U.S. offshore wind developer Atlantic Shores, a 50:50 partnership between Shell and EDF, has executed a Pre-Commitment and Capacity Reservation Agreement (PCCRA) with EEW American Offshore Structures Inc. (EEW-AOS) to serve as the manufacturing company for monopiles on its 1.5 GW offshore wind project. Located approximately 10–20 miles off the coast of Atlantic City, New... Continue Reading →
Huisman to Deliver Leg Encircling Crane for Cadeler’s Latest Offshore Wind Vessel
(OED) China's COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore Co., Ltd. has awarded Huisman another contract for the design and construction of a 3,000+mt Leg Encircling Crane (LEC). The crane, of an undisclosed value, will be installed on Danish offshore wind installation company Cadeler’s recently ordered F-class jack-up vessel. The crane deal follows a recent order of a... Continue Reading →
Havfram Subsea appoints UK managing director from within
(OET) Norway-based Havfram Subsea has appointed Gregor Scott, who has been with the company for a decade, as managing director for its UK business. Over the last ten years, Scott has held commercial and leadership roles within Havfram and as managing director for the UK will be responsible for the delivery of the Havfram Subsea... Continue Reading →
DNV Recertifies Petrojarl I FPSO, Enabling Two-year Charter Extension, Enauta Says
The Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said Tuesday that classification society DNV had issued the recertification for the Petrojarl I FPSO, enabling a contract extension for the production unit. The Petrojarl I FPSO is an early production system used for production at Enauta's Atlanta field. Enauta is working to deploy a larger FPSO -... Continue Reading →
Saipem Bags $1.2B Worth Offshore Oil Field Contracts in Guyana and Egypt
(OE) Italian energy industry services company Saipem has secured offshore oil and gas field construction contracts in Guyana and Egypt worth about $1.2 billion in total. In Guyana, the U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has hired Saipem to support its Uaru offshore oil field development project, in the Stabroek block, at a water depth of around 2,000... Continue Reading →
Dutch Company Launches Wind Turbine Foundation Installation Vessel Design
(OE) Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam has launched a design for a new offshore wind foundation installation vessel (FIV), called VERticale, in response to ever-growing wind turbines needing larger foundations. "VERticale is developed for an optimized deck layout," says Kuno van den Berg, Department Manager Operational Engineering at Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam. ©Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam "The location of the... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies to design mega floating offshore wind project
(Reuters) - Italian renewable developer Renexia has selected France's Technip Energies (TE.PA) to study and design key elements of one of the world's biggest floating offshore wind farms, the French engineering group said on Thursday. The French group, which this year launched a division dedicated to energy transition projects, will conduct the front-end engineering and design for... Continue Reading →
China shipyards feast on record LNG tanker orders as South Korea builders are full up
(Reuters) - China is making fast inroads in the market for newbuild liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers as local and foreign shipowners turn to its shipbuilders for the specialty vessels because long dominant yards in South Korea are fully booked. Three Chinese shipyards - only one of them having experience building large LNG tankers -... Continue Reading →
Vattenfall issues inter-array cable contract notice for German offshore wind farms
(OET) Vattenfall Atlantis 1 and Global Tech II Offshore Wind GmbH have issued a contract notice seeking contractors to install inter-array cables for two wind farm projects offshore Germany. The two projects, Vattenfall Atlantis 1 and Global Tech II, are located in the German North Sea, in the N-7.2 and N-6.6 zones. The contract is... Continue Reading →
Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Bollsta Offshore Drilling Rig Starts Shell Contract in Namibia
(OE) Northern Ocean Ltd's semi-submersible drilling rig, Deepsea Bollsta, has arrived in Namibia and started its contract with Shell. The contract for the 2019-built offshore drilling rig has a firm duration of twelve months. Shell will have the option to extend it for another six months. The drilling rig is managed by the Norwegian drilling... Continue Reading →