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(OET) Transocean Aquila Limited, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Transocean, has kicked off a multi-million dollar private offering of senior secured notes due 2028. The firm will use the net proceeds from the notes to partially finance the construction, acquisition, and improvement or alteration of a newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship and to fund the initial debt... Continue Reading →
(OE) Argeo, a provider of robotic and digital solutions for the ocean space, and Shearwater GeoServices, a global provider of geophysical marine seismic acquisition and processing services, have entered a strategic alliance for innovating and pioneering new technology and products across the subsea and marine seismic markets. The alliance said it aimed to drive innovation across... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Shell CEO Wael Sawan has come under pressure over his strategy from within the energy company after two employees issued a rare open letter urging him not to scale back investments in renewable energy, sparking an internal debate. The open letter, posted earlier this month on Shell's internal web and seen by Reuters this week, comes... Continue Reading →
The Northeast Consortium and the World Bank signed today (25) a memorandum of understanding with an eye on the development of projects focused on clean energy, water and sanitation, the environment and connectivity. Among the areas of action established in the document are projects related to the use of low-carbon hydrogen and the distribution of... Continue Reading →
The US has almost 53 GW of offshore wind projects in operation, development and planning stages. This could power more than 18 million US households if all the projects currently in development and planning are built. The US offshore wind pipeline reached 52,687 MW at the end of May 2023, with two offshore wind farms... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The bosses of Portuguese utility EDP and oil company Galp on Tuesday warned the government the guaranteed price of the power generated will be key to preventing the first auction of floating offshore wind farms from failing like a recent one in Britain. Portugal's first auction for floating offshore wind farms, set to be... Continue Reading →
(OW) The US will need around USD 36 billion (around EUR 34 billion) over the next decade to meet the nation’s offshore wind port infrastructure gap, according to a report released by the Business Network for Offshore Wind. The report, called Building a National Network of Offshore Wind Ports: A $36B Plan for Domestic Clean Energy... Continue Reading →
(OE) Principle Power, a provider of floating foundation solutions for the floating wind industry, said Tuesday it had expanded its WindFloat product portfolio to two fully industrialized products: the existing WindFloat tubular design – now called WindFloat T – and the new flat panel, pontoon-based solution, known as the WindFloat F. Principle Power said both... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The Biden administration will complete its ambitious offshore wind leasing schedule on time next year, the Interior Department told Reuters, despite delays to preparatory work for the auctions and sagging demand from the industry. President Joe Biden’s White House is depending on rapid adoption of offshore wind to help decarbonize the U.S. power... Continue Reading →
(OE) Maersk Supply Service has secured a contract extension in Angola for its Subsea Support Vessel Maersk Involver for an additional 15 months. The Danish vessel owner said Monday that under the extended contract, the vessel and crew would support various subsea operations off the coast of Angola. "We truly appreciate and value the continued... Continue Reading →
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