(Electrek) Norway’s WindSpider has designed a lightweight crane system that builds offshore wind turbines virtually on its own once the tower is up. The Norwegian startup is being taken very seriously – it’s part of the Energy Transition Norway cluster, and it’s been backed by German global energy company RWE since December 2022. WindSpider announced a deal in early March with... Continue Reading →
Noble Voyager to Drill Another Well for Petronas Offshore Suriname
Petronas Suriname E&P, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas, has exercised the option for Noble Corporation’s Noble Voyager drillship to drill one additional well offshore Suriname. The 7th generation drillship Noble Voyager will remain a little longer for drilling operation in Block 52 offshore Suriname at a day rate of $470,000. The contract... Continue Reading →
MODEC Picks TMC Compressors for Errea Wittu FPSO
(OE) TMC Compressors (TMC) has secured a contract to supply a large capacity marine compressed air system to MODEC’s FPSO Errea Wittu, set for deployment at ExxonMobil’s Uaru field offshore Guyana TMC said it will manufacture and assemble the equipment in Europe, without disclosing the value of the contract. Offshore Frontier Solutions, MODEC’s joint venture... Continue Reading →
SLB to buy ChampionX for $8 billion in growing deal-making in US energy sector
(Reuters) - Top oilfield services company SLB (SLB.N), opens new tab said on Tuesday it will buy smaller rival ChampionX (CHX.O), opens new tab in an all-stock deal valued at $7.75 billion, amid growing consolidation in the North American energy sector. Oilfield service providers have followed energy producers in pursuing deals as they navigate operational and pricing challenges while... Continue Reading →
TDI-Brooks Completes Survey Off New York & New Jersey
(OE) Between January 2023 and February 2024, TDI-Brooks conducted an extensive site investigation program in two offshore wind blocks in state and federal waters. The projects involved surveying in excess of 20,000 line-kms of analogue and either single or multi-channel seismic in lease blocks and cable routes along the coasts of New York and New... Continue Reading →
MODEC, SBM Offshore competing for Suriname FPSO award
(oilnow) MODEC and SBM Offshore are competing for an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) award from TotalEnergies for Suriname’s first floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Upstream said in a March 25 report. The publication said the companies have stepped up efforts to secure yard space, after both conducting front-end engineering and design studies... Continue Reading →
MODEC Gets FEED Job for Shell’s Gato do Mato FPSO
(OE) MODEC has secured the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) system for Shell’s Gato do Mato development, offshore Brazil. Gato do Mato FPSO will be moored at a water depth of approximately 2,000 meters, some 250 kilometers off the coast of Brazil. MODEC will be responsible... Continue Reading →
Petrobras presents demand for contracts and opportunities for the national industry
Petrobras has authorized hiring processes for support vessels for exploration and production logistics, with the aim of meeting short-term demand for the years 2025 and 2026. It also approved contracting new support vessels for long-term demands, whose technical specifications will focus on new technological solutions for efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These opportunities... Continue Reading →
Stena Drilling’s new drillship to get equipment that allows access to ‘previously inaccessible reservoirs’
( Offshore-energy.biz) UK-based offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling is set to deliver an equipment upgrade for its newest drillship that is expected to make it capable of drilling in previously inaccessible reservoirs. The seventh-generation drillship Stena Evolution is about to undergo an equipment upgrade which will make it capable of drilling and completing wells requiring... Continue Reading →
SLB to Acquire Majority Ownership in Aker Carbon Capture
(OE) SLB has agreed to combine its carbon capture business with Aker Carbon Capture (ACC). The combination will leverage ACC’s commercial carbon capture product offering and SLB’s new technology developments and industrialization capability. SLB says it will create a vehicle for accelerating the introduction of disruptive early-stage technology into the global market on a commercial,... Continue Reading →