(offshore-energy.biz) South Korea’s shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has closed its acquisition of Singapore-based offshore builder Dyna-Mac, which specializes in manufacturing marine plant topside structures for floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) and floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) units. The deal was closed on November 20, 2024, when Hanwha Ocean agreed to acquire approximately 95.15% of the total issued... Continue Reading →
Mocean Energy Raising Funds to Advance Wave Energy Tech
(OE) Scottish ocean energy pioneer Mocean Energy has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, Europe’s largest private market investment platform. The campaign, which is now live, aims to finance the next phase of the company’s growth plans as it looks to mature its wave energy technology. Mocean Energy is working to transform the ocean energy... Continue Reading →
NOV’s GustoMSC Presents Quick Connector for Heavy Lift Cranes
(OE) NOV has introduced the Quick Connector, developed by its subsidiary GustoMSC, to enhances the safety and efficiency of offshore lifting operations across the offshore energy industry. As countries seek to increase their renewable energy capacity and reduce carbon emissions, offshore wind will play a major role in the world’s expanding energy mix. However, these... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore completes US$1.5 billion financing of Jaguar
SBM Offshore announces it has completed the project financing of FPSO Jaguar for a total of US$1.5 billion. The project financing was fully secured by a consortium of 16 international financial institutions. The Company expects to draw the loan phased over the construction period of the FPSO. The project loan is in line with the... Continue Reading →
ONE Guyana FPSO to Depart for Yellowtail Field Early in 2025
(Reuters) Guyana's fourth oil floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility is expected to depart for the South American country in the first quarter next year, the CEO of U.S. producer Hess, John Hess, said on Wednesday. The firm, which alongside Exxon Mobil and CNOOC are responsible for all oil and gas production in the... Continue Reading →
French Floating Wind Pilot Project Starts Delivering Power to Grid
(offshoreWIND.biz) The first of three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines at the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project in France has started delivering megawatt-hours of power to the national electricity grid. Located 17 kilometres off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, the Provence Grand Large floating wind pilot project features three Siemens Gamesa 8... Continue Reading →
TDI-Brooks wraps up seabed coring project for Suriname’s national oil company
(offshore-energt.biz) U.S.-based TDI-Brooks International, contracted by GeoPartners, has finalized a seabed survey project for Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname, the country’s national oil company. According to TDI-Brooks, the Suriname Seabed Piston Coring project involved the acquisition, processing, and interpretation of seep data, encompassing multibeam and coring operations over a 45,000 square kilometer area on the Suriname continental... Continue Reading →
Strike steel ceremony held for ‘largest FPSO in Petrobras’ history’
(offshore-energy.biz) A steel-cutting ceremony has been held for one of the two floating storage, production, and offloading (FPSO) units Singapore-headquartered Seatrium is building for Brazil’s state-owned giant Petrobras. The start of construction on FPSO P-84, described as the “largest FPSO in Petrobras’ history,” was marked with a ceremony held on November 15 at the CIMC Raffles Offshore’s Yantai shipyard in China.... Continue Reading →
Seadrill’s drillship pair heading into the home stretch to start drilling job offshore Brazil
(offhore-energy.biz) Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has welcomed back to its rig fleet two drillships, which are getting the finishing touches out of the way to begin their new multimillion-dollar drilling assignments off the coast of Brazil, which are slated to last until the end of 2027. With the acquisition of Aquadrill in April 2023,... Continue Reading →
Ventus Energy Enters US Offshore Wind Market
(OE) U.K.-based high voltage (HV) engineering specialist Ventus Energy has launched its U.S. entity with two East Coast locations to further support the rapidly growing offshore wind industry in the United States. Operating as Ventus Energy Incorporated, the primary office is located in Brooklyn, New York, within the Industry City complex, placing it close to... Continue Reading →