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Montrose Port Authority advances greenest port mission with appointment of Port Decarbonisation Engineer

Montrose Port Authority advances greenest port mission with appointment of Port Decarbonisation Engineer   Montrose Port Authority (MPA) has appointed Dr Turgay Köroğlu PhD as its Port Decarbonisation Engineer as part of the Port’s mission to become one of the greenest energy hubs in Scotland, reinforcing their commitment to reduce emissions and positively contribute towards Scotland’s ambitious 2045 net zero targets. The 24-month role that Dr Köroğlu is under...

First customer announced for Kellas Midstream’s H2NorthEast Teesside hydrogen project

First customer announced for Kellas Midstream’s H2NorthEast Teesside hydrogen project   Energy infrastructure company, Kellas Midstream, is delighted to announce it has signed a Heads of Terms agreement with Statera Energy, a leading UK developer of flexible energy generation and storage technologies, for the provision of low carbon hydrogen from Kellas’ H2NorthEast project in Teesside to Statera’s Saltholme power stations. In this significant first for H2NorthEas...

Italy's Saipem wins contracts in Brazil and Guyana worth $1.9 billion

Italy's Saipem wins contracts in Brazil and Guyana worth $1.9 billion ' ROME, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Italian energy engineering and infrastructure company Saipem (SPMI.MI) has won two offshore contracts in Brazil and Guyana worth around $1.9 billion in total, it said on Wednesday. In Brazil, Saipem was awarded a contract by Equinor (EQNR.OL) for the Raia project, which envisages the development of a pre-salt gas and condensate field in the Campos Basin, located about 200 kilometres...

Spotlight: Brazil’s offshore decommissioning

Spotlight: Brazil’s offshore decommissioning   Petrobras unanchored the P-32 FPSO in the Campos basin Marlim field on November 23, as the first floating platform to follow the new model for the sustainable disposal of vessels adopted by Petrobras. The floating production unit will be recycled by the Ecovix (Engevix) group at the Rio Grande shipyard in Rio Grande do Sul state, with the scrap going to steelmaker Gerdau. Another 11 floating units will follow the same guideli...

Hughes Subsea provides air diving support services to Anasuria Operating Company Ltd.

Hughes Subsea provides air diving support services to Anasuria Operating Company Ltd   Highlights: • Hughes Subsea delivered comprehensive subsea & topside support for the replacement of mooring chains and inspection scope on the Anasuria FPSO. • A specialized rigging team was deployed to the FPSO to support the operations. • Hughes Subsea mobilised their daughter-craft & FRC-type tender onto the Normand Frontier, accompanied by an observation-class ROV....

Cerulean Winds signs Exclusivity Agreements for trio of UK floating wind sites

Cerulean Winds signs Exclusivity Agreements for trio of UK floating wind sites   Cerulean Winds, the UK green energy infrastructure developer, has signed three floating wind Exclusivity Agreements as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round. Together these Agreements pave the way for the creation of the North Sea Renewables Grid, a basin-wide green power generation and transmission system that will supply energy to oil and gas...

Strohm is first company to receive DNV qualification for deepwater TCP Flowline

Strohm is first company to receive DNV qualification for deepwater TCP Flowline   Strohm, the world’s first and leading thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) technology company, has taken a big step towards expanding its TCP operating envelope. DNV has issued a Statement of Qualified Technology for Strohm’s 6-inch EGF-PE pipe, as per the DNV-ST-F119 standard, for its use as a flowline or jumper in deep waters. It is the first time the verification body has granted an ac...

Wind Multiplikator and Ocean Breeze Energy decide to prolong their successful partnership

Wind Multiplikator and Ocean Breeze Energy decide to prolong their successful partnership   Wind Multiplikator GmbH and Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG are pleased to announce the extension of their long-term cooperation. The existing Service and Maintenance Agreement between the two companies has been extended for another five years, effective January 1, 2026, until the end of 2030. The contract extension underscores the continued successful partnership between WM and Ocean...

3t officially launches new Teesside training facility Inbox

3t officially launches new Teesside training facility Inbox   3t, the leading provider of the highest-impact training and learning solutions for safety-critical industries, is celebrating the opening of its new state-of-the-art Teesside training facility.  As the UK’s largest energy sector training provider, 3t’s Training Services division (previously AIS Survivex) is set to welcome tens of thousands of delegates per year to the new facility – its eighth tra...

