Offshore

Offshore Wind Power

UK and Japan Sign Offshore Wind Compact to Unlock £9 Billion in Japanese Investment

The UK and Japan have agreed an Offshore Wind Compact that will facilitate up to £9 billion (approximately USD 21.1 billion) of Japanese investment in UK …

Offshore Wind Power

GE Vernova loses renewed bid to end work on New England wind farm

A Massachusetts judge ​on June 1 declined to lift an order that forced turbine supplier GE Vernova to continue ‌work on the largest offshore wind farm in …

Canada

Ming Yang and Oceanic Wind Announce Signing of Memorandum of Understanding

Ming Yang Smart Energy Group Limited (Ming Yang)and Oceanic Wind Energy Inc. (Oceanic Wind) are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding…

China

China's CNOOC starts full production at Bohai's Kenli oilfield

China's CNOOC said on May 27 ​that it has started full ‌production at the Kenli 10-2 oilfield Phase I in the south Bohai Sea, ​offshore northern Chin…

United Kingdom

Thistle Wind Partners Submits Offshore Consent Application for 1 GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm to Scottish Government

Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has taken the next step in the development of its Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm project with the submission of its offshore consent appl…

France

Ocean Winds delivers first power from floating offshore wind project in France

Ocean Winds (OW), the international offshore wind energy company created by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has started electricity production at its 30 MW Éol…

United States

US to end more offshore wind leases in exchange for fossil fuel investments

President Donald Trump's administration said on April 27 that it had reached a deal to end two more ‌U.S. offshore wind leases in exchange for $885 mil…

Indonesia

Italy's Eni makes major Indonesian offshore gas discovery

20 April – Eni announces a new giant gas discovery made by the Geliga‑1 exploration well, drilled in the Ganal block in the Kutei Basin, offshore Indonesia, a…

Greece

ExxonMobil, Energean to sign contract for first test gas drilling off Greece in years

U.S. oil major ExxonMobil, Energean and Helleniq Energy will sign ​a contract on April 14 with ‌Stena Drilling to start exploratory drilling in a western Gree…

Venezuela

Chevron agrees to asset swap in Venezuela to focus on heavy oil projects

Chevron signed two key agreements on April 13 to expand ‌operations at Venezuela's vast Orinoco Belt, including an asset swap adding an extra heavy cru…

United Kingdom

First Hornsea 3 Offshore Substation Stands Complete

Heerema Marine Contractors, using its semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir, has completed the installation of the first of the two Hornsea 3 offshore c…

Offshore Wind Power

RWE receives approvals for offshore wind farm in German North Sea

RWE has been given the green light for a further offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. In late March, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency …

Offshore Wind Power

Global Maritime wins TetraSpar decommissioning role

Global Maritime has been appointed by TetraSpar Demonstrator ApS to support decommissioning of the TetraSpar Demonstrator Project offshore Karmøy, Norway…

CCS

IKM Testing to gauge pipeline for first offshore CCS project in UK

North east Scotland-based IKM Testing UK has been appointed to deliver pipeline pre-commissioning services for the UK’s first offshore carbon capture and …

Oil Exploration

Chevron shakes hands with NOC for oil study at block offshore Libya

U.S.-headquartered energy giant Chevron has teamed up with Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) for an oil study at an offshore block in Libyan waters.N…