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(OE) Copenhagen Infrastructure Partner (CIP) has awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Aker Solutions and Principle Power for floating offshore wind projects in South Korea. Haewoori floating offshore wind 2 and 3 projects, each rated at 500 MW, are located off the coast of Ulsan. As part of the scope, Aker Solutions... Continue Reading →
(OE) Italian cable maker and installation services provider Prysmian Group has secured three contracts with German transmission system operator Amprion worth around $5 billion, for two offshore grid connection systems - BalWin1 and BalWin2 - and the underground cable project DC34. The contracts follow the selection of Prysmian as preferred bidder in August 2023. The... Continue Reading →
(OET) With the current energy ecosystem in mind, Japan’s FPSO operator MODEC has unveiled its new, mid-term business plan, covering the period from 2024 to 2026, which spotlights the Japanese player’s intention to further strengthen the profitability of its core FPSO business, strategically invest funds to decarbonize its FPSO units, develop new opportunities, and bolster... Continue Reading →
(OE) Woodside’s Trion oil and gas project has received approval for its Social Impact Assessment from the Mexican Ministry for Energy. Trion is a greenfield development that would represent the first oil production from Mexico’s deepwater. It is located in the Gulf of Mexico at a water depth of 2,500m, approximately 180km off the Mexican coastline. The Social... Continue Reading →
(OE) Wintershall Dea and its partners TotalEnergies and Pan American Energy have completed the installation of the Fénix platform offshore Argentina. The platform was installed around 60 kilometer off the coast of Tierra del Fuego, in 70-meter water depth. Given the size of the project, the logistics and the installation of the 4,800-ton platform were... Continue Reading →
(OE) Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Guyana for the provision of subsea construction and inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) services offshore Guyana in South America. Under the contract, DeepOcean will plan and execute a wide range of subsea activities, including subsea construction and jumper installations as well as subsea... Continue Reading →
(OET) Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has appointed a North Carolina-headquartered company to deliver a seal-less canned motor boosting system for its field in the Campos Basin with the aim of enabling reliable subsea production. Curtiss-Wright Corporation has signed a technology cooperation agreement with Petrobras to design, manufacture, test, and provide operational support for... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oil and gas company Enauta has released a note regarding the installation of mooring lines and torpedo anchors, designed by London Marine Consultants (LMC), for the FPSO Atlanta II offshore Brazil. The moorings are installed in over 1500 meters of water depth offshore Brazil on behalf of Malaysian FPSO leasing firm Yinson Production and... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is interested in increasing his investments in the oil sector, including in U.S.-based Talos Energy's (TALO.N), opens new tab projects, after the billionaire businessman bought a stake last year in a major offshore project discovered by Talos. Speaking at a press conference, Mexico's richest person signaled he would like to grow... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab hopes to settle details of a tie-up with Mubadala to take back control of the operation of a refinery owned by the Abu Dhabi sovereign investor by the end of the first half of the year, Petrobras' chief executive said on Tuesday. CEO Jean Paul Prates... Continue Reading →
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