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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Offshore

Biden Issues Dozens of Oil Drilling Permits in First Few Days

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Biden administration has issued at least 31 new drilling permits authorizing operations on federal land and

January 27, 2021
Total Views: 5132

Offshore

Biden to Pause Oil and Gas Leases, Cut Fossil Fuel Subsidies with Climate-Focussed Executive Order

By Valerie Volcovici and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden was set on Wednesday to sign executive actions to combat climate

January 27, 2021
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Offshore

Lenders Take Control of Polarcus Assets After Seismic Surveyor Defaults on Debt

OSLO, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Lenders took control of Polarcus’s ships on Tuesday after the seismic surveyor defaulted on its bank loans and bonds,

January 26, 2021
Total Views: 3297

Monday, January 25, 2021
Offshore

BP Drastically Cuts Oil Exploration

BP ($BP) cuts in oil exploration could hurt struggling offshore exploration companies like Transocean ($RIG). UK oil major BP has drastically scaled back the

January 25, 2021
Total Views: 2689

Friday, January 22, 2021
Offshore

Goldman Sachs Says Biden’s First Steps Are Bullish for Oil

By Andres Guerra Luz and Saket Sundria (Bloomberg) — Initial steps taken by U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration may help support the oil market

January 22, 2021
Total Views: 3121

Thursday, January 21, 2021
Offshore

Norway to Award Arctic Drilling Permits in Q2, Minister Says

OSLO, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Norway is proceeding with plans to award oil and gas exploration permits in frontier regions of the Arctic later this year, Oil

January 21, 2021
Total Views: 1189

Offshore

EU Lawmakers Call for Halt to Nord Stream 2 After Kremlin Critic’s Arrest

By Kate Abnett and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS, Jan 21 (Reuters) – European Union lawmakers passed a resolution on Thursday calling for the bloc to stop the

January 21, 2021
Total Views: 2162

Offshore

Permitting for Big U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Will Resume ‘Very, Very Soon’ -Avangrid CEO

Jan 20 (Reuters) – The developer of the first major U.S. offshore wind farm said on Wednesday it will soon apply for a federal permit from

January 21, 2021
Total Views: 2667

Friday, January 15, 2021
Offshore

Construction Set to Start on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline in Danish Waters

BERLIN, Jan 15 (Reuters) – The Russia-led Nord Stream 2 (NS2) consortium on Friday said preparatory work to complete the subsea gas pipeline to Germany

January 15, 2021
Total Views: 2698

Offshore

Total Quits American Petroleum Institute Over Climate Policies

By Ron Bousso LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – France’s Total SE on Friday became the first major global energy company to quit the main U.S. oil and gas

January 15, 2021
Total Views: 2621

Thursday, January 14, 2021
Offshore

Equinor to Test Floating Solar Farm in Sunny Norway

Norwegian energy producer Equinor is taking on a project to test floating solar power off the not-so-sunny coast of Norway. Equinor announced Thursday that it

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 3306

Offshore

U.S. Adds Chinese Oil Giant CNOOC to Blacklist

By David Shepardson, Alexandra Alper and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – The United States announced sanctions on Chinese state-owned

January 14, 2021
Total Views: 1274

Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Offshore

Equinor Selected to Develop Major Offshore Wind Projects Off New York State

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has been selected to develop two large offshore wind farms off New York State in what is said to be one of the largest renewable

January 13, 2021
Total Views: 1944

Offshore

Siemens Partnership to Develop Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Prototype

By William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA and Siemens Energy AG plan to spend 120 million euros ($146 million) to figure

January 13, 2021
Total Views: 1849

Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Offshore

Oil Tops $50 for First Time Since February

By Andres Guerra Luz (Bloomberg) — Oil surpassed $50 a barrel as Saudi Arabia pledged to voluntarily cut output by an extra 1 million

January 5, 2021
Total Views: 1231

Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Russia Pushes Ahead on Gas Link to Europe Before U.S. Sanctions
Offshore

Russia Pushes Ahead on Gas Link to Europe Before U.S. Sanctions

By Vanessa Dezem, Daniel Flatley and Dina Khrennikova (Bloomberg) — Russia is stepping up work on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline before the U.S. tightens

December 29, 2020
Total Views: 1646

Monday, December 28, 2020
Offshore Oil Rig At Night
Offshore

Opinion: Was 2020 Really So Bad for Oil?

By Liam Denning (Bloomberg Opinion) — If ever a year needed a shot of glass-half-full attitude, it’s 2020. I got it recently from an oil

December 28, 2020
Total Views: 1446

Wednesday, December 23, 2020
U.S. Preparing New Sanctions to Impede Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Offshore

U.S. Preparing New Sanctions to Impede Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) – The United States is urging European allies and private companies to halt work that could help build the

December 23, 2020
Total Views: 3557

Thursday, December 17, 2020
bourbon reorganization
Offshore

Bourbon Emerges from Reorganization Proceedings

French offshore services provider Bourbon Maritime has emerged from reorganization after eliminating 1.5 billion euros in debt. Bourbon’s recovery plan

December 17, 2020
Total Views: 1408

A support vessel is seen next to a wind turbine at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off the coast of Blackpool, Britain
Offshore

U.K. Power Grid Moving Offshore to Support $27 Billion Wind Boom

By Rachel Morison and William Mathis (Bloomberg) — Britain’s electricity grid operator is pushing deeper into the turbulent waters of the North Sea,

December 17, 2020
Total Views: 891