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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors has considered, on today's date, the content of Official Letter 166/2023/GM-MME, of 02/28/2023, and of Official Letter 257/2023/GM-MME, of 03/29/2023, and considering its attributions, concluded that the review of the investment and divestment processes must be carried out based on the Company's "Strategic Plan",... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed to the market on 03/17/2023, informs that it received Official Letter 257/2023/GM-MME from the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), on today's date, in the following terms: 1. Petrobras disclosed a material fact on March 17, 2023, informing that its Executive Board forwarded, for... Continue Reading →
Taranaki Offshore Partnership (TOP), a partnership between NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) in New Zealand, has signed an agreement with Port Taranaki and BlueFloat Energy for a joint study into how the port’s assets, infrastructure and land can support the growth of the offshore wind industry in Aotearoa. The study, which aims to... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Norway on Wednesday opened tenders for two areas in the North Sea to build wind parks that could produce some 3 gigawatt (GW) of electricity, in a first step towards a goal of producing 30 GW by 2040, garnering strong interest from energy firms. Soerlige Nordsjoe II, bordering the Danish sector of the North Sea,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Norway on Wednesday opened its first tenders to build offshore wind farms, including one area for floating wind, in a step to meet growing electricity demand at home and to build a new industry. "In order to further develop Norway, the answer to almost all questions is that we need more energy production,... Continue Reading →
(OM) Petrobras has been a key driver of a tightening ultra-deepwater rig market, accounting for more than a quarter of all term floater contracts over the past two years, according to Evercore ISI’s latest Offshore Oracle report. From a rig count of 19 currently (up from 17 a year ago), Petrobras’ rig count is expected... Continue Reading →
The subsea export cable for the South Fork wind farm offshore New York has now been installed, according to an update Eversource Energy posted on social media. The installation work, carried out by the Belgian company DEME using its dual-fuel cable laying vessel Living Stone, started in February with seabed preparation which included relocating boulders from the cable... Continue Reading →
China Longyuan Electric Power Group Corporation has received Approval in Principle from China Classification Society (CCS) for its floating wind foundation design that incorporates a fish farm. The concept aims to achieve multi-space, multi-level sharing of ocean space, particularly as offshore wind power development gradually moves towards deeper waters. An installation is planned in the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Energy firm Vattenfall has selected offshore installation company Havfram Wind as a preferred supplier for the wind turbine installation services for Vattenfall’s Norfolk projects in the United Kingdom. Havfram Wind will transport and install the turbines over a period of 3 years, utilizing one of Havfram Wind`s newbuild NG20000X jack-up wind turbine installation vessels... Continue Reading →
(OE) Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa has secured a firm order with Iberdrola's ScottishPower Renewables to supply 95 units of its flagship SG 14-236 DD wind turbine to the East Anglia 3 wind power project in the North Sea, off England’s east coast, with a total capacity of 1.4 GW. Also included is a service contract, initially for... Continue Reading →
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