New JV sets up engineering and asset integrity management firm in Guyana

(OET) Norway’s asset integrity management company Axess Group and Guyana Logistics and Support Services (GLASS) have established a joint venture (JV) to launch an engineering and asset integrity management (AIM) firm in Guyana. Axess has been delivering services including design, inspection, maintenance, certification, modification, engineering, and installation of equipment for both offshore and onshore installations,... Continue Reading →

Thermoplastic composite pipe suitable for high-pressure hydrogen service, Strohm says

(OET) Thermoplastic composite pipes (TCP) have shown exceptionally low hydrogen permeation values, demonstrating technical suitability for high-pressure hydrogen service, Dutch TCP producer Strohm reported following a TCP hydrogen testing program. Strohm recently completed an extensive six-month hydrogen testing program on its TCP at Tüv-Süd in Germany, which saw the comprehensive permeation assessment cover a range of... Continue Reading →

Verlume Granted Fit4Offshore Renewables Status

(OE) Scottish energy management and storage technologies specialist Verlume has achieved the ‘Granted' status from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Fit For Offshore Renewables (F4OR) program. Designed as a business improvement programme and to build energy sector specific capability, F4OR has been developed with input from the offshore renewable energy industry and is managed... Continue Reading →

ABS hands out world’s first approval for drone-based FPSO hull thickness measurement

(OET) Japan’s MODEC and Terra Drone Corporation, a compatriot drone and urban air mobility (UAM) technology company, have tucked what is said to be the world’s first approval from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a classification society, for a drone-based FPSO hull thickness measurement under their belts. This comes after MODEC joined forces with Terra Drone Corporation... Continue Reading →

MODEC and Toray Develop New FPSO Repair Technique

(OE) MODEC and Toray Industries have jointly developed a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) patch technique for repairs on Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO), and Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) systems. FPSO and FSO repair services provided by MODEC, a general contractor specializing in engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance services of offshore oil and gas... Continue Reading →

JIP to Advance Offshore Wind Concrete Floater Standards

(OE) DNV secured partners to launch a new project to enhance technology development and prepare for scale/industrialization of concrete substructures for floating offshore wind. The new Joint Industry Project (JIP) called Concrete FLOW will optimize requirements for concrete floaters (floating or semisubmersible structures, generally moored to the seabed, used as foundations upon which equipment can be mounted),... Continue Reading →

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