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Repsol wraps up purchase of 40% stake in Hecate Energy

Repsol wraps up purchase of 40% stake in Hecate Energy   Spain’s Repsol SA has finalised the acquisition of a 40% stake in Chicago-based solar and storage-focused developer Hecate Energy LLC, clearing the path to enter the US renewables market, it was announced on Tuesday. Hecate said that it will use the investment to build and commission a portfolio of projects it is developi...

Cerulean Winds names NOV as delivery partner in offshore floating wind scheme

Cerulean Winds names NOV as delivery partner in offshore floating wind scheme Scheme would cut offshore CO2 emissions by half from 2025    Green infrastructure developer Cerulean Winds has named NOV as the first of its delivery partners for the fabrication of its proposed integrated 200-turbine floating wind and hydrogen development off the coast of Scotland. The arrangement would establish NOV as the exclusive provider of floating and mooring systems in support of the ven...

Approved development of Breidablikk field securing activity and jobs

Approved development of Breidablikk field securing activity and jobs   The plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Breidablikk field in the North Sea has been approved by Norwegian authorities. Field investments are approximately NOK 18.6 billion. Production from the field is scheduled to start in the first half of 2024. Equinor and its partners Petoro, Vår Energi and ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, submitted the development plans for the area to the authorities in Septem...

Iraq to receive $360 mil World Bank loan to help expand gas flaring reduction from south

Iraq to receive $360 mil World Bank loan to help expand gas flaring reduction from south   Basrah Gas Co. a joint venture between Iraq's state-owned South Gas Co., Shell and Mitsubishi Corp. will receive a $360 million from the World's Bank's private sector financing arm to help OPEC's second largest producer reduce gas flaring from its southern oil fields. The International Finance Corp. and BGC signed the 5-year loan agreement that will help the company boost its...

Brimmond Group announces £11k donation for Charlie House

Brimmond Group announces £11k donation for Charlie House   Brimmond Group, the independent integrated engineering company, has announced a significant £11,000 donation to Aberdeen children’s charity Charlie House for the latest financial year, following creative fundraising activities undertaken by its staff. The Kintore-based provider of hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and electrical solutions has developed an innovative fundraising model to generate income for...

CessCon Takes Delivery of the DP3 and DP4 for Decommissioning

CessCon Takes Delivery of the DP3 and DP4 for Decommissioning   CessCon Decom, a Scotland-based firm specializing in decommissioning of oil and gas structures, has taken delivery of the DP3 and DP4 offshore platforms from Spirit Energy’s Morecambe Bay development in the East Irish Sea. Allseas’ single-lift vessel Pioneering Spirit delivered the two topsides to CessCon Decom's Energy Park Fife Facility. The topsides were transferred to Allseas’ Iron Lady barge...

Expro Awarded RoSPA Order of Distinction

Expro Awarded RoSPA Order of Distinction   Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been honoured with an Order of Distinction after receiving its 17th consecutive Gold award in the RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Health and Safety Awards. These are the UK’s longest running Health and Safety Awards with approximately 2,000 entrants each year. The prestigious honour is presented to organisations that exhibit leading global health and safe...

QHSE Aberdeen Workload Forces A New Recruitment Drive

QHSE Aberdeen Workload Forces A New Recruitment Drive   QHSE and ISO management System Consultancy specialists QHSE ABERDEEN LTD. have recently won tenders for new business from within the Oil & Gas and Food & Drink sectors in Aberdeen. The increase in demand for their services have forced 2 new positions of experienced Lead Auditor roles advertised, and now filled. The increase in workload for QHSE ABERDEEN comes at a time when Covid Restrictions are slowly being lifted...

Vår Energi awards 5 Contracts

Vår Energi awards 5 Contracts   Norwegian offshore oil and gas company Vår Energi on Monday said it had awarded HSSEQ (Health Safety Security Environment and Quality) services contracts to five local suppliers. The contracts have been awarded to DNV AS, Proactima AS, ResQ Holding AS, Safetec Nordic AS, and Vysus Norway AS. Vår Energi's  VP Safety & Sustainability Ove M Helle, said: "All companies have a solid and proven track record within HSS...

World first hydrogen project arrives on Teesside

World first hydrogen project arrives on Teesside    A Pioneering hydrogen energy project set to be launched in the Tees Valley has today been welcomed by local Councillors and MPs. Northern Gas Networks (NGN) has been granted planning permission to use an area of land in the region for a world-first, to test hydrogen as a potential alternative to a household gas supply. The UK has set a target of achieving Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050. The natural gas currently used by...

