5129 results found for 'french guiana'

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  • Greenpeace launches campaign against oil exploration off Brazil

    27 January 2017

    The environmentalist group, Greenpeace, has launched a new campaign in Brazil with an aim to protect the newly discovered Amazon Reef from oil exploration.  In the far north of Brazil, where the Amazon River meets the sea, there is a coral reef whose discovery was announced by a group of scientists in April 2016. Greenpeace […]

  • AYRO secures $21 million financing for OceanWings wingsail solution

    27 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Project & Tenders, Technology

    French designer and manufacturer of wingsail solution AYRO has secured a 19.2 million € ($21 m) Series B round financing for its OceanWings.

  • New gas discovery puts another subsea tie-back on Norwegian field’s menu

    10 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has made a fresh gas discovery, which is a tie-back candidate to a giant field in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • Premier Secures Award of Three Blocks in Brazil’s 11th Round

    16 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Premier announces that it has been awarded three blocks in Brazil’s 11th Round held in Rio de Janeiro on 14 May. The blocks are located in deep water basins offshore North East Brazil in largely under-explored areas and contain prospects and leads capable of delivering between 250 mmbbls and 1 bn bbls each. Premier was […]

  • Total Acquires Interests in Three New Ultra-Deepwater Licenses Offshore Ivory Coast

    17 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Total announces the signature of production sharing agreements with the Côte d’Ivoire state and national oil company Petroci for three new ultra-deep offshore licenses. Total will operate the CI-514 license with a 54% interest, in partnership with Canadian Natural Ressources International (36%) and Petroci (10%). Total will also hold a 45% interest in the CI-515 […]

  • Marine warranty surveyor chosen for Australian 750 MW interconnector

    15 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been appointed to deliver marine warranty survey (MWS) services for a 750 MW, 345-kilometer-long power interconnector project in Australia. ABL’s operations in Australia will provide MWS services to support the marine transportation and installation (T&I) campaign for the submarine part of the Marinus Link interconnector, which will link Tasmania […]

  • USA: Cobalt Excited About Return to Gulf Drilling

    22 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Cobalt International Energy, Inc. announced today that the Ensco 8503 drilling rig, contracted to Cobalt, has returned to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico following a sublet of the rig to drill a well in French Guiana. Cobalt received the required U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Compliance and has subsequently received APD approval from the Bureau […]

  • Term of the Day: Carnet

    22 January 2015

    A carnet is an international customs and temporary export-import document. It permits a holder to temporarily carry or send merchandise into certain foreign countries, for display, demonstration or similar purposes, without paying duties or posting bonds. There are two types of carnets issued in U.S., ATA and TECRO/AIT. The TECRO/AIT carnets are used for temporary […]

  • Tullow Announces Excellent Operational Progress Offshore Ghana

    10 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    Tullow Oil plc  issues the following Interim Management Statement, for the period 1 July to 9 November 2010, in accordance with reporting requirements of the EU Transparency Directive. The Group will announce its full year Trading Statement and Operational Update on 20 January 2011. OPERATIONAL UPDATE Ghana Excellent progress has been made on the Jubilee […]

  • TOTAL Secures Ensco 8504 Rig for its Drilling Program Offshore Brunei

    22 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      Ensco plc announced today that a subsidiary of the Company has entered into a drilling contract for ENSCO 8504 with TOTAL E&P Deep Offshore Borneo B.V. Delivery from the shipyard in Singapore is planned for the end of July 2011 and the contract commencement will follow sea trials and mobilization to Brunei. Chairman, President […]

  • DP World London Gateway Cuts Carbon Emissions by 28% in 2016

    28 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    DP World London Gateway Port informed it reduced its carbon emissions by 28% per TEU in 2016. As explained, a significant increase in the number of containers being handled by the port as well as the introduction of hybrid-electric shuttle carriers to the port’s operations, better recording and tracking of energy use, and reduced energy […]

  • Greenpeace disrupts Total’s AGM protesting against Brazil drilling plan

    1 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Greenpeace activists disrupted oil company Total’s annual general meeting on Friday, protesting against Total’s plans near the Amazon Reef offshore Brazil.

