(Reuters) - More shipments to Asia through intermediaries and growing cargo swaps with Iran drove Venezuela's oil exports in September to their third highest level this year, internal documents and tanker tracking data showed. The OPEC-member nation's oil exports were volatile earlier this year due to a lack of diluents required to produce exportable grades... Continue Reading →
Siemens Gamesa to replace head of struggling onshore wind unit – memo
(Reuters) - Struggling wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC) will replace the head of its onshore unit due to recent financial losses that have piled pressure on the business, an internal memo seen by Reuters showed. Chief Executive Jochen Eickholt said in an emailed internal memo seen by Reuters that Lars Bondo Krogsgaard, chief executive of the... Continue Reading →
U.S. Offshore Wind Developer Names Its First CEO
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50/50 partnership between Shell New Energies US LLC and EDF Renewables North America, has appointed Joris Veldhoven as the company’s first Chief Executive Officer. The joint venture is working to develop offshore wind projects on the U.S. east coast, with the aim of providing electricity to New York and New... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 vessel to be future-ready with energy-saving system
Subsea services provider Subsea 7 has contracted electrical integrator specialist Bakker Sliedrecht to equip its heavy construction / flex-lay vessel Seven Arctic with a new energy-saving system. The order for an energy storage system from Bakker Sliedrecht is a double first, according to the company. It is the first order for such a system on this scale... Continue Reading →
MODEC and Aibel hand out deals for ‘one of the largest FPSOs ever delivered to Brazil’
(OEM) Japan’s FPSO provider MODEC and Norway’s Aibel have picked Axess Group, an integrity and engineering solutions provider, for inspection and certification work on a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel bound for an Equinor-operated field off Brazil. Axess Group revealed on Tuesday that it has secured two contracts – one with MODEC and the other one... Continue Reading →
African countries to push for more fossil fuel projects at COP27
(Reuters) - African countries will use the COP27 climate talks in Egypt next month to advocate for a common energy position that sees fossil fuels as necessary to expanding economies and electricity access, the continent's top energy official said on Tuesday. The African position, criticised by environmental groups, could overshadow global climate talks in Sharm... Continue Reading →
France starts process to fully nationalise power group EDF
(Reuters) - France on Tuesday started the process to fully nationalise debt-laden nuclear power group EDF (EDF.PA), seeking to secure greater control of its energy supplies just as Europe scrambles to replace Russian gas. The Paris government filed an offer with the market regulator to buy all shares in the group it does not already own... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on P-82 construction contract
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that today it signed a contract with Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters for the construction of the P-82 platform, as a result of the advancement of the Búzios field development project, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The P-82 will be of the FPSO type and will have the... Continue Reading →
Eco Atlantic Starts Operations at Gazania-1 Wildcat Offshore South Africa
(OE) The Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig has arrived on Block 2B offshore South Africa, and is set to start operations on the Gazania-1 exploration well. The Gazania-1 exploration well is being drilled in approximately 150 meters of water and is located 25 kilometres offshore the Northern Cape in the Orange Basin. The Orange Basin... Continue Reading →
Veolia Water Technologies’ Seawater Treatment Process Module for One Guyana FPSO
(OE) Veolia Water Technologies has won a multi-million dollar contract to supply a seawater treatment process module for the One Guyana FPSO, that will operate in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek block, offshore Guyana. The Yellowtail - SBM Offshore/McDermott Joint Venture (YTSM JV) awarded the contract to Veolia's subsidiary VWS Westgarth. The award is for the design,... Continue Reading →