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Published on May 24, 2024 by Dave Kovaleski

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The first monopile foundation for the 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) was installed recently approximately 29 miles off the Virginia Beach coast, Dominion Energy announced.

The monopile was installed by the Orion, DEME Groups heavy lift vessel. Once the offshore wind project is complete in late 2026, CVOW will consist of 176 turbines that will generate enough clean energy to power up to 660,000 homes. It is also expected to generate fuel savings of $3 billion for customers during the first 10 years of operation.

This is a monumental day for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind team, who have worked tirelessly to keep this project on budget and on schedule to provide our customers with reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy, Robert Blue, Dominion Energys chair, president and CEO, said. We are taking extensive precautions to ensure this project is fully protective of the environment and to protect marine species.

The monopile foundations are single vertical, steel cylinders manufactured by global leader EEW SPC. They are being staged at Portsmouth Marine Terminal and then installed into the sea floor to support the wind turbine generators. Dominion Energy will continue to install monopiles through the fall of 2024 and resume installations in May 2025.

We are proud to partner with Dominion Energy on this landmark project, Bill White, president DEME Offshore US, said. DEMEs Orion vessel, equipped with industry-leading Vibro Hammer technology, is uniquely designed to efficiently install CVOWs massive monopiles, all weighing over 1,000 tons. Our talented project team will include skilled American union pile drivers, creating a robust and prepared workforce. We look forward to working with our consortium partner Prysmian to help deliver Virginia-made energy to the Commonwealth.

To be protective of the endangered North Atlantic right whale, no monopiles will be installed between Nov. 1 and April 30, when the whales are expected to be migrating past the project area.

Additional measures to protect whales and other aquatic life include the use of bubble curtains perforated hoses that have air pumped through them to create a wall of bubbles around the monopiles during installation to reduce soundwaves underwater.

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(WO) HSM Offshore Energy has entered into a long-term lease agreement with Hollandia, for the use of the Stormpolder yard in Krimpen aan den IJssel. This strategic location aligns with HSM Offshore Energy's expansion plans and the growing order book, which includes prestigious projects such as Thor by RWE, Ostwind 3, Gennaker 1 & 2 by 50Hertz.

By securing the additional fabrication facility, HSM Offshore Energy is positioning itself to meet the increasing demand in the offshore renewable market, focusing on the offshore wind, gas, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen segments in the North Sea and Baltic Sea.

The Stormpolder yard and office are strategically located in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. This site is located between the rivers Noord, Nieuwe Maas and Hollandse IJssel and easily accessible by road, inland waterways and has direct access to the North Sea. The total area of the yard is 30,000 m2 with a covered brand-new main platform assembly hall.

Hans Leerdam, Commercial Director of HSM Offshore Energy, stated, "The lease of the Stormpolder yard is a step forward in our growth strategy. With our growing order book and our focus on the offshore energy mix, it is an important milestone for us to continue supporting our valuable clients with additional yard capacity and extended know-how of our employees."

HSM Offshore Energy is an integrated solution provider in EPCIC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning) multi-disciplinary offshore projects.

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French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is set to invest $600m (around CFA Fr1.69trn) to bolster exploration and production activities in the Republic of Congos offshore Moho Nord field in 2024.

This investment aims to finance exploration and sustain production levels in the field, a significant contributor to the countrys oil output.

According to the African Energy Chamber, the Moho Nord field, operated by TotalEnergies, accounts for around half of Congolese oil production, roughly 140,000bpd.

Spanning more than 320km and located at water depths between 750m and 1,200m, the fields development is crucial for maintaining the countrys production rates.

With this investment, TotalEnergies is expected to bolster the Republic of Congos oil production by an additional 40,000bpd, adding to the nations current production of 267,000bpd.

The company also manages the Marine XX permit in deep offshore waters, covering 3,285.8km, with depths reaching up to 2,000m.

