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Friday, June 12, 2020
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Offshore

Norway Opens Expansive Offshore Areas to Wind Development

The Norwegian government has announced the opening of more than 860,000 acres of the Norwegian Continental Shelf to offshore wind development. The areas, known

June 12, 2020
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Thursday, June 11, 2020
offshore rig north sea
Offshore

Oil Crisis Shows Richest Nordic Country Remains a Crude Addict

By Lars Erik Taraldsen and Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) –Norway has been talking for years about weaning itself off oil, but the Covid-19 crisis has

June 11, 2020
Total Views: 75

Wednesday, June 10, 2020
offshore supply vessel
Offshore

PEMEX Suspends Supplier Contracts, Triggering Job Losses

By Amy Stillman and Peter Millard (Bloomberg) –Mexico’s state oil giant is suspending contracts with service providers and suppliers, triggering

June 10, 2020
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Scotland Launches $10 Billion Contest to Build Offshore Wind Farms

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) –Scotland, home to a quarter of Europe’s offshore wind resources, is seeking proposals to install turbines off the coast

June 10, 2020
Total Views: 70

Tuesday, June 9, 2020
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First Major U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Reaches Permitting Milestone

June 9 (Reuters) – The first major U.S. offshore wind farm, planned for the Massachusetts coast, reached a key permitting milestone on Tuesday with the

June 9, 2020
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Monday, June 8, 2020
U.S. Gulf of Mexico Energy Production to Resume After Storm Passes
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U.S. Gulf of Mexico Energy Production to Resume After Storm Passes

HOUSTON, June 8 (Reuters) – Energy companies on Monday began preparations to resume oil and gas production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, a day after

June 8, 2020
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Norway’s Equinor Sets Maritime Climate Ambitions

Norwegian energy firm Equinor is seeking to halve its global emissions from maritime shipping by 2050 and will work towards developing and promoting

June 8, 2020
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BP to Cut 15% of Workforce by Year-End
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BP to Cut 15% of Workforce by Year-End

By Shadia Nasralla and Ron Bousso LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) – BP will cut about 15% of its workforce in response to the coronavirus crisis and as part of

June 8, 2020
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Friday, June 5, 2020
Offshore Wind Turbines At Sea
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Wind Turbine Inventor Sees Unlimited Potential in Floating Wind Farms

By Will Mathis (Bloomberg) — The turbine inventor Henrik Stiesdal is small in the shadows of gigantic curves of steel, watching workers weld towers that

June 5, 2020
Total Views: 238

offshore rigs Mobile offshore drilling units stand in the Port of Cromarty Firth in Cromarty, U.K.
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Offshore Oil’s $105 Billion Hangover Adding to Industry Woes

By Peter Millard, Laura Hurst and David Wethe (Bloomberg) –Aging offshore oil wells that once brought market prominence to Europe, the U.S. Gulf and

June 5, 2020
Total Views: 110

Thursday, June 4, 2020
offshore wind farm under construction. DJ Mattaar / Shutterstock
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Subsidy-Free Wind Farm Gets Green Light in the North Sea

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Swedish energy company Vattenfall AB is going ahead with building one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms and

June 4, 2020
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
U.S. Senators Propose Expanding Nord Stream 2 Sanctions
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U.S. Senators Propose Expanding Nord Stream 2 Sanctions

By Patricia Zengerle and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) – U.S. senators will announce a bill this week expanding sanctions on

June 3, 2020
Total Views: 134

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EDF-Led Group Nods $2.2 Billion French Offshore Wind Project

By Francois de Beaupuy (Bloomberg) — Electricite de France SA and its Canadian and German partners have finalized the funding of a 2-billion euro ($2.23

June 3, 2020
Total Views: 204

Tuesday, June 2, 2020
U.S. Gulf Put on Notice as Tropical Storm Cristobal Gains Strength
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U.S. Gulf Put on Notice as Tropical Storm Cristobal Gains Strength

By Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) –Tropical Storm Cristobal, now gaining strength in the southern Gulf of Mexico, could grow into a hurricane as it moves

June 2, 2020
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Monday, June 1, 2020
Subsea 7 stock photo
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Subsea 7 to Slash Global Workforce by 25%

Subsea 7 has released details of its cost reduction program which it alluded to in its first quarter earnings report released April 30. As previously

June 1, 2020
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Friday, May 29, 2020
Tullow Oil: 58 Workers Test Positive for COVID-19 on FPSO Off Ghana
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Tullow Oil: 58 Workers Test Positive for COVID-19 on FPSO Off Ghana

ACCRA, May 29 (Reuters) – Fifty-eight workers tested positive for COVID-19 at an oil production facility run by Tullow Oil off Ghana’s Atlantic

May 29, 2020
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
offshore oil rig
Offshore

Chevron Planning to Cut Up to 15% of Workforce

By Kevin Crowley and Rachel Adams-Heard (Bloomberg) –Chevron Corp. is planning a 10% to 15% reduction in its global workforce this year, the biggest cut

May 27, 2020
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
offshore drilling rig brazil. Stock Photo: Shutterstock / marchello74
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Brazil’s Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Facing Coronavirus Outbreaks

By Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO, May 26 (Reuters) – Norway’s Equinor ASA , Brazil’s Dommo Energia SA and Anglo-French firm

May 26, 2020
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Haliade-X 12 MW wind turbines
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Battle Over World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Is Heating Up

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA, the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, is to build what will be the world’s biggest

May 19, 2020
Total Views: 210

Monday, May 18, 2020
Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
Offshore

Oil Rises to Two-Month High Amid Demand Recovery

(Bloomberg) — Oil rose to levels not seen since Covid-19 lockdowns paralyzed the world’s largest economy, lifted by signs of recovering demand and

May 18, 2020
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