The last of the three pre-assembled wind turbine platforms for the WindFloat Atlantic project left the Port of Ferrol for its destination 20 km (12 miles) offshore Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The journey is expected to take three days, arriving today. This operation…
Vestas has secured its largest order in Vietnam to date for a total of 144 MW for the three wind parks Lien Lap, Phong Huy, and Phong Nguyen in the Quang Tri Province. The order is placed by Power Construction Company No.1 (PCC1), a…
Neptune Energy has announced DEME Offshore, a leader in offshore wind energy and green hydrogen production, will bring its expertise to the PosHYdon pilot, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen project. Part of the Belgian DEME Group, the company joins as a partner and…
Potential leasing and drilling bans threaten the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) oil and natural gas industry’s contribution to US energy production, employment, gross domestic product (GDP) and government revenues, according to a new National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) study. Citing calls for no offshore…
Who needs a loss-making, inflexible oil refinery in a world where demand for petroleum has been obliterated? We’re about to find out. When consumption of transport fuels collapsed this year because of coronavirus, much of the industry moved into survival mode, cutting processing rates…
Norwegian energy giant Equinor plans to bring back online its Hammerfest liquefied natural gas export plant on the 18th June following planned maintenance. The LNG operator said earlier this month it would close the export facility for scheduled maintenance for two weeks starting on…
Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services division has started a well decommissioning contract for the Rubie and Renee fields in the UK central North Sea, 200 km (124 miles) north-east of Aberdeen. Over the next three months, the company will provide well operator, engineering and…
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind (Hai Long) have announced that the new SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine is intended to be used at the upcoming 300 MW Hai Long 2 project in Taiwan. The deployment of the turbine…
On 23 April 2020, Tullow announced that it had agreed the sale of its assets in Uganda to Total and that CNOOC had rights of pre-emption to acquire 50% of these assets on the same terms and conditions as Total. CNOOC has now informed…
Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) has begun site preparation at two drilling locations in the Kavango sedimentary basin in northeast Namibia and plans to drill its first well in this year’s fourth quarter. The main objectives of the wells are to confirm organic rich shales…