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Two drilling rigs have recently been deployed at the Marine XX permit area, which is expected to yield a discovery by the end of 2024.

African Energy Chamber executive chairman NJ Ayuk said: The $600m investment by TotalEnergies shows that the IOC [international oil company] is in the Republic of Congo to stay. Congos oil and gas can play a much greater role in alleviating energy poverty and driving industrialisation in Africa, and partnerships with companies to the likes of TotalEnergies will be instrumental in achieving these objectives. We look forward to witnessing new discoveries being made in the coming months.

The news follows TotalEnergies agreement to acquire a 10% stake in the Moho field from Trident Energy.

Upon completion of this deal, TotalEnergies will hold a 63.5% operational stake in the Moho permit, with Trident Energy retaining a 21.5% share and the Republic of Congos national oil company, Socit Nationale des Ptroles du Congo, holding a 15% share.

Earlier this week, Perenco announced an offshore oil discovery in the Congo at the Moke-East well between the Lukami and Motoba fields.

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According to the Global Wind Energy Councils Global Wind Report 2024, installed offshore wind capacity surpassed 75GW at the end of 2023. But with ambitious targets set for 2050, the industry must look at ways to speed up planning and construction, and fine-tune operations and maintenance of existing assets.

To reach the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, it is estimated that we will need to add 70GW of offshore wind capacity every year between 2030 and 2050 the equivalent of installing between 3,000 and 5,000 turbines every year for 20 years, based on forecast turbine sizes.

Leaders from nine European countries met at the North Sea Summit in 2023 to agree offshore wind targets of 120GW by 2030 and 300GW by 2050, a considerable increase on the installed capacity of approximately 30GW.

It will be a significant challenge for the industry to meet these ambitious targets. As well as scaling up the capacity to design, manufacture and install wind farms of increasing size and complexity, the industry will need to embrace greater levels of standardisation and closer collaboration. Existing assets will need inspection and maintenance regimes which are increasingly robust, efficient and cost-effective, to extend their lifespans or provide opportunities for repowering.

Floating wind is widely expected to be a significant contributor to offshore wind ambitions. Although it currently represents less than 0.5GW of installed capacity, industry sources estimate that 5-8 GW could be online by 2030, and 250GW by 2050. The industry is navigating a steep learning curve, but the performance of numerous demonstrator sites shows huge potential.

According to the Celtic Sea Blueprint, which was published earlier this year, the first three floating wind farms due to be commissioned in the Celtic Sea will generate enough electricity to power more than 4m homes, while supporting over 5,000 new jobs. Local ports and infrastructure will play a key role by providing much-needed manufacturing, storage and assembly of components, as well as support facilities and expertise.

Some key issues will need to be addressed for floating wind farms to meet their huge potential, however. First, it is essential to develop a thorough understanding of site conditions as soon as possible when exploring floating engineering concepts and assessing site feasibility. Floating wind farms are increasingly further from shore than their fixed bottom counterparts, which may introduce unfamiliar seabed conditions and environmental factors that must be assessed. Detailed site characterisation is therefore essential to inform designs that will be reliable, cost-effective and risk mitigated.

Second, cross-industry collaboration will be necessary to accelerate build-out. The floating wind sector is young and has much to learn, so its future will depend on shared goals and a collective desire to succeed. This will involve the combined efforts of a wide stakeholder network, with valuable expertise from both within and beyond the industry. It will also involve greater transparency and trust, with partnerships and alliances becoming increasingly important as each stakeholder co-depends on each other for expertise and support.

Finally, the industry should embrace new technologies and more innovative ways of working. A wide range of floating concepts are currently being explored, and while it is too early to say which designs will reach commercial scalability, they all seek to improve the reach and feasibility of offshore wind.

Disruptive but complementary technologies involving remote and autonomous assets or artificial intelligence will all play a vital role but human expertise will remain the primary catalyst for success, and there are huge opportunities to overcome engineering hurdles and reduce costs via academic research, joint industry projects, transferring expertise from other industries and encouraging young professionals to join the industry.

