UK North Sea-focused oil company Ithaca Energy has completed the acquisition of the remaining 40% stake in the Fotla offshore discovery and three exploration licenses - P.213 Area C, P.345 Area A and P.2536 - from Spirit Energy. The acquisition brings Ithaca Energy's working interest in the Fotla discovery to 100%.The Fotla Discovery is located in Block 22/1b of the UK North Sea in 431 ft of water…
The U.S. Department of Energy has made its largest ever investment in marine energy, making $112.5 million available for the commercialization of wave energy technologies.This five-year investment is expected to significantly accelerate the design…
The Ondas de Peniche (ONDEP) project has been awarded $21 million (€19 million) from the EU’s Horizon Europe funding program to deploy a 2 MW wave energy array featuring four WaveRoller wave energy converters.The ONDEP project will start in October 2024 and last for five and a half years…
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) has reached a definitive agreement with GEK TERNA and other shareholders to acquire Greece’s Terna Energy in a $3.44 billion (€3.2 billion) deal, representing one of Europe’s biggest renewable energy transactions in 2024…
Eco Wave Power has been selected by a major energy company to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study aimed at identifying the top locations for commercial onshore wave energy stations in the United States and across the globe.Per the terms of the agreement with the unnamed company…
Spanish tidal energy company Magallanes Renovables has awarded a contract to Tadek Ocean Engineering for a detailed design related to cables, installation and mooring systems for tidal energy projects to be installed offshore United Kingdom…
Esgian has released its Week 5 Rig Analytics Market Roundup saying it was the week of rig moves, as several units completed their respective campaigns and moved on to ports either to wait for new assignments or to prepare for upcoming jobs. Meanwhile…
The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) Program, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has selected 10 projects to share $1.3 million for marine energy-related research.The projects have been selected…
HydroWing announced it has opened a new office in Wales, to support the development of its tidal stream energy project at Morlais on Anglesey.The company has been awarded a contract through the latest round of the U.K. government’s ‘Contracts…
Between 2017-2022 renewables met 51% of new energy demand, while the remaining demand was supplied by fossil fuels, according to DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook.'Renewables are still just meeting increased demand rather than replacing fossil fuels…
Australian Energy Producers has been unveiled as the new name of the peak body of the nation’s explorers and producers of essential energy.Previously known as the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA), the change…
Wave energy technology developer Mocean Energy has secured over £3 million EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave machine in Orkney.The wave energy device – named Blue Horizon 250 – will be manufactured in Scotland and deployed in a grid…
The Baltic Offshore Wind Forum was held in Berlin, Germany on May 9 as part of a bid to advance sustainable energy and energy security in the Baltic Sea region.Foreign Ministers and high-level representatives of Member States of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)…
California Senate Bill 605 has been passed in California’s Senate Energy Committee and the Natural Resources and Water Committee.SB 605, proposed by California State Senator Steve Padilla, passed both committees unanimously, 15-0 and 10-0, respectively…
Registration for the 50th-anniversary edition of SPE Offshore Europe 2023 exhibition and conference is now open, the organizers said Thursday.The free-to-attend event will be held at P&J Live, Aberdeen, from 5-8 September 2023, and themed ‘Accelerating the transition to a better energy future’…
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