Energy

Nekkar ASA's (Nekkar) subsidiary company, Intellilift AS, has established a joint venture (JV), Inteliwell, with a subsidiary of Transocean Inc. (Transocean) for the purpose of commercializing products and services based on a digital well construction solution that is currently being developed in close cooperation between the JV partners.

Siemens Energy has been awarded its first offshore grid connection project in the United States.

In the US, hydropower contributes 46% to the energy generated from renewable sources. It is a significant contribution given the fact that there are only a few sources of renewable energy, like geothermal, wind, and solar. However, we have to look at the bigger picture and see that the total contribution of renewable energy only accounts for 10%.

The Estonian energy company Elenger has taken delivery of the first of Damen’s new class of Liquified Gas Carrier (LGC) 6000 LNG bunkering vessels. Named Optimus, the 100-meter vessel will carry up to 6,000m³ of LNG in two type-C tanks at -163° C. The vessel was delivered in the port of Rotterdam and will be the first LNG bunkering vessel in the Gulf of Finland, serving both LNG powered vessels and smaller shoreside customers. Its introduction is expected to accelerate the wider adoption of LNG as a cleaner alternative fuel in the Baltic Sea by providing a mobile and efficient ship-to-ship distribution service for the first time.

QatarEnergy has signed an agreement with ExxonMobil Canada to farm into an exploration license offshore the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy held a launch ceremony on October 25, with representatives from state and local government authorities and wind industry partners in Virginia for what will be the first offshore wind turbine blade facility in the United States. This is also the first commitment by a global offshore wind turbine manufacturer in a U.S.-based supply chain. This milestone solidifies Siemens Gamesa’s presence in the U.S. offshore wind market and position as the world’s leading offshore wind turbine manufacturer.

ADC Energy, a specialist provider of integrated rig inspections, has completed a project with a major rig owner which identified that an upgrade to Dynamically Positioned (DP) rigs power systems can reduce carbon emissions by almost 5,000 tonnes per year.

Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, has opened the company’s UK Offshore Wind Hub in Aberdeen. The Hub will be part of the Company’s existing offshore operations Centre in Aberdeen. The Hub will enable the transition of staff from oil and gas to offshore wind as that part of the Company’s UK business grows. It will thus leverage the offshore expertise that TotalEnergies’ Aberdeen operations have built over the last 50 years.

ExxonMobil has initiated the process for engineering, procurement and construction contracts as part of its plans to expand carbon capture and storage (CCS) at its LaBarge, Wyoming facility, which has already captured more CO2 than any other facility in the world. The expansion project will capture up to 1 million metric tons of CO2, in addition to the 6-7 million metric tons already captured at LaBarge each year.

TechnipFMC and Talos Energy Inc. have entered into a long-term strategic alliance to develop and deliver technical and commercial solutions to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects along the United States Gulf Coast. The alliance combines Talos’s offshore operational strength and sub-surface expertise with TechnipFMC’s extended history in subsea engineering, system integration and automation and control.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced that the Business Network for Offshore Wind is a recipient of its Market Development Cooperator Program (MDCP) grant, the U.S. government’s most successful export assistance program. The Network will use the grant to launch its Global Gateway program, which will facilitate connecting U.S.-based companies to the global offshore wind marketplace and supply chain by organizing delegation trips to tradeshows and conferences in key markets in Europe, Asia, and South America.

Marine-i has welcomed the news that Global OTEC Resources has entered into a partnership for the deployment of the world’s first commercial floating OTEC platform, which will be located in the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.