Baker Hughes rolls out all-electric subsea system to advance offshore electrification

(offshore-energy.biz) U.S.-headquartered energy technology giant Baker Hughes has launched an all-electric subsea production system, marking a step towards full electrification in offshore operations. According to Baker Hughes, the system delivers a fully electric topside-to-downhole solution, designed to integrate with existing subsea tree designs or retrofit electro-hydraulic trees. The move aims to slash costs, installation time,... Continue Reading →

February 6, 2025 0

Baker Hughes beats quarterly profit estimates on natgas technology demand

(Reuters) -U.S. oilfield technology firm Baker Hughes beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, as robust demand for natural gas equipment and services helped offset weak sales of its drilling gear in North America. Oilfield service companies are grappling with lower demand as extraction technologies get more efficient and higher supplies deter more... Continue Reading →

January 31, 2025 0

World first oil and gas safety measure installed on four drilling ships in South America

Salunda, the global leader in digitised solutions for safety critical industries, has integrated its Red Zone monitoring solutions on four drilling rigs in Guyana with Intellilift’s proven digital technologies to deliver automated location and control of critical equipment and personnel. The collaboration – on assets belonging to a major offshore drilling contractor - marks the... Continue Reading →

January 23, 2025 0

GE Vernova posts rise in quarterly profit but misses revenue estimates

(Reuters) - GE Vernova on Wednesday reported a rise in fourth-quarter profit, helped by strong performance in its grid equipment and services segment, but missed its revenue estimates. The U.S. government has awarded grants and loans worth billions of dollars to utilities to strengthen their grids, benefiting grid equipment firms such as GE Vernova, after... Continue Reading →

January 22, 2025 0

Tracerco Lands TechnipFMC’s Contract for Mero Field’s Subsea Equipment

(OE) Industrial technology company Tracerco has secured a contract from Technip to deliver its measurement and control solutions profiler for the multi-phase subsea separation work on Petrobras’ Mero 3 High Pressure Separator (HISEP) pilot project in the Brazilian pre-salt oil region. Tracerco will supply its Tracerco Profiler instrument, which has been redesigned to deliver critical... Continue Reading →

January 20, 2025 0

SMD and Beam Go Deeper for AI-Driven Autonomous Offshore Wind Inspections

(OE) High-tech offshore wind services provider Beam has bought Quantum EV remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from SMD, setting out plans to equip it with an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven system to improve its operational scope and offshore wind farm servicing. Beam’s SubSLAM system, running on Pathfinder software, will be added to the ROV, enabling AI-driven autonomous... Continue Reading →

January 13, 2025 0

DOE: US Can Recycle 90% of Wind Turbine Mass

(OE) A new report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) outlines recommendations that could increase the recycling and reuse of decommissioned wind energy equipment and materials to create a more circular economy and sustainable supply chain. The research reveals that existing U.S. infrastructure could process 90% of the mass of decommissioned wind turbines. However,... Continue Reading →

January 7, 2025 0

US Ex-Im bank approves $526 mln gas-to-energy loan to Guyana

(Reuters) - The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a $526 million loan to Guyana for an energy project designed to double the South American country's installed electric capacity and reduce oil imports, the Guyanese government and Ex-Im said on Thursday. The project, which falls under Ex-Im's mandate to help exporters facing competition from China, will use... Continue Reading →

December 27, 2024 0

Subsea Redesign Underway for Floating Offshore Wind

Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (OE) The 66kV high voltage wet mate connector currently undergoing technical qualification by Baker Hughes weighs in at around one ton and has over 40 liters of dielectric oil protecting copper cable up to 1,200 square millimeters in diameter. The connector is designed to sit on the seabed at the end of... Continue Reading →

December 23, 2024 0

Petrobras begins operation of the SNOX Unit at RNEST

Petrobras informs that it has begun operation of the atmospheric emissions reduction unit (SNOX) at the Abreu e Lima refinery (RNEST), located in the city of Ipojuca, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. The emissions reduction will allow the refinery to increase its current processing by 27,000 barrels per day (bpd), in compliance with theemissions... Continue Reading →

December 20, 2024 0

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