Energy

Heerema Marine Contractors has been awarded an offshore wind foundation installation contract for EnBW's He Dreiht offshore wind farm.

Chevron U.S.A., Inc.  through its Chevron New Energies division, Talos Energy Inc., through its Talos Low Carbon Solutions division, and Carbonvert, Inc. have announced a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) for an expanded joint venture to develop the Bayou Bend CCS offshore carbon capture and sequestration hub currently held by Talos and Carbonvert.

The SK6,000 ring crane has been scheduled to begin production of its long lead time components starting Q3 2022. It will allow offshore wind projects to take place under entirely electric power – even where there is no connection available to the grid.

North America’s premier offshore wind energy conference came to a successful close on April 28, after three days of programming that featured an international cohort of government officials and industry leaders.

German RWE Renewables, one of the top global companies in offshore wind, will collaborate with Greater New Orleans, Inc. (GNO, Inc.) and the GNOwind Alliance to build a program that will help existing Louisiana companies, especially in oil and gas, participate in the growing national supply chain for offshore wind. 

CAPE Holland announces that the world’s most powerful Vibro Lifting Tool, the CAPE VLT-640 Triple, has completed its work at the Kaskasi II Offshore Wind Farm. A lot of work went into preparation for the project since the initial stages, which started in 2016 and the consequential contract award from Seaway 7 in 2020.

OPITO, a leading global safety and skills organization for the energy industry, and the National Offshore Wind Institute (NOWI), based at Bristol Community College in Massachusetts, have today (Wednesday 27th April) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will support thousands of new jobs in the growing U.S. offshore wind energy sector.

Kent and Mainstream Renewable Power together with K&L Gates LLP have released an updated Offshore Wind Handbook to help guide investors and new market entrants through technical and regulatory issues in a fast-paced developing U.S. offshore wind market.

Upwing Energy will introduce its new comprehensive integrated End2End (E2E) service boosting production and recoverability in conventional gas wells at the 2022 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC).

The Department of the Interior has announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will publish two separate Calls for Information and Nominations for possible leasing in areas that are determined to be suitable off the coast of Oregon and in the Central Atlantic.

Clarksons Renewables division has launched AIR, a new full-service strategic marine advisory service. The service is designed to support clients already operating in, or looking to enter, the offshore wind sector.

ExxonMobil has made three new discoveries offshore Guyana and increased its estimate of the recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to nearly 11 billion oil-equivalent barrels.