Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Ltd and its joint venture partner RockRose Energy have extended the bareboat charter contract for Bluewater’s FPSO Bleo Holm. Since 1999, the FPSO has operated at the Blake and Ross fields in the UK central North Sea. The new…
A unit of Energean Plc has signed a contract with Stena Drilling Limited for its 2022-2023 drilling program offshore Israel, Energean reported on the 28th June. Energean Israel Limited’s contract for the Stena Icemax drillship includes three firm wells and two optional wells and…
Offshore drilling contractor Shelf Drilling has secured a contract for a jack-up rig with Total E&P Nigeria, a unit of TotalEnergies, for operations offshore Nigeria. Shelf Drilling said on the 29th June that the contract was awarded to its Baltic jack-up rig. The…
Energy utility Alinta has unveiled plans for a 90MW solar farm and a four-hour big battery near Port Hedland in Western Australia, part of a major new power play that will set new benchmarks for solar and battery storage in Australia. The plans are for…
On the 28th June European Union countries gave the final seal of approval to a law to make the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding, as EU policymakers prepare a huge new package of policies to fight climate change. Negotiators from Parliament and…
German LNG Terminal GmbH intends to apply for planning permission to build the terminal at its Brunsbüttel site. The application will cover, among other things, a jetty with two berths for ships up to Q-Max size (266,000 cubic metres)), and distribution infrastructure for trucks,…
Charles Taylor names Axa XL’s Pickersgill CCO Charles Taylor has appointed John Pickersgill group chief commercial officer. MS AUL names Little marine energy liability senior underwriter Lloyd’s (re)insurer MS Amlin Underwriting Limited has appointed Richard Little as senior underwriter for marine energy liability. …
Chinese oil and gas giant CNOOC Limited has started production from the Weizhou 11-2 oilfield phase II project located in Chinese waters. The Weizhou 11-2 oilfield phase II project is located in Beibu Gulf in the South China Sea with water depth of about…
On the 25th June the Brussels regional government announced a ban on diesel cars in the region by 2030 and petrol cars by 2035 in an effort to meet the European Union’s carbon neutrality goal by 2050. The ban will also apply to vehicles…
German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on the 25th June that he had a productive meeting with US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, and both countries were committed to resolving a dispute over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline by the end of August. Mr Altmaier…
