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Wednesday, January 11, 2023
aerial of an offshore wind turbine
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New BOEM Director Will Oversee Nation’s Offshore Wind Program

The Department of the Interior has announced that Elizabeth (Liz) Klein has been named Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the agency at

January 11, 2023
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Saturday, January 7, 2023
General view of the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off the coast of Blackpool, Britain.
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Britain Produced Record Amount Of Wind Power In 2022

LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Britain’s wind farms contributed a record 26.8% of the country’s electricity in 2022 although gas-fired power

January 7, 2023
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Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Alaska Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale Attracts Only One Bid
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Alaska Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale Attracts Only One Bid

An offshore oil and gas lease sale covering waters off Alaska’s south-central coast generated just one bid. The lease sale, known as the Cook Inlet Oil

January 4, 2023
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DEME Wins Empire Wind Cable Installation Work in U.S.
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DEME Wins Empire Wind Cable Installation Work in U.S.

The U.S. division of Belgium-based DEME has been awarded a contract for the installation of inter-array cables for the Empire Wind offshore wind farms off New

January 4, 2023
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Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Wind turbines off of Block Island
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Massachusetts Orders Offshore Wind Projects to Push Ahead as Inflation Drives Up Costs

By Josh Saul (Bloomberg) — Massachusetts has denied requests from developers to renegotiate electricity contracts for proposed offshore wind farms

January 3, 2023
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Baker Hughes to Supply Key Equipment for World’s Largest Carbon Capture Project in Malaysia
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Baker Hughes to Supply Key Equipment for World’s Largest Carbon Capture Project in Malaysia

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes has been awarded a contract to supply the CO2 compression equipment for Petronas’ Kasawari offshore carbon capture

January 3, 2023
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Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) ship "Hoegh Esperanza" arrives in Wilhelmshaven
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Germany Imports First LNG at New Floating Terminal

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Germany received its first shipment of liquefied natural gas — from the US — at a new floating terminal in the

January 3, 2023
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Sembcorp Marine Delivers Second 8th Generation Drillship
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Sembcorp Marine Delivers Second 8th Generation Drillship

Singaporean offshore shipbuilder Sembcorp Marine has delivered the world’s second 8th generation drillship, named Deepwater Titan, to a subsidiary of

January 3, 2023
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Thursday, December 29, 2022
A jackup works to prepare the seabed for a cable that will connect the South Fork Wind offshore wind farm, 35 miles east of Montauk Point to the onshore electric grid. Photo courtesy South Fork Wind
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US Ignored Own Scientists’ Warning in Backing Atlantic Wind Farm

By Jennifer A Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — US government scientists warned federal regulators the South Fork offshore wind farm near the Rhode Island coast

December 29, 2022
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offshore oil rig
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UK Oil Lobby Warns Financing May Dry Up After Windfall Tax

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Banks are set to trim billions of pounds in financing for oil and gas producers in the UK’s North Sea after a windfall

December 29, 2022
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Tuesday, December 27, 2022
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds up a wind turbine size comparison chart while attending a meeting with governors, labor leaders, and private companies launching the Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership, at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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President Biden’s Offshore Wind Ambitions Face Another Setback

By Josh Saul (Bloomberg) — Shell New Energies, EDP Renewables and Engie asked regulators for a delay in the planning of a proposed joint-venture

December 27, 2022
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Friday, December 23, 2022
Seadrill drillship on the horizon
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Seadrill Acquires Aquadrill in All-Stock Deal

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill (NYSE and OSE: SDRL) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire UK-based Aquadrill in an all-stock transaction.

December 23, 2022
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Thursday, December 22, 2022
Pioneering Spirit world record
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Record-Setting Pioneering Spirit Wins Installation Work

Swiss offshore engineering company Allseas has been awarded an offshore installation contract for its one-of-a-kind heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit. The

December 22, 2022
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General view of the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off the coast of Blackpool, Britain.
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Record UK Wind Power in 2022 Helped to Ease Gas Crisis

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Britain’s wind farms generated a record amount of electricity this year as gusty weather and a growing fleet of

December 22, 2022
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Monday, December 19, 2022
Eneti offshore wind turbine installation vessel
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Eneti Lands First Contract for Newbuild Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

Offshore wind-focused Eneti (NYSE: NETI) has announced an initial contract award for its first newbuild Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) under

December 19, 2022
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keppel shipyard
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Keppel Settles Long-Standing Bribery Case in Brazil

Singapore-based shipbuilder Keppel Offshore & Marine has reached a settlement agreement with Brazilian authorities in connection to a long-running bribery

December 19, 2022
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Noble Regina Allen
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Noble Jack-Up Rig Evacuated Off Trinidad and Tobago

A Noble Corporation jack-up rig was evacuated off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago last week due to a mechanical issue involving one of its legs, the company

December 19, 2022
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Sunday, December 18, 2022
Australia Launches Offshore Wind To Move Away From Coal
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Australia Launches Offshore Wind To Move Away From Coal

By James Fernyhough Dec 18 (Bloomberg) –Australia officially opened its first offshore wind zone off the southern coast of Victoria, as the nation seeks

December 18, 2022
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Saturday, December 17, 2022
LNG Terminal in Germany. Photo Michael Sohn/Pool via REUTERS
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Breakneck LNG Build-Out Shows Germany Can Move Fast

By Andreas Rinke and Andi Kranz WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The speed with which Germany managed to build and link up its first

December 17, 2022
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Thursday, December 15, 2022
Norway’s Giant Johan Sverdrup Oil Field Now Fully On Stream
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Norway’s Giant Johan Sverdrup Oil Field Now Fully On Stream

Norwegian energy company Equinor has announced the start of production for Phase 2 of its giant Johan Sverdrup oil field development in the North Sea. “The

December 15, 2022
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