Technological progress since the first wind farm came online in 1991 has surpassed all expectations, but wind farms are sadly not build to last forever. The earliest wind farms were built to last 10-15 years, whilst turbines constructed more recently are engineered to operate for a longer lifespan, typically 30-40 years with adequate maintenance.

As many as 20,000 wind turbines across Europe could reach the end of their originally planned service life between 2030 and 2040, according to research from the University of Strathclyde.

As well as exploring the new opportunities offered by floating wind, the industry needs to maximise the use of existing assets. It can extend the lifespan of ageing wind farms through smarter inspection and maintenance regimes, but only if they are implemented consistently and carefully. This approach will play a critical role in maintaining operational capacity until newer assets come online. Operators recognise the importance of investing in more comprehensive maintenance programmes to ensure that their wind farms can continue generating for as long as possible, maximising energy outputs and returns on investment.

Achieving our green energy ambitions in the years ahead will not just be about scale it must also be about sustainability. By growing the floating sector, enabling closer collaboration, fostering innovation and maintaining a balance between new and existing assets, we can propel the offshore wind industry toward its targets. Lets harness the winds of change and work towards a cleaner, brighter future one where offshore wind plays a pivotal role in achieving net zero by 2050.

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Brooklyn: When people think of offshore wind, they usually think of the ocean. But the industry has the potential to drive economic growth everywhere especially in New York City.

Until last month, we were on track to see significant economic benefits from two of the three offshore wind projects that were provisionally awarded state contracts in October. One was going to connect to the electric grid in Queens, the other in Brooklyn.

Unfortunately, none of the projects that received provisional awards in October were able to finalize their contracts, after a major supplier chosen by the state Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) fell through on its commitments. NYSERDA is preparing for a new solicitation, but the draft version the agency released does not fix the problems that caused this failure. Even worse, it limits the number of projects that could connect in New York City to only one.

This cap would not only deprive either Queens or Brooklyn of the jobs and community investments we were promised, it would also limit the amount of clean energy coming into New York City. At a time when New Yorkers are suffering from some of theworst asthma rates in the countrybecause of our citys reliance on fossil fuels, we should be doing everything we can to bring clean energy to the city, not restricting its growth.

New York City deserves the jobs and clean energy we were promised. As NYSERDA continues working to meet the states climate and clean energy targets, the agency needs to ensure it is setting new projects up for success, and give every project a fair opportunity to be built, regardless of where it will connect to the grid. Randy Peers, president and CEO, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

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Brooklyn: Despite the comic relief, the polls are not a laughing matter. They still favor Trump in almost all swing states. The economy is the main issue and a true paradox if there ever was one. It is also an incredible disconnect with record growth, low unemployment, rising wages, even inflation starting to come down. Yet, most Americans feel the economy is terrible and that Trump can do a better job with it. Unbelievably, with all of Trumps baggage his criminality, anti-democracy tendencies and wrong-headed policies he is leading in the polls in the states that matter as he sits in a courtroom day after day. Nothing seems to matter except consumer prices for everyday goods and services. Just how amoral are Americans these days with so much at stake as never before? Irwin Cantos

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Carpinteria, Calif.: And even if the Jews were to win the war the victorious Jews would live surrounded by an entirely hostile Arab population, secluded inside ever-threatened borders, absorbed with physical self-defense And all this would be the fate of a nation that no matter how many immigrants it could still absorb and how far it extended its boundaries would still remain a very small people greatly outnumbered by hostile neighbors. This warning came from the Jewish political scientist Hannah Arendt, who understood the perils of establishing a state against the will of local inhabitants and the surrounding nations. Secular and religious Jewish thinkers alike had feared that David Ben Gurions version of Zionism would endanger both physical and spiritual survival of the Jews. Lets remember, even centuries before the fall of Jerusalem to the Roman Empire (A.D. 70), 3.5 million Jews lived in diaspora while only half a million resided in Palestine. Matt McLaughlin

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Sonatrach hasawarded a $2.3bn (AD309.26bn) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to a consortium for gas-boosting work on a key field in Algeria.

