BREVES PETROLERAS & ENERGIA

GANA PEP PROCESO JUDICIAL

Por una orden judicial emitida en Nueva York, Pemex Exploración Producción (PEP) recuperará los 395 millones de dólares que había depositado como garantía en la apelación que se promovió en contra de una sentencia que le había sido adversa y que resultó a favor de Corporación Mexicana de Mantenimiento Integral (COMMISA), filial de la compañía estadounidense Kellog Brown & Roots. De este modo, concluye de manera favorable para Pemex una de las etapas del procedimiento judicial que se inició en Diciembre de 2004.

AGUAS PROFUNDAS

La hermana república de Cuba ya tiene su Cantarell, afirmó Rafael Tenreiro, director de Exploración y Producción de la Industria Petrolera Cubana, quien estima que el reciente hallazgo es similar en reservas a la de la Sonda de Campeche.

Cuba podría iniciar antes que México la producción de crudo en grandes yacimientos, ubicados en aguas profundas del Golfo de México con reservas “altísimas de producción”, pues estudios de empresas de cinco paises, estiman que existen al menos, unos 20 mil millones de barriles.

¡Felicidades a Cupec; tendremos que viajar para dar fe de esta magnífica noticia para nuestros hermanos cubanos¡

SELLA PEMEX ALIANZA CON MEXICHEM

Petróleos Mexicanos aprobó asociarse con el conglomerado químico industrial Mexichem para producir monómero de cloruro de vinilo, cerrando finalmente una alianza de más de 500 millones de dólares. Mexichem explicó que dichos recursos permitirán aumentar las ventajas competitivas y la modernización tecnológica de la firma, a fin de lograr una operación más eficiente.

MEXICO ES RENOVABLE

Hace unas semanas, la Tercera Semana anual de la Agencia Internacional de Energías Renovables (IRENA, por sus siglas en inglés) eligió por unanimidad a México como país titular para el periodo 2014-2015. Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, secretario de Energía, será quien represente a la Agencia, la cual es integrada por 160 nacionaes.

EL VIENTO Y SUS NOVEDADES

Los pasados 30 y 31 de Enero enmarcaron el México WindPower 2013 en el Centro Banamex. Ahí se dieron cita 80 empresas internacionales que contribuyen con el crecimiento de este sector a nivel nacional. En 5 mil metros2 presentaron los productos, soluciones, las tecnologías de punta y servicios. Entre ellas destacaron Henkerl, GE Energy, Vestas, Acciona, ABB, ExxonMobil, Gamesa y GL Garrad Hassan.

BC, en acción

El grupo español Acciona fue adjudicado por la Comisión Federal de Electricidad para el diseño, suministro y construcción de una central de generación de electricidad en México por 80 millones de Euros. La construcción de la central será en Baja California y es nominada Baja California II, tiene un plazo de ejecución de 16 meses y supone la ampliación del complejo Presidente Juárez, en el municipio Playas de Rosarito, 22.5 kilómetros al sur de Tijuana.

 Recopilado  CaptGuillermo Parra Avello

 

Germany approves 1,800 wind turbines in offshore seas

Source: Evwind

Germany has issued permits so far for 25 wind farms in its offshore seas, with nearly 1,800 wind turbines to be erected on stone foundations in shallow waters.


The data was released in Hamburg by Christian Dahmke of the Federal Agency for Marine Transport and Hydrography BSH, which approves the plans after checking that the wind turbines will not obstruct shipping.

The first farm, code-named Alpha Ventus, is already being built. Of the permits, 22 are for the North Sea and three for the Baltic. Dahmke said a total of 55 applications had been filed by electricity companies and investors.

German Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee forecast that the ultimate number of approvals would be 40 wind farms, which he said would create 30,000 new jobs in the region.

That many could generate 12,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for 12 million homes, he told the newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt. He said he would seek cabinet approval Wednesday for regulations on the new zones.

