Oil and gas company Serica Energy has started production from the Rhum R3 well in the UK North Sea, some 16 years after it was originally drilled. Rhum is a gas condensate field producing from two subsea wells, R1 and R2, tied into the…
Renexia SpA, a subsidiary of Toto Holding, has contracted Van Oord to transport and install ten foundations and turbines at the Taranto wind farm offshore Italy. Van Oord’s installation vessel MPI Resolution has set sail to Italy to install the monopiles, secondary steel, and…
Australia may soon be host to a new source of renewable energy after long awaited legislation which will enable offshore wind projects to be built in commonwealth waters was finally tabled in parliament on the 2nd September by federal energy minister Angus Taylor. Offshore…
Performance Team – A Maersk Company, a warehousing and distribution company, has placed an order for 16 Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 trucks-the largest commercial order of the North American zero-tailpipe emission model to date. The VNR Electric model from Volvo Trucks North America…
Eni SpA will begin studies for fast-track development of a “major” oil discovery in Block CI-101 offshore Ivory Coast and plans an evaluation programme to assess upside potential in the area. After more than 20 years of industry exploration in the country’s deep waters…
Ineos E&P A/S, which is a part of Ineos Energy, has announced that it has completed a previously announced agreement to acquire the subsidiary Hess Denmark AS for a total consideration of US$150 million. Under the deal, which has an effective date of the…
Crown Estate Scotland, which is currently reviewing the ScotWind Leasing Round applications, will open a new leasing process early next year, dedicated specifically to offshore wind projects which support the decarbonisation of the oil and gas sector and to small-scale innovation projects of less than…
The drillship Stena DrillMAX has spudded the ExxonMobil-operated Sapote-1 exploration well on the Canje block offshore Guyana. According to Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, which has an indirect interest via partner JHI Associates, Sapote-1 will test Upper Cretaceous reservoirs in a stratigraphic trap, with…
Westinghouse Electric Company and Energoatom, the state-owned nuclear utility of Ukraine, have signed an exclusive agreement to bring Westinghouse AP1000® reactors to multiple sites in Ukraine. The signing of the historic agreement took place at the Department of Energy Headquarters in Washington, DC, and…
Australia’s federal government is proposing what amounts to a subsidy to coal- and natural gas-fired power generation, in a bid to solve a problem the country’s energy market operator says doesn’t exist. The conservative Liberal-National coalition government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison is backing…