The consortium, which comprises Baker Hughes and Tecnimont, will work on the Hassi RMel gas field.

Located 550km south of Algiers, Hassi RMel is said to be crucial to Algerias energy system and serves as a vital energy source for Europe.

The scope of the project includes the construction of three new gas boosting stations including turbo compressors and the upgrade of more than 300km of existing gas-gathering flowlines.

Approximately 188 million standard cubic metres of natural gas will be compressed per day by the turbo compressors.

Project completion is expected within 39 months from the effective date of the contract.

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Baker Hughes is tasked with supplying 20 compression trains that utilise Frame 5 gas turbine and BCL compressor technology.

These will be distributed across the three stations. The packaging, manufacturing and testing of these compressor trains will be conducted at the companys facilities in Italy.

The new boosting stations and upgraded gathering system are designed to maintain gas pressure throughout the pipeline network.

This is aimed at ensuring efficient gas flow and providing a steady and uninterrupted natural gas supply to Italy and the wider European market.

Apart from theEPC contract, Sonatrach has also signed an agreement with US energy major ExxonMobil to assess the potential for developing hydrocarbon resources in Algerias Ahnet and Gourara basins.

Last week, Sonatrach and Italys Eni signed a memorandum of understanding to initiate research and exploitation work in the Zemoul El Kbar, Rourde El Louh Sif Fatima and Rhourde Messaoud Nord areas.

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Equinor, along with its partners, has decided to make a Nkr12bn ($1.13bn) investment in the North Sea Troll gas field to further increase production.

The investment will be used to further develop the field infrastructure to ensure that high gas export levels from the Troll and Kollsnes value chain are maintained up to 2030.

As per the plan, the second stage of the Troll Phase 3 project will involve the drilling of eight new wells from two new templates, with subsea controls extended from existing templates.

The first wells from this initiative are expected to commence production by the end of 2026.

Additionally, a new gas flowline will be laid as a tie-back to the Troll A platform, which will also undergo modification work.

The infrastructure enhancement is expected to fast-track production equivalent to approximately 55 billion standard cubic metres of gas.

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At the peak of its performance, the annual output from the new development is projected to be around seven billion cubic metres of gas.

The initial stage of gas production from the Troll West gas province, which commenced in 2021, included eight wells, a new pipeline to the Troll A platform and a new inlet module, extending plateau production by five to seven years.

The upcoming stage two is expected to further prolong plateau production by around four years and mitigate the production decline over the subsequent ten to 12 years.

Recent upgrades at the Kollsnes processing plant have led to an increase in the plateau production of Troll gas, Equinor said.

The maximum production capacity, previously at 121 million standard cubic metres per day, has now risen to 129 million standard cubic metres per day.

The new wells are set to contribute approximately 20 million standard cubic metres of gas per day.

Once processed at Kollsnes, the gas is transported via the Zeepipe pipelines to various receiving terminals across Europe.

Equinor executive vice-president of projects, drilling & procurement Geir Tungesvik said: This is a highly profitable project that will secure high gas production from the Troll field. The partnerships decision is important in order for us to fully utilise the capacity of existing infrastructure.

Equinor, as the operator, holds a 30.58% stake in the field, with partners Petoro at 56%, Shell at 8.10%, TotalEnergies EP Norge at 3.69% and ConocoPhillips Skandinavia at 1.62%.

Earlier in the week, Equinor reported a new oil discovery at the Svalin field in the Norwegian North Sea.

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Following a pause due to poor weather and vessel maintenance, offshore cable operations have resumed at the Greenlinkinterconnector that will link Ireland and Wales.