The aim was to install 25,000 megawatts of capacity by the year 2030. The newspaper published a map of the seven preferred sites, all at places in Germany's exclusive economic zone, outside the 12-mile territorial zone.

The German plans to build wind farms offshore, each consisting of dozens of turbines, lagged for more than a decade because of engineering problems, fears that they would become a danger and investor caution. Denmark is much further ahead in building turbines at sea.

Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency) is the agency which decides on the approval of offshore wind farm development projects in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea. It carries out the application procedure for wind farms in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Most of the German offshore wind farms are planned to be installed in the EEZ. Within the 12 nautical mile limit, i.e. in the area of the territorial sea, responsibility for the approval of wind farms rests with the German coastal states. An approval granted by the BSH for installations in the EEZ is not legally binding for approval procedures involving installations on land and in the territorial sea.

The legal basis for the erection of wind farms in the German EEZ is the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 and the German "Seeaufgabengesetz" (Federal Maritime Responsibilities Act), implemented by the "Seeanlagenverordnung" (Marine Facilities Ordinance), which is the basis for the approval procedure. It requires that a wind farm project has to be approved provided that
a) it does not impair the safety and efficiency of navigation, and
a) it is not detrimental to the marine environment.

In the course of the approval procedure, the BSH reviews whether the marine environmental features to be protected (e.g. birds, fish, marine mammals, benthos, sea bottom and water) are put at risk by the project. Besides, offshore wind farm projects comprising more than 20 turbines require an environmental impact assessment based on the UVPG (Environmental Impact Assessment Act). UVPG requires that applicants investigate the marine environment in the project area and predict the impact of the projected wind farm. The BSH has issued regulations specifying the required scope of the investigations to be carried out by the applicants with respect to each of the features to be protected (so-called „Standards for the Environmental Impact Assessment“).

The BSH and the competent regional Waterways and Shipping Directorate also examine whether the project would constitute a hazard to navigation. In order for a wind farm project to obtain approval, the regional Waterways and Shipping Directorate must have consented to it under the aspect of navigational safety.

An important part of each approval is the incidental provisions which, in a largely standardised form, are part of each notification of approval issued by the BSH for an offshore wind farm project. For example, wind farm approvals expire after 25 years, so that after the end of their regular service life an extension of approval can be re-considered. Also, to prevent that areas are reserved for future use, construction of the turbines has to be started within 2.5 years after notification of the approval.

A detailed description is available under approval procedure.

As the impact of offshore wind farms on navigational safety and the marine environment has not yet been finally assessed, the BSH so far has only approved pilot-scale projects comprising maximally 80 wind turbines. The purpose of these smaller-scale projects is a detailed investigation of the impact of offshore wind farms on the marine environment and navigation. As the determination of preferred areas for offshore wind farm development has become mandatory and the planning instruments for marine spatial planning in the Exclusive Economic Zone are now available, it will be possible in future to approve the construction of larger numbers of wind turbines in preferred areas for wind farm development, which implies that other, more sensitive areas can be kept free from such installations.

The BSH publishes relevant technical instructions in order to improve legal and investment security. In co-operation with a group of experts, technical instructions have been developed specifying detailed minimum requirements for the mandatory geological/geophysical and geotechnical site investigation at planned wind farm sites (Geotechnical Site Investigation Standard, 2008). Furthermore, a standard has been elaborated, which specifies the requirements for offshore wind turbine construction and ensures that all installations and structural components are certified (Standard - Design of Offshore Wind Turbines, 2007).


