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 →

Saipem Scoops $3.7B for Work on TotalEnergies’ Kaminho Field

(OE) Saipem has been awarded three new contracts by TotalEnergies for the Kaminho project, relating to the development of Cameia and Golfinho oil fields offshore Angola, worth $3.7 billion. The first of the contracts, awarded by TotalEnergies' subsidiary TotalEnergies EP Angola Block 20, refers to the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Transportation and Commissioning of the Kaminho... Continue Reading →

PGS Streamlines Seismic Data Interpretation Services

(OE) Norwegian seismic company PGS has teamed up with Onward, an energy innovation platform, to offer on-demand seismic data interpretation. The collaboration that facilitates on-demand data interpretation provided by Onward, which leverages its technical capabilities to enhance PGS' existing MultiClient and Data OnDemand services and accelerate interpretation workflows. Onward and PGS now offer subscribers of... Continue Reading →

SBM Offshore ‘pre-selected as preferred bidder’ for TotalEnergies’ Suriname FPSO deal – Upstream sources

(OILNOW) Upstream has reported that SBM Offshore could take the upper hand in competition with MODEC to build and deliver Suriname’s first floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, as it was “pre-selected as the preferred bidder.” Fabio Palmigiani, the publication’s South America Correspondent, said the information came from two industry sources. He wrote that SBM Offshore... Continue Reading →

Under new CEO, Prysmian makes solid start to 2024

(offshoreEnergy.biz) Following an “outstanding” 2023, Italian cabling giant Prysmian has made a solid start to 2024, reporting a net profit of €190 million for the first quarter of the year, compared to €187 million in the first three months of the prior year. Group sales amounted to €3,687 million, with a -5.6% organic growth, while adjusted EBITDA reached €412 million,... Continue Reading →

CGG Rebrands to Viridien

(OE) French seismic company CGG has changed its name to Viridien. At the Annual General Meeting on May 15, 2024, shareholders approved the resolution to change the company’s corporate name from CGG to Viridien.  “Our new name, Viridien, connects our company’s history to our future, confidently positioning us for accelerated growth as an advanced technology,... Continue Reading →

Petronas Makes Oil and Gas Discovery Offshore Suriname

(OE) Petronas Suriname E&P, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s energy company Petronas, has made a third hydrocarbon discovery at the Fusaea-1 exploration well in Suriname’s Block 52. The discovery is located about 170 kilometers offshore and 9 kilometers east from Roystonea-1. The well was spudded in February 2024, and successfully drilled to a total depth of... Continue Reading →

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