New York has chosen two large-scale offshore wind projects, which can power one million homes with clean energy, in the state’s maiden tender. The two wind farms with a total electricity generating capacity of 1.7GW are said to the single largest renewable energy procurement by any US state in history. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo […]
The Snefrid Nord gas field located in the Norwegian Sea has been brought into production by Equinor and its partners through a subsea tieback to the Aasta Hansteen gas field. According to Equinor, the Snefrid Nord field is the first discovery to be developed as a tie back to the Aasta Hansteen field, which entered […]
Air Liquide, French industrial gases company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Equinor and its partners Shell and Total to join the Northern Lights CCS project – a new carbon capture and storage project (CCS project) in Norway. The collaboration is said to demonstrate Air Liquide’s commitment to the development of a low carbon […]
Equinor and its partners Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total are planning to commence production at Johan Sverdrup oil field in the Norwegian North Sea during the month of October, one month ahead of schedule, as per the latest oil and gas industry news. Accelerated start-up schedule of the Johan Sverdrup phase 1 project […]
Energy acquisition news : Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has wrapped up its previously announced $965 million sale of 22.45% stake producing Caesar Tonga oil field in the US Gulf of Mexico to Equinor’s subsidiary Equinor Gulf of Mexico. Originally, Shell signed a deal with Israel’s Delek Group to sell its non-operated […]
Offshore wind industry news : Equinor’s Empire Wind Project, a proposed 816MW offshore wind farm in the US to be built with an investment of around $3 billion, has been named as a winner in New York State’s large-scale competitive offshore wind solicitation. The Empire Wind Project is expected to help the clean energy and […]
Equinor Energy, ExxonMobil and Vår Energi have announced the start of production from the Trestakk field in the Norwegian Sea, on time, and without any serious incidents. The Trestakk oil and gas field, which is located on Haltenbanken Norwegian Sea in a depth of around 3,900 metres, is tied back to the Åsgard A floating […]
Oil and gas industry news : Delek Group has agreed to acquire a stake of 22.45% in the producing Caesar Tonga oil field in the US Gulf of Mexico from Royal Dutch Shell’s subsidiary Shell Offshore for $965 million in an all-cash deal. The transaction will mark the exit of Shell from the Caesar Tonga […]
Oil and gas industry news : TechnipFMC has bagged a subsea contract from Equinor for the $4.83 billion Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project in the Norwegian waters of the North Sea. Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project contract As per the contract terms, TechnipFMC will handle the construction and installation of Johan Sverdrup Phase 2’s subsea production […]
Wind industry news : Norwegian energy company Equinor successfully bid $135 million for one of three lease areas offshore Massachusetts in the online offshore wind auction held by the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The lease area secured by Equinor in this connection is OCS-A 0520, which is spread […]