Approved Wind Farm Projects in the North Sea:



"Borkum West", Prokon Nord -12 installations, location: 43 km northern Borkum, approved on 9 November2001

"Butendiek", OSB Offshore Bürger- Windpark Butendiek GmbH & Co. KG -80 installations, location: 35 km westerly Sylt, genehmigt am 18 December 2002

"Borkum Riffgrund", PNE2 Riff I GmbH-77 installations, location: 34 km northern Borkum, approved on 25 February 2004

"Borkum Riffgrund West", Energiekontor AG-80 installations, location: 40 km north west of Borkum, approved on 25 February 2004

"Amrumbank West", Amrumbank West GmbH-80 installations, location: 37 km westerly Amrum, approved on 9 July 2004

"Nordsee Ost", WINKRA Offshore Nordsee Planungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft mbH-80 installations, location: 35 km north west of Helgoland, approved on 9 June 2004

"Sandbank 24", Sandbank 24 GmbH & Co KG-80 installations, location: 100 km westerly Sylt, approved on 23 August 2004

"ENOVA Offshore Northsea Windpower", ENOVA Offshore Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG-48 installations, location: 40 km northern Juist, approved on 11 February 2005

"Dan Tysk" , Gesellschaft für Energie und Oekologie mbH-80 installations, location: 70 km westerly Sylt, approved on 23 August 2005

"Nördlicher Grund", Nördlicher Grund GmbH-80 installations, location: 84 km westerly Sylt, approved on 1 December 2005

"Global Tech I", Nordsee Windpower GmbH & Co.KG-80 installations, location: 93 km north of Juist, approved on 24 May 2006

"Hochsee Windpark Nordsee", EOS Offshore AG -80 installations, location: 90 km north of Borkum, approved on 5 July 2006

"Godewind", Plambeck Neue Energien AG-80 installations, location: 38 km north of Juist, approved on 28 August 2006

"BARD Offshore 1", BARD Engineering GmbH-80 installations, location: 89 km northwest of Borkum, approved on 11 April 2007

"Meerwind Ost" und "Meerwind Süd", Meerwind Südost GmbH & Co Rand KG und Meerwind Südost GmbH & Co Föhn KG-40 installations each, location: 40 km north of Helgoland, approved on 16 May 2007

"Hochsee Windpark He dreiht", EOS Offshore AG-80 installations, location: 90 km northwest of Borkum, approved on 21 December 2007

Approved Wind Farm Projects in the Baltic Sea:

"Kriegers Flak" Offshore Ostsee Wind AG-80 installations, location: 30 km northern Rügen, approved on 6 April 2005

"Arkona Becken Südost" AWE Arkona-Becken-Entwicklungs-GmbH-80 installations, location: 35 km north-east of Rügen, approved on 15 March 2006

"Ventotec Ost 2", Ventotec Ost 2 KG-80 installations, location: 35 km north-east of Rügen, approved on 16 May 2007

Genehmigte Netzanbindungen in der Nordsee:

"Windnet", Prokon Nord-110 kV three-phase current, landfall: Hilgenriedersiel

"Multikabel", Multikabel GmbH-High-Voltage Direct-Current Transmission System (bipolar HVDC system), landfall: Brunsbüttel

"Sandbank 24", Sandbank Power GmbH & Co KG-High-Voltage Direct-Current Transmission System (bipolar HVDC system), landfall: Büsum

"OTP", Offshore Trassenplanungs-GmbH-High-Voltage Direct-Current Transmission System (bipolar HVDC system), landfall: Büsum


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Germanischer Lloyd and Noble Denton merge to create oil and gas engineering consultancy

Source: Digital Energy

Two engineering technical assurance companies, Germanischer Lloyd and Noble Denton, have merged operations to form one of the world’s largest oil and gas technical services company, with 6,400 employees in 80 countries.

The company will provide a broad range of technical services and consulting, to help oil and gas companies make sure that what they are doing is safe.

Both companies already have many joint clients in the oil and gas industry, including ConocoPhillips, Shell, BP, BG, Chevron, Exxon, Total, ONGC, Saipem, StatoilHydro, Transcocean.
Germanischer Lloyd clients include Hess, Talisman, Wood Group, Saudi Aramco, Repsol, Gaz de France, Petronas, and Noble Denton clients include Petrobras, Aker, APL, Heerema Energy.

GL employs over 5,500 skilled engineers. It was founded in 1867, and its 2008 revenues were Eur 544m.

