Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2020 Canceled
world to meet and share knowledge, our first priority is to the health and safety of our attendees and exhibitors. Therefore, OTC has made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s conference," Stephen Graham, OTC Executive Director, wrote in a letter to exhibitors.The major offshore energy conference, which drew some 60,000 attendees to Houston last year, was originally slated to take place from May 4-7, but organizer said on March 13 that the event would be postponed until the third quarter of 2020 amid growing health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak.Announcing today that the
Pioneering Ocean Energy Innovation in New England: Wind and Water
in offshore engineering, resource assessment, permitting, construction, and maintenance of ocean wind, wave and tidal energy are obvious but not fully articulated.Sharing lessons learned in “getting steel in the water” was the purpose of the May 23, 2019 2nd Annual Marine Renewable Energy conference. The one day conference was held at UMass Dartmouth’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a business incubator where many of marine renewable energy’s leading lights started – Resolute Marine, ORPC, and Littoral Power. They gravitated to the CIE because of its prototyping
UMass Dartmouth to Host Renewable Energy Conference
UMass Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to host renewable energy conference on May 23. Massachusetts Clean Energy Center-sponsored event will bring together experts in offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy.On May 23, at 10 a.m., the UMass Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is hosting the second Annual Marine Renewable Energy Conference entitled Pioneering Ocean Energy Innovation in New England: Wind and Water at 151 Martine Street in Fall River.The event, co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, will gather experts in offshore wind, wave, and
Portugal, Morocco Seek Power Link
launched in 2016.Portuguese Secretary of State for Energy Joao Galamba told Reuters that the two governments aimed to issue the invitations to bid "immediately after the feasibility study""Both governments are strongly committed to this project," he said on the sidelines of an energy conference in Skhirat, near the capital Rabat.The project, which aims to be operational before 2030, was estimated to cost 600 million-700 million euros ($686 million-$800 million), Galamba said, adding that he expected European and African funds would contribute to covering the costs.The link will be
New Tools Optimize the Design of Floating Renewable Energy Devices
Centre (ERDC), and HR Wallingford, under a joint collaboration agreement. Additional support was provided by the IDCORE doctorate program from the Energy Technologies Institute and the Research Councils Energy Program.The research paper was presented at EWTEC (European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference) Ireland, in 2017 and is available to download from the University of Exeter research repository
Aker BP CEO Predicts Fast Johan Sverdrup Ramp-up
Sverdrup oilfield, expects a fast ramp-up of production when the initial development phase ends in late 2019, its chief executive said on Thursday."I think it will be done in a few months, because the production per well is so high," Karl Johnny Hersvik told Reuters on the sidelines of an energy conference.Johan Sverdrup Phase 1 will have capacity to produce 440,000 barrels of oil equivalents per day (boed), while the second phase, starting production in 2022, is expected to further boost output to 660,000 boed.Sweden's Lundin Petroleum, another partner in the Equinor-operated, on Wednesday
Subsea Robotics for Renewables
could be made by using remote operations. SurfaceUnmanned surface vessels (USVs) could be part of the solution, for parts or personnel transfer, but also survey and surveillance, Simon Cheeseman, Sector Lead, Wave & Tidal Energy, at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, told the All Energy conference in Glasgow in early May. “USVs could be used to run small-scale spares. It (a USV) could operate in a wider weather window, no one gets hungry, and you can put other sensors on there, for cable monitoring and security, all on a single multi-purpose platform. It could enable other stuff
Argentina Offshore Auction Attracting Oil Producers
to move from pilot to full development phase after offering incentives to cut costs.Six projects have moved to the production stage in recent months, and the government expects 13 more concessions to adopt the country's incentive program, Minister Juan Jose Aranguren said on the sidelines of an energy conference in Houston.(Reporting by Marianna Parraga Editing by Chizu Nomiyama
US States Slow Trump Offshore Oil Drilling Expansion Plan
program proposes 47 lease sales, including areas that had not been offered since 1983. At least 12 states have sought exemptions, and Zinke has agreed to exclude areas off Florida. "On the five-year plan we made everything available to look at," Zinke told Reuters at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston. Governors from across the West Coast and much of the East Coast are meeting with the Interior and objecting to areas off their states for drilling. State discussions could last through year end. So far, officials in Alaska, Maine, Georgia and U.S Gulf Coast states other
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