Germany-based EUROPIPE has received an order from the North American TC Energy (TCE) to supply the pipe for the Southeast Gateway Pipeline project in the Gulf of Mexico. TCE is building the $4.5 billion offshore gas pipeline in partnership with the Mexican state-owned power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to secure the power supply... Continue Reading →
Energy players in Brazil enter joint R&D project to leverage digital ways in transition to net-zero
Offshore energy companies in Brazil have come together for a joint industry research and technology development project focused on addressing technologies to reduce carbon emissions. The project named i-Concept JIP Phase 2 focuses on the development of applied computational modules to generate and rank offshore conceptual systems, addressing technologies to reduce carbon emissions and creating... Continue Reading →
Prysmian Bags Offshore Wind Cable Deals Worth More Than 800M Euros
(OE) Prysmian Group has won two contracts worth more than €800 million, including options, with Amprion Offshore – a subsidiary of German transmission system operator Amprion - for the design, supply, installation, and commissioning of land and submarine cables for two offshore wind farm grid connection systems in Germany’s North Sea, DolWin4 & BorWin4. The DolWin4... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC Nets ‘Significant’ EPCI Deal with TotalEnergies in Brazil
Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC said Wednesday it had secured a significant contract with the oil major TotalEnergies for its Lapa North East field in the pre-salt Santos Basin offshore Brazil. For TechnipFMC, a “significant” contract is between $75 million and $250 million. Under the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract TechnipFMC will reconfigure and... Continue Reading →
Royston wraps up engine overhaul works on the world’s largest subsea construction vessel
Marine engineering and maintenance specialist Royston has completed service and repair works on essential diesel power units onboard TechnipFMC’s Deep Blue vessel. Royston’s team of engineers completed a 12,000-hour overhaul on a MAN 32/40 main generator onboard the 200-meter long TechnipFMC’s Deep Blue vessel, while it was in transit from Las Palmas to Rio de... Continue Reading →
Offshore wind demand brings Rotech to Taiwan
Aberdeen-based Rotech Subsea has set up an entity in Taiwan to service the demand coming from the local offshore wind sector. According to Rotech, the move comes as it had completed a series of cable trenching and seabed leveling campaigns in Taiwan’s offshore wind sector and secured new contracts. With three spreads of its Controlled... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Seeking Production License for S. Africa Block
(Reuters) TotalEnergies has lodged its production license application for Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa, the national petroleum regulator said on Tuesday, before a deadline expired which might have seen the oil major forfeit its right to develop the huge discovery. TotalEnergies discovered two large gas fields, Brulpadda and Luiperd, in offshore block 11B/12B about 175... Continue Reading →
Jumbo Offshore installs Petrobras torpedo pile mooring system
(OM) Jumbo Offshore has executed the transport and installation of a torpedo pile mooring system, including mooring for flexible risers, umbilical for Libra Consortium's Guanabara FPSO. While this type of installation previously required the mobilization of up to three anchor-handling tugs, Jumbo carried out the entire contract using only its J-class offshore installation vessel Fairplayer, working in the Mero... Continue Reading →
Revitalization project at Marlim intends to reduce emissions by 60%
As part of the project to revitalize the Marlim and Voador fields, in the Campos Basin, Petrobras intends to reduce carbon emissions associated with the production of the areas by 60%. As a reminder, the revitalization of the Marlim cluster provides for the replacement of nine proprietary platforms by two new FPSOs equipped with technologies... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes Launches Fast All-electric Tiebacks Solution
Oilfield services giant Baker Hughes said Tuesday it had launched its new fast all-electric tiebacks solution. The company said the solution was "driving cost efficiencies through optimized architecture and reduced topside footprint, and delivering environmental benefits for subsea operations." "Fast all-electric tiebacks solutions provide structured building blocks for major subsea assemblies to reduce cycle time... Continue Reading →