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Chevron unveils two gas discoveries offshore Western Australia
Oil and gas giant Chevron reported two new gas discoveries in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin, a hydrocarbon basin offshore Western Australia.
read more... 28/12/2012
Norwegian oil giant Statoil to invest $7bn in North Sea project
Norway’s Statoil will develop a $7bn (£4.3bn) North Sea oil field, the largest offshore development in the UK in more than 10 years.
read more... 25/12/2012
Areva to provide turbines for the Wikinger project in the German Baltic Sea
Iberdrola, a Spanish offshore wind technology developer has chosen the French provider Areva to supply the turbines for its 400MW Wikinger offshore wind project in the German Baltic Sea which will be built in 2016 and 2017. The two companies will now begin the consultation to decide the commercial and technical details of the supply contract.
read more... 20/12/2012
Turbine installation has been completed at London Array
The last turbine has been installed at the UK’s London Array offshore wind farm. After installing all 175 turbines at the 630MW project, 55 of which are supplying power to the grid, while the remaining 120 will be connected over the coming months, the wind farm is on the way to be ready in spring 2013 and will generate enough power for more than 470,000 homes.
read more... 17/12/2012
Cyprus awards four offshore gas exploration licenses
Cyprus government announced that it awarded four provisional licenses for gas exploration in offshore blocks as part of the second licensing round launched in February.
read more... 02/11/2012