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(OE) Energy technology company Baker Hughes has signed ‘significant’ contracts with Petrobras to provide flexible pipe systems that will be deployed across several oil and gas fields offshore Brazil. Baker Hughes will provide 77 km of flexible pipe systems, including includes risers and flowlines for hydrocarbon production and associated gas and water injection with support... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) SBM Offshore’s Chief Executive Officer, Øivind Tangen confirmed that the upcoming Jaguar floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) will be executed with the same team and expertise that handled the Liza Unity FPSO. “We inherently bring all the learnings from [Liza] Unity and the execution of [Liza] Unity into that project,” said Tangen said in an... Continue Reading →
Renewable energy innovator Inyanga Marine Energy Group has announced it is launching a crowdfunding round in partnership with Crowdcube. This round presents an opportunity to invest in Inyanga’s patented tidal energy technology, HydroWing. Tidal energy is a 100% predictable renewable energy source and one of the most reliable sources of renewable energy available. HydroWing aims... Continue Reading →
(Interesting Engineering) U.K.-based Beam recently launched AI-driven underwater vehicles capable of carrying out autonomous inspections of wind farms, as Interesting Engineering details. Offshore wind is a cutting-edge green energy source that is rapidly growing globally. The labor-intensive, costly, and lengthy inspections are ripe for innovation. That's where Beam, a deep tech company, is stepping in. Beam CEO Brian... Continue Reading →
(OE) Portuguese maritime engineering company Etermar has launched Etermar Energia, a new branch dedicated to renewable energy, with a strong focus on offshore wind. Energia Energia has been established with the aim to become a strategic partner for the development of offshore wind projects worldwide. The company is strategically positioned to meet the needs of... Continue Reading →
(OE) Lloyd's Register (LR) has published its first Recommended Practice (RP) for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures. Developed in alignment with established international codes and standards, including IEC 61400-3-2 and the ISO 19000 series, LR's RP facilitates the development of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs). The document offers guidance across the entirety of... Continue Reading →
Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (OE) The more production infrastructure we push to the seabed, the more data we need to pull back up. With it comes opportunity. Chevron’s landmark 6,500 tons of subsea gas compression infrastructure for Jansz-Io demonstrates the scale of what is being put on the seabed, but there’s a diversity of other infrastructure under... Continue Reading →
(OE) Consulting and engineering firm Wood has taken charge of the Joint Industry Partnership (JIP) to create industry guidelines for CO2 specifications to accelerate sustainable carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects. The guidelines are the first of their kind to focus on the impact of impurities in CO2 across the entire CCUS value chain.... Continue Reading →
(OE) North Star has launched a partnership which includes MO4, Principle Power, SMST, Vard, and Voith Group to fast-track the development of high-performance operations and maintenance ships tailored for floating offshore wind farms. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a dedicated working group of industry experts to help fast-track the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Ocean Power Technologies Signs (OPT) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Brazil’s SENAI to advance autonomous ocean developments. OPT and SENAI, short for Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (SENAI Innovation Institute for Virtual Production Systems from Firjan) in Brazil, will jointly explore blue economy opportunities including deployment of WAM-V autonomous and unmanned... Continue Reading →
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