Heerema Marine Contractors has installed the offshore substation topside on a four-legged steel jacket foundation at Iberdrola's Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm site in Germany, using its Thialf semi-submersible crane vessel. The offshore substation, built by Iemants-Fabricom, will collect the electricity generated by the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm turbines and transform the supply voltage... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC’s 2022 Backlog Hits $9.4B, Driven by Subsea Orders
Oilfield services company TechnipFMC saw 2022 inbound orders grow to $8.1 billion, a 20% growth versus 2021, and its CEO expects more to come in the future. "We are in the midst of a multi-year growth cycle," said Doug Pferdehirt, the Chair and CEO of TechnipFMC. He said that of the $8.1 billion total, majority... Continue Reading →
Luna Innovations’ Monitoring Services for Largest Offshore Wind Project in US
Optical technology specialist Luna Innovations will provide monitoring services for what will become the largest offshore wind project in the United States - Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. The company’s EN.SURE long-range power cable sensing system will be used to monitor the wind farm’s export cable system, which will transport power to... Continue Reading →
Australia Steps Up Its Renewable Energy Game with Proposed Offshore Wind Zone
The federal government of Australia has opened a consultation on a new offshore wind zone in the Pacific Ocean off the Hunter, a region of New South Wales, Australia. The government said that the proposed offshore wind area, which sits alongside the Hunter, an Australian manufacturing powerhouse and home to the nation’s largest smelter, could... Continue Reading →
Greencoat Renewables Buys 22.5% in Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm
(OE) Greencoat Renewables has completed the acquisition of a 22.5% stake in the Butendiek offshore wind farm in Germany from Marguerite Pantheon. Developed by wpd, the Butendiek offshore wind farm is located in Germany’s exclusive economic zone in the North Sea. It sits 32 kilometers west of the island of Sylt, and consists of 80... Continue Reading →
Seaway7 and Saipem Partner in Pursuit of Offshore Wind Work
Subsea 7's renewables-focused offshore installation subsidiary Seaway7 on Thursday announced it has struck a deal with offshore services company Saipem to collaboratively pursue projects in the growing offshore wind industry. Under the commercial collaboration agreement, the companies plan to jointly identify, bid and execute fixed offshore wind projects, seeking those "where the combined utilization of... Continue Reading →
Two SBM Offshore’s FPSOs slated for first oil in 2023 – Long read
Dutch FPSO operator SBM Offshore is working on several floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) projects and two of these vessels are expected to achieve the first oil this year. While disclosing its record full-year 2022 directional underlying EBITDA of $1 billion, the revenue of $3.29 billion and the year-end backlog of $30.5 billion, SBM... Continue Reading →
UK’s Engineering Giant Wood Group Rejects Takeover Approach
(Reuters) Shares of John Wood Group Plc surged over 30% on Thursday after the company said it received three preliminary buyout proposals from private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc. The British oilfield services and engineering firm said late on Wednesday that its board had rejected all the proposals, saying they "significantly undervalued" the company's... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7’s Seven Cruzeiro Vessel to Continue Operating Offshore Brazil until November 2023
Offshore installation services company Subsea 7 said Friday it had won a "sizable" vessel contract with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. The contract is for the 145.9m pipelay support vessel (PLSV) Seven Cruzeiro off the coast of Brazil. It extends the vessel's current contract from February to November 2023. For Subsea 7, a "sizeable contract"... Continue Reading →
African, South American producers struggle as China purchases Russian oil
(Bloomberg) – As China scoops up more and more discounted Russian oil, producers in Africa and South America are losing out. Angola is among the hardest hit at the moment, with daily oil exports to China falling 27% so far this month, compared with the whole of February last year, according to data and analytics... Continue Reading →