Cable burial and trenching activities are ongoing along the interconnector route by the 127-meter-long DP2 offshore support vessel Grand Canyon III, following the offshore cable installation with the cable lay vessel (CLV) Connector.

In parallel with the final cable burial activities, subsea rock installation operation activities will take place between May 26 and July 15, subject to weather and operational constraints.

The work will be carried out along the planned interconnector route between the landfall location near Freshwater West, Pembroke, Wales, and the landfall location near Baginbun Beach, Co. Wexford, Ireland, by subsea rock installation vessel Simon Stevin.

Cable burial or trenching activities, performed by Helix Robotics Solution on behalf ofJan De Nul, were paused in January due to poor weather and a requirement for maintenance and upgrades on the Grand Canyon III.

System testing for the Greenlink interconnector is set to begin in the summer of 2024 and commissioning is expected by the end of the year.

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Equinor ASA has unlocked a discovery in the Svalin field on the Norwegian side of the North Sea, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate said Thursday.

Well 25/11-H-1 H yielded between 0 and 0.1 million standard cubic meters [3.5 million cubic feet]of recoverable oil equivalent, which is the equivalent of between 0 and 0.6 million barrels, the directorate said in a press release. The well was drilled by Odfjell Drilling Ltds Deepsea Aberdeen rig.

The development well showed thin sandstone layers with very good reservoir quality in the Balder Formation, which is part of the Rogaland Group. The oil in the Balder Formation is presumed to be in pressure communication with surrounding reservoir sands in the Heimdal Formation on the Svalin C structure, the directorate said. The oil/water contact was not encountered.

The licensees will consider whether the discovery is sufficiently profitable for production, the director said.

Svalin, which contains the discovery, is a producing field with two structures: Svalin C and Svalin M. Svalin C is tied back to the Grane installation, which also serves the Grane and Breidablikk fields, through a subsea template while Svalin M uses a multi-branch well drilled from Grane.

Svalin, in the central part of the North Sea, was proven 1992 and put onstream March 2014.

The field, operated by Norways majority state-owned Equinor with a 57 percent stake, produced 49,000 cubic meters (1.7 million cubic feet) of oil equivalent last year, according to government website Norskpetroleum.no. The other partners are Petoro AS with a 30 percent interest and Var Energi ASA with 13 percent.

Earlier this year Equinor confirmed oil and gas in the Heisenberg discovery in the North Sea through wells 35/10-11 S and A. Preliminary data indicated that the size of the discovery was 3.8 million to 8.9 million cubic meters (134.2 million to 314.3 million cubic feet of oil equivalent), according to a press release by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate March 21.

In the same drilling campaign, Equinor also proved oil in the Hummer prospect. Hummer and Heisenberg are under production license 827 SB.

Preliminary calculations placed the size of Hummer at 100,000 to 600,000 million cubic meters (3.5 million to 21.2 million cubic feet), the directorate said at the time.

The primary exploration target for well 35/10-11 S was to delineate the Heisenberg discovery made in 35/10-9 in the lower Hordaland Group in the Eocene, the directorate said. The secondary exploration target was the Hummer prospect in the Balder Formation in the upper Palaeocene to lower Eocene.

Since 35/10-11 S encountered the primary target in the water zone, the 35/10-11 A sidetrack was drilled with the primary target of encountering Heisenberg upflank in the oil zone.

Well 35/10-11 S encountered a 10-meter (32.8 feet) sandstone reservoir of good quality in the Hordaland Group.

In the secondary exploration target in the Balder Formation, the well encountered a 3-meter [9.8 feet]oil column in sandstone totaling 23 meters [75.5 feet] with poor to moderate reservoir quality, the directorate added.

Meanwhile well 35/10-11 A encountered a 12-meter (39.4 feet) sandstone reservoir with moderate to good quality in the Hordaland Group according to the directorate.

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