(OE) RWE has selected Argeo, a subsea service provider, to perform the site investigation work for Canopy offshore wind farm, a 1.6 GW floating wind project located off the coast of Northern California. The site investigation survey is a key milestone in the development of RWE’s first commercial scale floating offshore wind farm. The planned... Continue Reading →
Six Innovators Selected to Advance New York’s Offshore Wind Potential
(OE) The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub, led by Equinor, has selected six companies that will receive support to further develop their ideas and advance offshore wind’s potential in New York. Six companies were selected from a pool of 78 applicants based on the novelty of their solutions that will help propel the United States to... Continue Reading →
Subsea7 Secures Over $1.25B Contract for Work at Petrobras’ Buzios Field
(OE) Offshore services firm Subsea 7 has been awarded a ‘super major’ contract by Petrobras for the development of the Búzios 9 field offshore Brazil. The contract scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, and pre-commissioning of 102 kilometres of rigid risers and flowlines for the steel lazy wave production system. The exact value of the... Continue Reading →
First Foundation Installed for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind
(OE) Dominion Energy has announced that the first monopile foundation for the 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), the largest offshore wind farm under construction in the United States, has been installed approximately 29 miles off the Virginia Beach coast. The monopile was installed by the Orion, DEME Group's heavy lift vessel. Once complete in... Continue Reading →
Apollo and DOF Deliver Extensive Study on Floating Wind Installation Ops
(OE) Apollo and DOF, in collaboration with the ORE Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FoWCoE), have delivered the study on GW-scale floating offshore wind installation methods. Installing a single, state-of-the-art floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) represents a milestone in offshore marine operations. However, GW-scale floating wind farms will require approximately sixty FOWTs, which... Continue Reading →
Sapura Ônix Heads to Atlanta Field to Install Subsea Equipment
(OE) The specialized vessel Sapura Ônix is on its way to Atlanta Field in Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, where it will carry out the installation of subsea equipment to support the oil production, targeted for August 2024. Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said the Sapura Ônix vessel is en route to install multiphase pumps... Continue Reading →
Saipem Secures $850M Contract from Eni-BP Joint Venture Offshore Angola
(OE) Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has secured a contract from Azule Energy, a joint venture between Eni and BP, for the development of Ndungu field as part of Agogo Integrated West Hub Project, offshore Angola. Saipem’s scope of work entails the engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation of approximately 60 km of rigid pipelines... Continue Reading →
Black & Veatch Completes Feasibility Study for Colombia’s New LNG Terminal
(OE) Black & Veatch has completed a feasibility study for the planned Andes Energy Terminal, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal and power plant. The study assessed site suitability, project design requirements, capital and operating costs, financial viability, financing options, climate resilience, and implementation and construction plans. Beginning with a site assessment that focused... Continue Reading →
First Turbine Stands Tall at Iberdrola’s 476MW Offshore Wind Farm
(OE) The first of a total of 50 wind turbines has been installed at the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, a joint venture between Iberdrola and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), located off the German Baltic coast. Working in partnership with Vestas, the remaining wind turbines will now be transported to the... Continue Reading →
Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm Delivers First Power
(offshoreWind.biz) The first Siemens Gamesa’s SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbine has been installed at the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. In addition, the 253 MW project has started producing electricity for the first time and delivering it to the transmission network. On 23 April, the first of 23 Siemens Gamesa turbines was... Continue Reading →