Noble Denton employs around 900 employees. It was founded in 1904, and its 2008 revenues were GBP 100m (Eur 108m).

Pekka Paasivaara, member of the Executive Board Germanischer Lloyd, says that many oil majors are looking for an engineering technical consultancy with a global reach, and GL is keen to be that company. “Oil companies are searching for a technical services partner on a global scale,” he says.

This is particularly true for national oil companies, which often do not have the in-depth technical expertise in-house which international oil companies have.

The combined company has offices in all oil and gas centres, including Houston, Mumbai, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Doha, Abu Dhabi, London and Aberdeen. “Most clients are asking for local presence,” says Mr Paasivaara.

Services include technical and operational assurance (agreeing that plans are technically and operationally OK), inspection, safety and risk consulting, engineering design, software, testing, helping maintain reliability, casualty investigation, as well as project management.

The focus is on all areas of oil and gas industry and energy – including renewables and power.

Technical assurance is providing companies with a second opinion that what they are about to do will be safe. For example, if a company is transporting a $500m topside from South Korea to Africa, “you want more than for one company to say ‘trust us, it will be alright,’” says John Wishart, group managing director of Noble Denton,

Both companies have undertaken a range of acquisitions over the past few years.

Last year, GL bought Advantica Group, the former consulting arm of upstream gas company BG, among a range of other acquisitions, and Material Consulting Services, a downhole consulting business in Houston.

Over the past few years Noble Denton has acquired Martech Unlimited, a company specialising in tanker vetting services, Poseidon Maritime, a dynamic positioning consulting company, among other acquisitions.

Noble Denton has deep expertise in deepwater oil and gas, including about dynamic positioning of platforms, complex mooring systems. It has expertise in the full range of offshore equipment, including drillships, FPSOs, floating LNG, pipelines, platforms OSV, subsea systems.

It has a strong presence in Norway, where it is able to get involved in a lot of the technical development for offshore equipment.

Growth areas

The companies are keen to provide more services for the growing wind energy sector – both onshore and offshore. Germanischer Lloyd already has a large consulting business in wind power – it is currently helping Gaz de France install a wind park in Mexico.

There is particular growth in demand for technical expertise in the deepwater environment, including in West Africa, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico and Venezuela, says Mr Wishart. “There's emerging technology - there's always a greater need for assurance and integrity,” he says.

Carbon capture and storage is seen as an interesting business area.

It would also like to expand further globally – including in China, Russia and Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Brazil, West Africa, India and Australia. It also wants to build up the corporate knowledge.

Noble Denton is one of the few companies in the sector which is able to provide independent advice, says Mr Wishart. “In our case, we have no-one behind us pulling the strings.”

Germanischer Lloyd

Utilizarán puerto de Salina Cruz para proyecto de energía eólica

El puerto de Salina Cruz, Oaxaca será utilizado para la introducción de partes para el ensamble de 13 unidades generadoras de energía eólica por parte de la compañía Eléctrica del Valle de México.
Esta es la primera ocasión que se utiliza a este recinto para la logística de materiales de este proyecto que se ejecuta en el sureste de México, ya que en otras ocasiones las partes se habían introducido al país a través de otros puertos del país.
De acuerdo con información de la Administración Portuaria Integral (API) de Salina Cruz, el primer embarque llegó en el buque “Gitta Oldendorff”, procedente de Indonesia.
El proyecto de energía eólica realizado en las zonas de La Ventosa, en Juchitán y Asunción de Ixtlaltepec, municipios de Oaxaca, es una iniciativa llevada a cabo por Électrica del Valle de México, filial del grupo EDS Energía Nouvelles en asociación con Wal-Mart de México, con una inversion de 140 millones de dólares.
La capacidad del parque eólico estña programada para 180 megawatts en total, auqnue en una fase inicial del acuerdo con Wal-Mart es para generar 67.5 megawatts.

fuente: t21.com.mx