Energy

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind auction next month for more than 480,000 acres offshore New York and New Jersey, in the area known as the New York Bight.

The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has released the policy paper, Carbon Capture, Use, & Storage: An Economic, Employment, & Climate Opportunity for the U.S Offshore Region.

Saipem has been awarded two new offshore contracts in Australia and Guyana, for a total amount of 1.1 billion USD.

DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has been selected by the Korean Energy Agency (KEA) to deliver Type Certification services for the Korean wind energy market.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind has launched its new Rising Star: Offshore Wind Scholarship to help develop the next generation of leadership in offshore wind.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has expanded its ‘Guidelines for Walk to Work (W2W) Operations’ (IMCA M254).

Chariot, an Africa-focused transitional energy company, has announced the result of the Anchois-2 appraisal and exploration well on the Anchois gas project within the Lixus license (“Lixus”), offshore Morocco.

Damen Shipyards Group has taken over the Skoonbox from Skoon Energy.

Equinor has, together with its partner Wellesley, discovered oil in the Troll and Fram area in exploration wells 35/10-7 S and 35/10-7 A in the Toppand prospect.

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement on March 18, 2021, where Aker Solutions announced receiving a letter of intent for decommissioning work in Norway. Aker Solutions has now formally signed a sizeable^[1] award with Heerema Marine Contractors.

Neptune Energy has announced the development of new “digital twins” of two platforms in the Dutch North Sea, which will accelerate work schedules, and reduce costs and environmental impacts by enabling engineers to work onshore. They will also support planning of Neptune’s major Carbon Capture and Storage project in the L10 area.

An important milestone is reached in the construction of Les Alizés, a Next-Gen floating offshore installation vessel for offshore renewables and decommissioning.