(OEM) The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has issued a tender for offshore geotechnical investigations at the Nederwiek Wind Farm Zone. The contracts to be awarded under the tender, which is divided into two lots, are valued at €45.5 million in total. Through the first lot, RVO will award a contract worth €11 million for a seabed cone... Continue Reading →
IEEFA warns of worsening inflation in power sector with carbon capture and storage in the mix – Long read
(OEM) In a world besieged by energy and climate crises, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is often presented as a net-zero solution. However, a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) points out that adding CCS to fossil-fired power plants will have unsustainable implications on electricity prices, with the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Climate Supplement
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras informs that today it released the new edition of its Climate Supplement. The document details information regarding Petrobras' emissions performance in 2022, in addition to the progress made in indicators related to climate change commitments. The Climate Supplement also presents how the challenges of climate change are reflected in the company's... Continue Reading →
Karoon Energy starts production in the second Patola well
(PN) Karoon made another advance in its Patola field, located in block BM-S-40, in the Santos Basin. The Australian operator stated that it has started production from the field's second well (PAT-1), at an initial rate of more than 12,000 barrels of oil per day. The total production of the BM-S-40 block is now over... Continue Reading →
TenneT Awards $25B in Contracts to Build North Sea-to-shore connections
(OE) Dutch state-owned electric grid company TenneT has awarded 11 contracts worth a combined 23 billion euros ($25 billion) to build systems connecting wind farms in the North Sea to shore, it said on Thursday. The contracts are being awarded to consortia led by Hitachi Energy and by General Electric, and caused shares in Petrofac, part of the Hitachi consortium,... Continue Reading →
CIP signs 2GW of Philippines offshore contracts
(RN) CIP, through its New Markets Fund, and the Philippines Government have signed a series of Offshore Wind Service Contracts with aggregate capacity estimated at 2GW. The fund signed the 25-year contracts with the Department of Energy, making CIP the first company to venture on a 100% foreign-owned basis into offshore wind development in the... Continue Reading →
GOP suggests raising U.S. debt ceiling in exchange for energy permitting reform
(Bloomberg) – Republicans are floating legislation that would ease energy permitting in exchange for raising the U.S. debt ceiling, creating a potential path to avoid a default. The White House is still insisting on a bill that simply raises the debt ceiling without conditions. But an agreement on energy permitting could benefit projects ranging from... Continue Reading →
Halliburton to assist Petrobras in stepping up digitalisation and enhancing exploration ops
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has picked Halliburton’s digital platform to accelerate digital transformation and address subsurface challenges. Halliburton revealed on Wednesday, 29 March 2023, that Petrobras would use its Landmark iEnergy digital platform. This comes after the two players executed a contract that gives Petrobras access to the entire Halliburton Landmark DecisionSpace 365 Geoscience... Continue Reading →
Goldwind: Global offshore wind power to expand thousands-fold in coming decades
(CGTN) Goldwind, the world's top wind turbine supplier in 2022, expects the global offshore wind power market to expand hundreds-fold, possibly even thousands-fold, in the next few decades. "The global offshore wind power development we see now is just the beginning," Wu Kai, vice president of Goldwind, told CGTN in Beijing. "With the comprehensive utilization... Continue Reading →
US energy officials release strategy to boost offshore wind
(AP) The U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday it has a new strategy to meet the goal of vastly expanding offshore wind energy to address climate change. The Biden administration wants to build 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030 — enough to power more than 10 million homes. The turbines would be anchored to the seafloor.... Continue Reading →