Offshore

Oil Field

Masirah Oil Spuds Second Development Well in Oman

Exploration and production company Masirah Oil has started drilling a second development well in the Yumna field, located offshore Oman, using the Shelf Drillin…

Wind Farm

The Danish Energy Agency Grant Permits for Vesterhav Syd and Nord Wind Power Plants

On Monday 14 December, the Danish Energy Agency gave permission for the construction work on the offshore wind farms Vesterhav Syd and Nord to begin.

Offshore Wind Power

UK and Maine Ink Clean Energy Pact

The UK and the US state of Maine have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation on clean energy technologies, including offshore wind, and mut…

Oil Field

CNOOC Starts Infill Campaign in South China Sea

Chinese oil and gas company CNOOC Limited has started drilling operations on two infill wells located on the Weizhou 6-12 fields in the Beibu Gulf offshore Chin…

Offshore Wind Power

Semco to Study Offshore Transmission Options

Semco Maritime has been awarded a contract to evaluate high voltage AC versus DC offshore wind transmission.

Offshore Wind Power

Amazon and Ørsted Sign Largest Offshore Wind Corporate Power Purchase Agreement in Europe

Amazon has signed a ten-year corporate power purchase agreement with Ørsted to offtake the output of 250 MW from Ørsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 o…

Oil Field

Karoon Offloads First Oil from Recently-Bought Baúna Field

Australian player Karoon Energy has offloaded its first shipment of over 500,000 barrels of oil from its newly acquired Baúna production field, offshore Brazil…

Offshore Wind Power

UK Plots Decarbonisation of Offshore O&M Vessels

ORE Catapult and Workboat Association to produce technology roadmap ahead of COP26

Wind Turbine Blade

GE, Veolia Agree US Blade Recycling Pact

GE Renewable Energy has an reached an agreement with Veolia North America to recycle blades removed from its US-based onshore turbines during upgrades and repow…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Equinor Drills Dry Well Near Tordis Field

Norwegian oil major Equinor has drilled a dry well near the Tordis field in the North Sea offshore Norway.

Wind Turbine

GE Renewables Signs Landmark Wind Deal in Spain

The Cypress’ two-piece blade will be produced by GE’s wind turbine blade subsidiary, LM Wind Power, located in Castellón, Spain.

Hydrogen Project

Equinor Joins 10GW Shell-led Offshore-Wind-to-Green-Hydrogen Project

Oil major Equinor has joined Europe’s largest green hydrogen project, NortH2, which aims to produce one million tonnes of the zero-carbon gas annually using at…

Wind Power Project

Yunlin Plants First Root off Taiwan

Malaysian company Sapura Energy Berhad has installed the first monopile at the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind farm off Taiwan.

Offshore Wind Power

France Picks Zone off Normandy Coast for New 1 Gigawatt Wind Farm

The planned windfarm will be located 32 km off the shore of Cotentin and generate the electricity needed to power 800,000 homes.

Offshore Wind Power

UK’s Current Offshore Wind Pipeline Falls Short of 2030 Target

Latest figures from Cornwall Insight’s ‘Renewables Pipeline Tracker Report’ show that even if all UK current offshore wind sites with leasing are developed i…