Energy

The HSI consortium consisting of HSM Offshore Energy, Smulders and Iv-Offshore & Energy is awarded an EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation) platform contract, including jackets, for Gennaker 1 (West) and 2 (East) by 50Hertz for the Gennaker wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.

DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has today opened its new Technology Centre on Groningen’s Zernike campus, a vibrant ecosystem of education, business and research activities.

With growing potential for marine renewable energy to help fight climate change and meet net zero goals worldwide, Marine Renewables Canada and the UK Marine Energy Council have entered into an agreement to share knowledge and support development of the resource.

Nabrawind has announced it has secured funding support from Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a global green energy and products company.

To ensure offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, pipelines, and related infrastructure are decommissioned in a timely, safe, and environmentally responsible manner, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement will publish a final rule that specifies decommissioning requirements for rights-of-use and easement grant holders and formalizes BSEE’s policies regarding performance by predecessors ordered to decommission Outer Continental Shelf facilities.

An important milestone on the way to building the first commercial Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) platform was achieved by Global OTEC Resources.

Shell U.K. Ltd (“Shell”), a subsidiary of Shell plc, has completed the restart of operations at the Pierce field in the UK Central North Sea, following a significant upgrade to allow gas to be produced after years of the field producing only oil. Pierce is a joint venture between Shell companies (operator, 92.52%) and Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited (7.48%.)

On 8 April production started from the Bauge subsea field in the Norwegian Sea. Bauge is tied back to the recently upgraded Njord platform. Recoverable reserves in Bauge are estimated at 50 million barrels of oil equivalent, mainly oil.

Aker BP ASA, operator of production license 919, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 25/4-15.

bp has successfully started oil production at its Argos offshore platform, delivering more energy at a critical time and strengthening bp’s position as a leading producer in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.

The European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries will attend this year's Ocean Energy Europe's Conference & Exhibition, which will take place in The Hague, on 25-26 October. Commissioner Sinkevičius will deliver a keynote address in the main conference program.

Many oil and gas companies upgrade their operations to reduce their carbon footprint. When adding units for hydrogen, carbon capture and biofuels, they want the same safety and quality as for their oil and gas facilities, plus sealing expertise within energy transition projects.