Energy

On 16 April 2018, the Florida Constitution, the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) voted to approve eight revisions to be placed on the 2018 General Election ballot for voter consideration.

The Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has announced the appointment of Shawn Bennett as Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Oil and Natural Gas. As DAS for Oil and Natural Gas, Mr. Bennett will administer oil and gas programs, including research and development, analysis, and natural gas regulation.

Balmoral Offshore Engineering has acquired Norwegian manufacturer, Seaproof Solutions, to accelerate its expansion into the offshore renewables market.

Flintstone Technology Ltd is diversifying its market-leading mooring operations to help drive down costs for the offshore floating wind industry.

The International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE 2018) will gather stakeholders involved in Marine Renewable Energies in Cherbourg, Normandy, France from 12-14 June 2018.

The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Partnership has kicked off two new studies to investigate critical issues for large scale floating wind farms.

Nexans has reached two key milestones in its major contract to create the high voltage power export connection for Scotland’s Beatrice 588 MW offshore windfarm.

BP announces that it has committed to two new North Sea developments which are expected to produce 30,000 barrels gross of oil equivalent a day at peak production.

Bahrain's National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA), alongside international consultants DeGolyer and MacNaughton, Halliburton, and Schlumberger, have provided new details on the Kingdom's largest ever discovery of oil and gas, with tight oil amounting to at least 80 billion barrels.

The Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Business Network for Offshore Wind (the Network) in the United States.

In support of the President's “America-First Offshore Energy Strategy,” U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has announced the proposed lease sale for two additional areas offshore Massachusetts for commercial wind energy leasing, totaling nearly 390,000 acres.

It’s only six months now until the start of the Global Wind Summit in Hamburg, the biggest and most important meeting of the wind industry worldwide.