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(OE) Crowley signed an agreement on Thursday with the Port of Humboldt Bay to exclusively negotiate to be the developer and operator of a terminal to serve as California’s first hub for offshore wind energy installations. Through Crowley’s Wind Services group, the company will enter into negotiations with the port to lease and serve... Continue Reading →
Barcelona-based floating wind technology developer X1 Wind said Friday its floating platform had been successfully installed at the PLOCAN test site in the Canary Islands. "As summer trade-winds abated, a suitable weather window allowed X1 Wind and partners from the EU-backed PivotBuoy Project to complete the installation process, connecting the fully-functional floating wind prototype to... Continue Reading →
(OE) Ocergy has won a the pre-FEED foundation design contract for its OCG-Wind foundation technology to be deployed at the Salamander floating offshore wind project, run by a joint venture between Simply Blue Group, Ørsted, and Subsea7. Ocergy has developed OCG-Wind, descibed as a novel and efficient floating wind turbine foundation, to support very large... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Global oil-and-gas giants including Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and Equinor, posted huge profits in the third quarter, benefiting from surging energy costs that have boosted inflation around the world and hit consumers hard. Oil companies booked billions of dollars in profits as prices for crude, natural gas and fuels like gasoline hovered near record levels... Continue Reading →
(OEM) Fugro has reported a revenue of €480.2 million for the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 17.4% compared to €378 million in Q3 2021, said to be supported by high demand for offshore wind solutions. The increase in revenue was fuelled by ongoing high client demand across markets, most notably renewables, and to... Continue Reading →
Italian energy group Eni said profits in the third quarter beat expectations thanks to a strong performance from its Global Gas and LNG portfolio division (GGP). Adjusted net profit in the period came in at 3.73 billion euros ($3.72 billion), soaring from 1.43 billion euros a year ago, and beating a 3.21 billion euro consensus.... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling company Transocean said Thursday that its Deepwater Atlas, the world's first 8th generation drillship, had started its first contract. The offshore drilling rig, delivered by Singapore's Sembcorp Marine in June, is under a contract with Beacon Offshore Energy in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Atlas is the first of two ultra-deepwater drillships... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Chevron Corp (CVX.N) on Friday reported its second-highest ever quarterly profit, blasting past analysts' estimates, driven by soaring global demand for its oil and gas and rising production from its U.S. oilfields. The surge comes as oil companies book mounting profits with prices near record levels and supplies tight on output cuts during the COVID-19... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Friday smashed expectations as soaring energy prices fuelled a record-breaking quarterly profit, nearly matching that of tech giant Apple. Its $19.66 billion third-quarter net profit far exceeded recently raised Wall Street forecasts as sky-rocketing natural gas and high oil prices put its earnings within reach of Apple's $20.7 billion net... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Equinor on Friday posted forecast-beating record profits for the third quarter driven by all-time-high European gas prices amid the Ukraine war, and said it would raise its dividend payment while reducing full-year output guidance. The oil and gas producer's adjusted earnings before tax for July-September rose to $24.3 billion from $9.77 billion a year... Continue Reading →
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