TotalEnergies expands its presence with two new shallow water exploration licenses in Suriname

TotalEnergies expands its presence with two new shallow water exploration licenses in Suriname   TotalEnergies and its partner Qatar Petroleum have been awarded Block 6 and Block 8 in the Suriname SHO Bid Round 2020/2021. TotalEnergies shall operate these blocks, situated in shallow water with depths between 30 meters and 50 meters, and adjacent to the TotalEnergies operated Block 58, where 4 significant discoveries have been made since January 2020 and where operations are continuing...

AREG appoints CEO

AREG appoints CEO   Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has appointed David Rodger as CEO as the organisation seeks to further develop support to members and increase links with stakeholders to assist net zero strategies across north east Scotland and beyond. David has extensive experience across the energy industry which has included communications and business advice. He will join AREG on October 1 following nine years with Shell. Having previously spent four years with ARE...

OGTC Completes Rebranding

OGTC Completes Rebranding   The Oil & Gas Technology Center (OGTC) announced Monday that it has completed its repositioning to become the Net Zero Technology Center. The organization outlined that the change reflects the natural evolution of the center as it continues to accelerate the development and deployment of technology to enable a net zero energy future. Last year, the center transitioned its seven existing solution centers into one Net Zero Solution Center, with three c...

Stena Icemax secures contract with Energean

Stena Icemax secures contract with Energean   Aberdeen-based Stena Drilling has secured a contract with London-listed independent Energean for its 2022-2023 drilling programme offshore Israel. The contract is for the drilling of three firm wells and two optional wells, with the first firm well expected to be spud in Q1 2022. All of the firm wells are expected to be drilled in 2022. The drilling campaign will be undertaken using the 2012-built ice-class harsh environment drillshi...

Wood settle bribery probe with $177m settlement

Wood settle bribery probe with $177m settlement   John Wood Group PLC has agreed to pay US$177mln to settle a corruption and bribery inquiry related to Amec Foster Wheeler, which it acquired in 2017. Terms of the settlement will see Wood pay the money over three years and subject to court approval concludes an investigation that has spanned the UK, US and Brazil. Wood said the settlement relates to conduct that occurred before Amec acquired Foster Wheeler in November 2014 and pr...

ExxonMobil subsidiary applies for Environmental Impact Statement

ExxonMobil subsidiary applies for Environmental Impact Statement   Oil giant ExxonMobil is currently seeking the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) approval for the gas-to-shore pipeline, which its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) says will have a lifespan of 25 years. According to the project documents submitted by Esso Exploration Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), Exxon’s local subsidiary, the estimated US $900 million project will have a start-u...

"Asset Integrity" OGV Community Online Event - Jun 2021

Asset Integrity   OGV Energy welcomes you to our OGV Community event for June, where we will be exploring how the asset integrity sector has progressed to harness new technologies and facilitate safer work environments. The energy sector is a highly regulated industry with ageing assets, complex technologies and a risk-averse culture, with a high demand for optimised Asset Integrity Management solutions. Integrity management strategies and technologies which minimise risk, give ope...

"Rising Star winners share their stories" EIC Supply Chain Updates

Rising Star winners share their stories   The EIC and RGU Rising Star MBA Award is an initiative created to develop leaders of tomorrow in the energy sector and sees the winner receive full tuition fees (worth £17,000) for the MBA Management course at RGU. In this episode, Stuart Broadley, CEO of The Energy Industries Council (EIC) interviews the recent RGU Rising Star winners, and joined by Stuart is Dr. Anita Singh, from Robert Gordon University.  ...

Irish offshore wind surveys interrupted by post-Brexit ruling

Irish offshore wind surveys interrupted by post-Brexit ruling   Representatives of ESB, the Irish utility that is planning to develop up to 5 GW of offshore wind in Irish waters with developer Equinor, told OWJ that the IAA’s interpretation of the terms of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement temporarily interrupted surveys earlier this year and a long-term solution has yet to be found. Together, ESB and Equinor are progressing plans for five offshore windfarms on the ea...

Chevron Won’t Cut Oil & Gas Business For Renewables

Chevron Won’t Cut Oil & Gas Business For Renewables   Unlike European supermajors, U.S. Chevron doesn’t have any plans to reduce its oil and gas business to invest in solar or wind power, chief financial officer Pierre Breber said at a Reuters conference on Thursday. Shareholders have ramped up pressure on the world’s largest public companies—including Chevron—to start preparing their business for profits in the energy transition. Most European oil...
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