General – Appointment
Copenhagen Offshore Partners announced that Holly Cartwright and Virginia Ruiz Albacete have been appointed as Co-CEOs of COP UK and Ireland.
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Expansion of Port of Cromarty Firth in Scotland
General – Finance
The UK government has awarded more than GBP 55 million (about EUR 66 million) for the expansion of the Port of Cromarty Firth in Scotland.
[Read more…] about Expansion of Port of Cromarty Firth in ScotlandWalberswick announced preferred landfall location LionLink
General – Interconnector
Yesterday, LionLink interconnector announces Walberswick as the preferred landfall location for the new subsea interconnector between the UK and the Netherlands.
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General – Carbon Storage
The North Sea Transition Authority has awarded the UK’s first-ever carbon storage permit to the Endurance site, marking a major milestone on the path to net zero emissions.
[Read more…] about UK’s first-ever carbon storage permitEquinor and partners combine two planned UK offshore wind projects
Wind Energy – UK
Norway’s Equinor and partners have agreed to join two planned offshore wind projects in Britain into one legal entity, in a move it said would be more cost-effective and help to minimise the environmental impact.
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General – Carbon Capture and Storage
Equinor has announced financial close after taking a Final Investment Decision (FID) to progress to execution phase on two of the UK’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in Teesside, the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) and Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power).
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Fossil Energy – Policy
Given the rising focus on energy security, Wood Mackenzie, an energy intelligence group, has pointed out that the United Kingdom (UK) could get its hands on an additional £10 billion of North Sea oil and natural gas value from existing assets if it puts the right set of fiscal and regulatory policies in place.
[Read more…] about UK likely to unlock £10 billion worth of North Sea oil & gasPartnership on offshore electrification with CCS
General – Decarbonisation Mission
Three players – Amplus Energy, EnQuest’s Veri Energy, and Ocean-Power – have embarked on a decarbonization mission to bring offshore electrification operations to new heights in the UK and Norway by throwing carbon capture solutions into the mix to curb oil and gas installations’ carbon footprint.
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Wind Energy – Sustainability
Together with Irish and British colleagues, Eamon Ryan and Andrew Bowie, Tinne Van der Straeten, the Belgian Minister of Energy signed a letter of intent to create a connection between the wind farms off the Irish coast and Princess Elisabeth Island.
[Read more…] about Letter of intent to fulfill joint ambitionsNew oil and gas licences strengthen every sector UK
Fossil Energy – Licences
Offshore Energies UK says today’s offer of 31 new oil and gas licences to operators by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) strengthens energy security and business confidence across all sectors as the expansion into wind, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage accelerates.
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