and Planning of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Thiago Barral, participated this week in a joint hearing of the Infrastructure Services Commission (CI) and the Senate Environment Commission. At the meeting, he discussed the initiatives of the National Hydrogen Program (PNH2). In his speech, Barral highlighted that... Continue Reading →
PGS makes energy-efficient move for eight of its vessels
(Offshore-energy.biz)) Norwegian seismic company PGS is switching to energy-efficient lighting for eight of its seismic vessels as part of its sustainability targets and desire to comply with emission reduction targets and new regulations. PGS appointed compatriot lighting company Glamox to deliver energy-saving lighting for the eight vessels that deliver seismic surveys of the seabed. The first... Continue Reading →
Will Oil & Gas remain decarbonization’s low hanging fruit? Wood Mackenzie
(Offahore-energy.biz) The shifting sands of time are bringing winds of change to the global energy landscape in a bid to make it more sustainable, so that, the climate change woes can be tackled before time runs out. This has spurred decarbonization over the years, imbuing it with greater vigor. However, these efforts are not yet... Continue Reading →