Energy

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of the proposed South Fork Wind project offshore New York and Rhode Island, which could create up to 1,700 jobs.

An alliance of industry leading energy experts is to use SPE Offshore Europe (September 7-10, 2021) to call for a drastic culture change between government, financial institutions, technology providers and the private sector to close gaps in the funding system for the novel technologies needed for the UK to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

A project-by-project mentality in the offshore wind sector is stifling progress towards net zero, according to lean manufacturing specialist FloatWind Ltd.

Eco Wave Power Global AB entered into a collaboration agreement with the Procurement Administration in the Israeli Ministry of Defense for the Israeli Navy (the “Navy”), to examine the feasibility of installing the Eco Wave Power technology in the Bases of the Navy.

The delivery of what will be Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm took has taken another major step forward as the first jacket superstructures, destined for the 1.1GW Seagreen project arrived at Port of Nigg in Cromarty Firth, ahead of their upcoming installation in the deep waters of the North Sea, 27km off the Scottish coast near Angus.

A new study from Energy & Industrial Advisory Partners (EIAP), commissioned by the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), details the diversity of companies and multitude of jobs involved in the exploration, development, and production of American offshore oil and natural gas.

Aquaterra Energy, a leader in global offshore engineering solutions, has completed the engineering design for a renewable-powered Sea Swift offshore platform for DeNovo Energy Limited.

CSA Ocean Sciences will be exhibiting at the Business Network for Offshore Wind International Partnering Forum (IPF). The conference, held in Richmond, VA from August 24 – 26, will bring the global offshore wind industry together for information transfer and discussion on the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind market.

The Norwegian authorities have granted Repsol consent for a new start-up of the Yme field in the North Sea. Yme will once again be producing oil, 20 years after the last time the field was on stream. Planned start-up will be in the second half of 2021.

SPE Offshore Europe 2021 is set to spotlight the energy transition among the topics at the virtual conference taking place from September 7-10, 2021. 

Global energy consultancy Xodus has been awarded the conceptual engineering design contract for PETRONAS’ first complete Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project, offshore Malaysia.

The installation of the world’s largest offshore converter station is being hailed by China Classification Society (CCS) as ‘a significant milestone’ in the development of deep-water wind power.