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(OET) Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has appointed a North Carolina-headquartered company to deliver a seal-less canned motor boosting system for its field in the Campos Basin with the aim of enabling reliable subsea production. Curtiss-Wright Corporation has signed a technology cooperation agreement with Petrobras to design, manufacture, test, and provide operational support for... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oil and gas company Enauta has released a note regarding the installation of mooring lines and torpedo anchors, designed by London Marine Consultants (LMC), for the FPSO Atlanta II offshore Brazil. The moorings are installed in over 1500 meters of water depth offshore Brazil on behalf of Malaysian FPSO leasing firm Yinson Production and... Continue Reading →
(OE) Aker software company Aize has signed an agreement with ExxonMobil Guyana and SBM Offshore to deploy Aize digital twin software on the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units Liza Unity and Liza Destiny offshore Guyana. Aker-owned company Aize will work with its partners transform the traditional approach to TAR (Turnaround) campaigns by strengthening... Continue Reading →
(OET) Japanese FPSO operator MODEC has confirmed the start of the construction phase for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is destined to work on ExxonMobil’s fifth oil development in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. According to MODEC, a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction for its inaugural project in Guyana,... Continue Reading →
(OE) U.S.-based oil and gas services firm Helix Energy Solutions has secured the extension of its decommissioning contract with Trident Energy for work offshore Brazil. The contract extension is for an additional 12 months and in direct continuation of the current contract. The extension is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2024 at... Continue Reading →
(PN) Wood announced today that it has secured an extension of a US$80 million contract with Equinor Brasil. The agreement provides for the provision of maintenance and modification solutions for offshore assets in the Peregrino field, in the Campos Basin. The two-year extension builds on a long-term, global partnership with Equinor, where Wood supports the... Continue Reading →
(OM) Late last month Halliburton Landmark announced it is working with the Petrobras-led Libra Consortium on a digital twin for the presalt Mero Field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The aim is to help reduce capex, speed up production times and improve crude oil recovery using the new insights obtained in a real-time environment. The digital twin, a... Continue Reading →
(OW) Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has completed the first local hub-nacelle assembly and testing of the V174 offshore wind turbine nacelle at its factory in Taichung Port, Taiwan. Following the complete local assembly of hub components in 2023, Vestas has, for the first time, accomplished the merging and testing of nacelles and hubs in... Continue Reading →
(OW) WindFloat Atlantic, the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm, has completed its third year in operation, closing in 2023 with an electricity production of 80 GWh. Connected to the grid by the end of 2019 and fully commissioned in 2020, the floating offshore wind farm was developed by the Windplus consortium formed by... Continue Reading →
(OE) Dutch manufacturer Huisman has signed a contract with Danish offshore wind installation services firm Cadeler for the design and production of monopile gripper for the offshore wind industry. This marks the seventh gripper ordered at Huisman, reinforcing the company's position in the market for installation tools for the offshore wind industry. The monopile gripper,... Continue Reading →
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