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(OE) The installation of the first monopiles and transition pieces has kicked off for the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States - the Vineyard Wind 1. “We can finally say it – as of today, there is ‘steel in the water,’” said Klaus S. Moeller, CEO of Vineyard Wind, the company developing the Vineyard Wind... Continue Reading →
(OW) DNV has awarded Bassoe Technology an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a 17 MW D-Floater floating wind foundation, designed to withstand extreme 50-year typhoon conditions in the South China Sea. The AiP verifies that the design is feasible for the intended application, and, in principle, complies with the applicable requirements in accordance with DNV... Continue Reading →
(OW) Japanese-based Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) and its compatriot Toyo Construction have established a joint venture focusing on offshore wind power generation. Through the joint venture, the companies said that they will create stronger synergies in a wide range of areas related to offshore wind, including survey planning, procurement of work vessels, and offshore construction.... Continue Reading →
(PN) OneSubsea, which is part of the SLB group (formerly Schlumberger), signed a new contract for the supply of subsea equipment for Petrobras. The new agreement encompasses the delivery of 15 wet Christmas trees and electro-hydraulic distribution units in phase 11 of the Buzios field, in the Santos Basin. The contract has an estimated value... Continue Reading →
Japan’s MODEC has confirmed the start of production from a new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is deployed at Petrobras’ giant deepwater oil field in the pre-salt Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. MODEC announced on Monday, 5 June 2023, that the FPSO Almirante Barroso MV32, deployed for production operations at the Búzios... Continue Reading →
(OE) U.S.-based maritime logistics and offshore services firm Crowley on Wednesday announced a new investment in Tugdock. Tugdock has developed "the world’s first road-transportable floating dry dock" known as the Tugdock Submersible Platform (TSP), to help advance offshore wind energy in the U.S. Crowley and Tugdock will explore the potential use of the platforms in... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) — Every morning, more than 600 workers clock in at the Louisiana shipyard where the Eco Edison, the first US-built vessel to service offshore wind farms, is under construction. At quitting time, a parade of pickups and dusty sedans forms a traffic jam on the road back into town, past buildings that serve the... Continue Reading →
(OET) Texas-based oil and gas services company Trendsetter Engineering has secured a contract with ExxonMobil Guyana for its gas-to-energy project offshore Guyana. Under the contract awarded by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana, Trendsetter will deliver its TCS subsea connectors, hubs, and an assortment of pressure caps and tooling for the project. The contract also includes... Continue Reading →
EDP Group agreed with Ocean Winds (OW), the joint venture created by EDP Renewables and ENGIE dedicated to offshore wind, to transfer EDP’s position in floating wind design firm Principle Power to OW. Principle Power is specialized in the design of floating structures to support offshore wind turbines that can be used in deeper waters. ... Continue Reading →
Ocean Ventus has launched a low-cost, low-steel floating wind solution which has received Approval in Principle from DNV. It has a tubular design, and its main steel weight is approximately 3,000t for a 15MW turbine. Offshore wind targets imply an eight-fold increase in installed capacity to 2030, with 32 GW of floating wind expected to... Continue Reading →
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