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  • Total Declares Force Majeure on Mozambique LNG

    Total declared force majeure on its Mozambique LNG project on the 26th April.   In a statement posted on its website, the company noted the evolution of the security situation in the north of the Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique and confirmed the withdrawal of…

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  • Eni starts up ‘key’ Merakes project offshore Indonesia

    Italian oil major Eni has started gas production from the Merakes project located in the East Sepinggan block in the Makassar Strait, deep offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia.   Eni said on the 26th April that the project was a deep-water gas field development in the…

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  • Wave power system operating offshore Chile

    Ocean Power Technologies Inc has deployed a PB3 PowerBuoy for Enel Green Power (EGP) off the coast of Las Cruces, Chile.   In September 2019, EGP purchased a PB3 PowerBuoy and associated equipment to support Chile’s Marine Energy Research and Innovation Center (MERIC) Project, a…

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  • In focus: Energy and shipping sectors in symbiosis for net-zero

    Offshore Energy continues with its new In focus weekly feature, spotlighting the latest energy transition developments, after our first edition went online on 16 April.   Following last week’s news on the US oil giant Chevron’s entrance into the offshore wind market and note that…

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  • California Gov Orders Fracking Permit Ban

    Californian Governor Gavin Newsom will ban new hydraulic fracturing permits in the coming years as the state pushes to eliminate net greenhouse-gas emissions by 2045.   His order on the 23rd April to halt new permits by January 2024 follows calls from environmental groups for executive action…

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  • Equinor to develop Askeladd Vest

    Equinor Energy AS and partners will develop Askeladd Vest in the southern Barents Sea.   At a cost of 3.2-billion kroner and part of the multi-phased Snøhvit development, the project is expected to provide 134 MMboe, extending plateau production at the Hammerfest LNG plant by…

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  • Nord Stream reaches gas export milestone

    Nord Stream AG has delivered 400 bcm of gas to the European Union through the twin Nord Stream 1 offshore pipeline system in the Baltic Sea.   The milestone occurred on the 19th April.   Deliveries first started in November 2011.   Source: Offshore Magazine

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  • TU Delft Simulations Help Optimise Solar Cell Efficiency

    An international photovoltaics working group has developed a new transparent material to serve as a top layer for solar cells, based on nanocrystals.   According to simulations performed by the participating TU Delft researchers, this layer can increase the efficiency of mass-produced – and affordable…

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