Energy

The new European Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy, published on November 19, clearly acknowledges the massive industrial and environmental benefits that ocean energy can bring to Europe.

Tata Steel has launched plans for a project to capture CO₂ from its blast furnaces in IJmuiden, Netherlands, and transport it for storage in empty gas fields under the North Sea.

TechnipFMC has received a Notice to Proceed for a major⁽¹⁾ Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract by Sempra LNG and Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova) at their Energía Costa Azul (ECA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Baja California, Mexico.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) proposes to offer approximately 78.2 million acres for a region-wide Gulf of Mexico lease sale scheduled for March 2021.

On November 12, leading marine contractor Van Oord, awarded Breman Machinery and KENC Engineering with the assignment to design and build a casing lifting adapter (CLA). The lifting tool supports the installation of 190 pin piles at Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm.

Once again, the Johan Sverdrup field is increasing its daily production capacity, expecting to reach around 500,000 barrels of oil per day by the end of the year – around 60,000 barrels more than the original basis when the field came on stream.

Equinor’s 10th Energy Perspectives report describes how the world can reach the climate and sustainability goals by a more equitable distribution of economic growth and contributions from developed countries to climate actions and development also in emerging markets.

Fugro and NYK Group (NYK) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide offshore geotechnical services in Japan.

Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO) and e5 Lab Inc. ( e5) have reached an agreement on a business partnership for the development and promotion of pure electric vessels "Water Urban Mobility" (hereafter EV) in the Kansai bay area in Japan.
 


Equinor has, on behalf of the Wisting license partners, awarded contracts for concept studies to further progress of the project development towards a final concept select decision.

ABB Marine & Ports has been selected as a key technology partner for a far-reaching EU project exploring the use of remote offshore inspection and maintenance techniques for wind farms.

Marine-i has announced that it would like to engage with businesses without marine experience and for them to consider the fast growing opportunity in marine technology.