Odfjell Technology enables Hunt Oil Company of Romania to achieve European depth record for casing while drillingOdfjell Technology enables Hunt Oil Company of Romania to achieve European depth record for casing while drilling

Odfjell Technology enables Hunt Oil Company of Romania to achieve European depth record for casing while drilling   Odfjell Technology, an integrated supplier of offshore drilling and well operations, has enabled Hunt Oil Company of Romania to reach a European depth record for 20’’ casing while drilling (CwD). Hunt Oil set out to mitigate possible surface hole hazards like shallow gas, formations sensitive to swabbing, tight hole, loss of circulation and have the benefi...

Getech Supports Natural Hydrogen Exploration in Eastern Europe

Getech Supports Natural Hydrogen Exploration in Eastern Europe   Getech, a world-leading locator of subsurface resources, has commenced a natural hydrogen exploration project in Eastern Europe for a prominent European energy company. This study represents an important step in harnessing natural hydrogen (also called white and geological hydrogen), a potential game-changer in the energy transition. The project is founded on Getech's extensive subsurface data and geoscience expe...

AREG appoints new team and opens premises in Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone

AREG appoints new team and opens premises in Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone   Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has welcomed four new members of staff and moved into premises within the Energy Transition Zone (ETZ). Following the appointment of five new board members in 2022, and to meet the demand for its membership services, the not-for-profit organisation has expanded its core team to include an operations manager, a business development executive, and two administ...

Verlume - Delivering on company mission with significant growth in 2023

Verlume - Delivering on company mission with significant growth in 2023   Verlume, a specialist in clean energy system integration, intelligent energy management and energy storage, is fulfilling its mission to deliver clean energy to challenging locations and make things possible today that were impossible yesterday. With an increasing headcount and sales growth in 2023 across several markets including offshore wind, subsea monitoring, and offshore charging, the company has increased...

Aquaterra Energy lands platform repurposing contract for trailblazing Project Greensand

Aquaterra Energy lands platform repurposing contract for trailblazing Project Greensand    Aquaterra Energy, a leader in global offshore energy engineering solutions, has secured a contract with INEOS, one of the world's largest chemical and oil and gas producers, and emergent Carbon Capture and Storage operator. Aquaterra Energy has been contracted to support with the life extension of an existing offshore platform for CO2 injection as part of the Project Greensand CCS devel...

Orlen to Buy Kufpec’s Assets in Norway for $445 Million

Orlen to Buy Kufpec’s Assets in Norway for $445 Million   Poland’s largest refiner Orlen SA agreed to purchase oil and gas producing assets on the Norwegian continental shelf from Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. for $445 million as part of an effort to diversify shipments of natural gas to the eastern European country. The acquisition of stakes in five fields will help Orlen boost its gas production in Norway by a third to more than 4 billion cubic meters, the...

Equinor awards well testing services contract to Expro

Equinor awards well testing services contract to Expro   Oil and gas company Equinor has awarded a contract to US-based Expro to offer well testing services on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. As per the corporate frame agreement, Expro will undertake the well testing work across the Barents, Norwegian and North seas. The scope of the four-year contract includes production optimisation and well flow management. Expro said these services will improve Equinor’s assets in...

New UK North Sea licences fall in environmentally protected areas report

New UK North Sea licences fall in environmentally protected areas – report   More than one-quarter of North Sea oil and gas licences approved by the UK Government last month lie within marine protected areas (MPAs), according to a report from Unearthed, the investigative arm of environmental group Greenpeace. At the end of October, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), the regulatory body for the oil and gas industry in the UK, awarded licences to companies for the devel...

ModuSpec lands two geothermal projects in Europe

ModuSpec lands two geothermal projects in Europe   ModuSpec, a Vysus Group company, has secured two contracts to deliver rig inspection services for geothermal projects within Continental Europe. The organisation will support ENNA Geo ahead of the operator’s planned geothermal drilling operations in 2024, providing inspection and acceptance of the Emsco E-605 land rig onshore Croatia. The scope will include an audit of the rig contractor’s management systems including&n...

Xodus report finds 100 North Sea storage sites needed to meet 2050 CCUS demand

Xodus report finds 100 North Sea storage sites needed to meet 2050 CCUS demand   The volume of CO2 being injected into the North Sea by 2050 will be equivalent to the natural gas currently being extracted from the basin, according to a new report from global energy consultancy Xodus. That scale of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) will require some 100 reservoirs, more than 7,500 kilometres of new pipelines and dozens of onshore emissions capturing and gathering sites....

Vestas wins 270-MW turbine order from Engie unit

Vestas wins 270-MW turbine order from Engie unit   Turbines maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CPH:VWS) has secured a 270-MW order from Engie North America for an undisclosed wind farm project to be executed in the US. The Danish firm has been contracted for the supply, delivery and commissioning of 60 of its V163-4.5 MW machines. It has also been tapped to service the turbines for 20 years. Deliveries are scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2024, while the site is set to be...
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