  • VIDEO: Guinard Energies assesses French Guiana’s tidal resources

    31 March 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    The video shows an on-site assessment of French Guiana’s tidal resources by Guinard Energies, using its Poseide technology. The assessment was done around the Salvation Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean in January 2017. The device measured in real time the current velocity and actual hydrokinetic power that can be converted to electricity. According to the company, […]

  • Premier Scores Hat-Trick of Blocks Off Brazil

    16 May 2013

    Premier, a UK-based independent oil and gas exploration company, has been awarded three blocks in Brazil’s 11th Round held in Rio de Janeiro on 14 May. The blocks are located in deep water basins offshore North East Brazil in largely under-explored areas and contain prospects and leads capable of delivering between 250 mmbbls and 1 […]

  • World’s first sailing hybrid industrial ship debuts with Ariane 6′ upper stage

    7 February 2024
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    The first flight model of the European next-generation rocket Ariane 6’s upper stage has been loaded onto Canopée, the world’s first wind-powered hybrid industrial cargo ship.

  • DP World to breathe new life into Syria’s Port of Tartus

    14 July 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy

    The UAE-based logistics heavyweight DP World has signed a 30-year concession agreement with Syria’s General Authority for Land and Sea Ports to develop and operate the Port of Tartus.

  • Shell pools resources with Technip Energies in carbon capture arena

    18 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Innovation, Transition

    Shell Catalysts & Technologies, a subsidiary of UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has joined forces with France’s engineering company Technip Energies to come up with a post-combustion amine-based carbon capture solution, which will up the industrial sector’s decarbonization ante.

  • BV okays wind-assisted propulsion system for 1,800 TEU containership

    8 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels

    French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has delivered an approval in principle (AiP) to compatriot shipping company Zéphyr & Borée for its first open-top 1,800 TEU containership, demonstrating the feasibility of using wind-propelled wing-sails on this type of vessel.

  • The Netherlands: High Oil Prices Drive Shell’s Profit Up

    27 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    At 07.00 BST (08.00 CEST and 02.00 EDT) on Thursday 27 October, 2011 Royal Dutch Shell plc released its third quarter results and third quarter interim dividend announcement for 2011. Royal Dutch Shell’s third quarter 2011 earnings, on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis (see Note 1), were $7.2 billion compared with $3.5 billion […]

  • New Addition to the BOURBON Fleet

    26 February 2014

    With the AHTS Bourbon Liberty 320, BOURBON is now running a fleet of 100 Bourbon Liberty series-built, diesel-electric propelled and DP 2 vessels. This milestone coincides with the delivery of the first two of 20 deep offshore PSVs of the new BOURBON series: the Bourbon Explorer 500. “The Bourbon Liberty’s operational success and the launch […]

  • Bourbon Strenghtens Its Fleet with New Deliveries

    26 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    With the AHTS Bourbon Liberty 320, BOURBON is now running a fleet of 100 Bourbon Liberty series-built, diesel-electric propelled and DP 2 vessels, a first in the oil services industry. This milestone coincides with the delivery of the first two of 20 deep offshore PSVs of the new BOURBON series: the Bourbon Explorer 500. “The […]

  • Ghana: Jubilee Field Production Delivers Record Cashflows to Tullow

    9 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) issues the following Interim Management Statement, for the period 1 July to 8 November 2011, in accordance with reporting requirements of the EU Transparency Directive. The Group will announce its full year Trading Statement and Operational Update on 18 January 2012. Tullow has continued its strong performance in the second half […]

  • Europe’s 17 Bln Boe of Yet-to-Find Oil and Gas Volumes Attract Companies

    4 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    At Offshore Europe in Aberdeen, Wood Mackenzie presented its view of the role of independent oil and gas companies globally. This peer group has been at the forefront of conventional exploration, playing a key role in opening up giant new plays. With the Independents now taking an increasingly large share of license awards across Europe, […]

  • Maersk-backed Prometheus ready to bring sustainable e-fuels to the market

    16 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Prometheus Fuels (Prometheus), a US-based producer of low-cost, carbon-neutral fuels backed by Denmark’s shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk, has reached commercial readiness for its proprietary e-fuels manufacturing system. As disclosed, the company’s Titan Forge Alpha prototype has ‘successfully’ integrated a full-scale fifty-cell Faraday Reactor, validating its core technology at TRL 9, said to be […]

  • HD KSOE commissions GTT for tank design of six LNG-fueled containerships

    3 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vessels

    French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has secured a contract from South Korean shipbuilding giant HD KSOE to design cryogenic tanks for six new LNG-fueled containerships ordered by shipowner Capital.