Petrobras hits bump in the contracting of FPSOs and subsea equipment due to supply chain difficulties

(PN) Despite making progress in some of its bidding processes for platform ships (FPSOs), Petrobras is encountering difficulties in contracting various equipment and vessels. According to the director of engineering, technology and innovation at the state-owned company, Carlos Travassos, other actors in the oil and gas sector around the world are also experiencing this situation.... Continue Reading →

First Steel Cut for FPSO Raia in Brazil

(OE) The fabrication of a floating production storage and offloading (PFSO) for the Raia project in Brazil, operated by Equinor on behalf of the Raia project consortium, has officially started at Seatrium’s BrasFELS Shipyard. The strike steel ceremony, which symbolizes the first steel cut of the FPSO Raia project, marks the start of the collaboration... Continue Reading →

Bridge-linked platform design can support high-volume green hydrogen production

By Ron Vis and Vincent van Duijvenbode, McDermott (OM) Rising demand for hydrogen as a new clean source of power will drive the emergence of gigawatt-scale green hydrogen production installations close to offshore wind farms. Various pilot projects are under development and early-phase small-scale hydrogen production facilities are being installed in the Dutch North Sea. There... Continue Reading →

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