General – Appointment
Jonathan Cole is stepping down as chief executive of Corio Generation at the end of January for personal reasons, Reuters reported earlier this week.
[Read more…] about New CEO for Corio GenerationAker Solutions signs long-term strategic partnership with Vår Energi
Fossil Energy – Strategic Partnership
Aker Solutions enters a strategic partnership agreement to deliver maintenance and modification services on Vår Energi operated assets and projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
[Read more…] about Aker Solutions signs long-term strategic partnership with Vår EnergiTrump suspends new federal offshore wind leasing
Politics – Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump in his first day of office on Monday suspended new federal offshore wind leasing pending an environmental and economic review, saying wind mills are ugly, expensive and harm wildlife.
[Read more…] about Trump suspends new federal offshore wind leasingExxonMobil discovers gas offshore Egypt
Fossil Energy – Egypt
ExxonMobil Egypt discovered hydrocarbons in the Nefertari-1 exploratory well in North Marakia block, about 5 miles offshore Egypt.
[Read more…] about ExxonMobil discovers gas offshore EgyptKey permit for Korean offshore wind project
Wind Energy – South Korea
Deep Wind Offshore Korea has secured a Public Waters Occupancy and Use Permit for the Admiral Lee Offshore Wind Project.
[Read more…] about Key permit for Korean offshore wind projectPrysmian ditches plan to build US offshore wind cables factory
General – US Politics
Italy’s Prysmian will abandon a plan to build a plant in the United States to make cables for offshore wind parks, the group said in a statement seen by Reuters on Tuesday, even as it expands its overall business in the country.
[Read more…] about Prysmian ditches plan to build US offshore wind cables factoryOWPs to start producing power in Philippines by 2028
Wind Energy – Philippines
Sixteen frontrunner offshore wind (OSW) projects with a total capacity of 16,652 megawatts (MW) will start generating clean energy by 2028, the Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) said.
[Read more…] about OWPs to start producing power in Philippines by 2028Lhyfe and Masdar join forces to explore green hydrogen projects
General – Green Hydrogen
Lhyfe, a producer and supplier of green and renewable hydrogen, and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore potential co-development opportunities in large-scale green hydrogen production projects in Europe.
[Read more…] about Lhyfe and Masdar join forces to explore green hydrogen projectsShell finds unexploded bomb next to pipeline Brent Field
Fossil Energy – Bomb
Shell has confirmed the discovery of an unexploded bomb next to a 40-year-old gas line running across the North Sea.
[Read more…] about Shell finds unexploded bomb next to pipeline Brent FieldIraq, BP to sign major Kirkuk fields deal worth over $27bn
Fossil Energy – Kirkuk Field
Iraq signed a massive deal with BP covering four Kirkuk oil and gas fields by early February that will exceed the value of TotalEnergies’ $27bn Basra agreement.
[Read more…] about Iraq, BP to sign major Kirkuk fields deal worth over $27bn