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Petrobras oil and gas production down in Aug
Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras said its August oil and gas production dropped 1.4% due to the sale of assets in Argentina. Petrobras daily oil and natural gas production in August was 2.84 million barrels of oil equivalent (boed), compared with 2.89 million boed in July. Of this total,
University from Aberdeen to steer Mexican gov’t in o&g skills development
Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen has been awarded funding to create a skills development framework for the oil and gas sector in Mexico. The university said on Tuesday it secured the funding, which will be delivered by the British Embassy in Mexico from the British Government’s Prosperity
Kongsberg Adds Chesapeake’s SonarWiz to PulSAR Sonar
Kongsberg GeoAcoustics has upgraded PulSAR sidescan sonar with Chesapeake Technology’s SonarWiz mapping software. The SonarWiz interface allows PulSAR users to acquire data from multiple sensors, process imagery in real time, generate art mosaics, create detailed contact reports, and produce outputs
Petoro buying stake in Zidane field
Norwegian energy company Petoro is on the verge of buying a stake in the DEA Norge-operated Zidane development, offshore Norway. According to Offshore.no, Petoro has entered into a definitive agreement with Austrian OMV, a partner in the Norwegian Sea field, to buy OMV’s 20 pct stake, thus marking t
Floatgen Construction Progressing According to Schedule
The construction works on Ideol’s Floatgen project have started this month, as announced in June,with the wind turbine and most of the mooring system components now unloaded at the Saint-Nazaire port and the barge on which the construction is taking place already in position at Quai des Charbonniers
Floatgen Construction Progressing According to Schedule
The construction works on Ideol’s Floatgen project have started this month, as announced in June,with the wind turbine and most of the mooring system components now unloaded at the Saint-Nazaire port and the barge on which the construction is taking place already in position at Quai des Charbonniers
India’s oil minister courts investors in London
India’s oil and gas minister Dhamendra Pradhan is in London, hoping to find interested oil firms to invest in the country’s oil and gas sector through participation in the recently announced Discovered Small Fields Bidding Round – 2016. Speaking at the road-show in London on Monday, he said that the
Alaska’s Arctic Coalition launches pro-drilling campaign
Several pro-offshore drilling groups in Alaska have launched an advertising campaign calling for the Obama administration to keep “intact the Arctic leasing areas currently contained in the Interior Department’s draft proposed plan”. The group, called the Arctic Coalition, is made up of a group of 2
Oil falls as U.S. drills more
Oil fell for a second trading day in a row on Monday, after speculators cut their bullish bets by the most in three months last week and U.S. crude drillers added more rigs for a tenth week running.
Vattenfall to Build Two Nearshore Wind Farms in Denmark
Vattenfall has won the Danish nearshore wind tender after submitting the final bid for Vesterhav Syd and Vesterhav Nord sites on 1 September and offering the lowest bid of DKK 0,475/kWh. There were five possible locations within the tender and Vattenfall bid for two sites on the west coast of Jutlan
Tokyo Gas gets first Gorgon LNG cargo
Japan’s utility Tokyo Gas received its first shipment of liquefied natural gas produced by the Chevron-operated $54 billion Gorgon LNG project in Western Australia. LNG tanker Energy Confidence carrying about 70,000 tonnes of LNG docked on Saturday at the Tokyo Gas Ohgishima LNG terminal in Yokohama
US Issues National Offshore Wind Strategy, Aims for 86GW by 2050
The US Departments of Energy and Interior (DOE and DOI) have published the National Offshore Wind Strategy: Facilitating the Development of the Offshore Wind Industry in the United States, which could help enable 86GW of offshore wind in the country by 2050. The strategy details the current state of
Atlantis to officially unveil MeyGen today
Atlantis is hosting an event today to officially unveil the MeyGen project, the world’s largest free stream tidal power project, at the Nigg Energy Park in Scotland. The event is expected to be attended by Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, who will officially unveil the MeyGen Project. Th
EIA: Japan’s electricity price up despite drop in LNG, coal price
The average retail electricity price in Japan rose for four consecutive fiscal years (2011–14), despite a decline in the price of imported coal and liquefied natural gas.