Italy’s oil and gas giant Eni has engaged in talks during the inauguration ceremony for the Coral-Sul floating LNG (FLNG) facility to contemplate the possibility of additional FLNG projects off Mozambique. Eni disclosed on Wednesday that its representatives discussed the possibility of replicating the success of the Coral South project with further FLNG development – as well... Continue Reading →
Pryme Group Launches Specialist Tooling Systems for Offshore Wind Installation
(OE) Engineering firm Pryme Group said Wedneday it had launched two specialist tooling systems - Pile Fixation Tool (PFT) and PileProp - for offshore wind installations, via Caley Ocean Systems. The company said the tools were designed to support the installation of monopile and jacket foundations for offshore wind, by providing a localized, rigid deflection... Continue Reading →
CIMC Nets 3-Year Extensions for Jack-up Rig Duo in Mexico
China-based CIMC’s Asset Management Company has secured three-year contract extensions for two jack-up drilling rigs in Mexico. The rigs, Gulf Driller VI and Gulf Driller VIII , will continue working for the Mexican national oil company Pemex. Financial details were not disclosed. Equipped with Aker MH Wirth the Gulf Driller VI and Gulf Driller VIII... Continue Reading →
Autonomous seismic survey subsea nodes set for commercial ops in 2024
(OET) Blue Ocean Seismic Services (BOSS) has completed a series of passive and active seismic trials for its Marine Swarm Robotics technology, putting it on track to commence pre-commercial trials in the second half of 2023. Backed by bp Ventures, Woodside Energy and Blue Ocean Monitoring, BOSS is developing what is said to be the first-ever... Continue Reading →
Fugro Nets Two Offshore Wind Geotechnical Survey Contracts in The Netherlands
(OE) Dutch offshore survey firm Fugro has won two geotechnical survey contracts for the development of the Dutch IJmuiden Ver Site V-VI, Nederwiek (zuid) Site I and Hollandse Kust (west) Site VIII offshore wind zones. This is the Netherlands Enterprise Agency's (RVO) largest campaign to date and part of the Dutch government's Offshore Wind Energy... Continue Reading →
UK Says Baker Hughes-Altus Deal May Hurt Competition in Oil Well Services
(Reuters) Britain's competition watchdog said on Tuesday that U.S.-listed oilfield services firm Baker Hughes Co's acquisition of Altus Intervention could reduce competition among UK oil and gas operators. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was concerned that the loss of rivalry between the merging companies could lead to higher prices, reduced choice, and lower quality services... Continue Reading →
All 38 Turbines Installed at RWE’s Kaskasi Offshore Wind Farm in Germany
(OE) The last turbine at RWE’s Kaskasi wind farm has now been installed 35 kilometers north of the German island of Heligoland, the German company said Tuesday. Kaskasi is RWE’s sixth wind farm off the German coast. According to the company, more than two thirds of the Kaskasi wind farm’s 38 turbines are already feeding... Continue Reading →
HSM Offshore to build offshore wind-powered gas production platform
Dutch metal construction company HSM Offshore has won a contract to build the first electrified ONE-Dyas N05-A gas production platform in the North Sea which will run entirely on offshore wind power. The N05-A project is part of the so-called GEMS area, an area approximately 20 to 80 kilometres north of the Ems estuary. ONE-Dyas,... Continue Reading →
IberBlue files plan for floating wind development offshore Spain
(OM) IberBlue Wind plans to develop its first offshore wind project off the Iberian Peninsula offshore Andalusia, southern Spain. The Nao Victoria floating wind farm was named after the ship of the Magellan-Elcano expedition that completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the 16th century. The wind farm will stretch across a 310-sq-km area in the Alboran... Continue Reading →
Cadeler Orders Second Hybrid Offshore Wind Installation Jack-up
(OED) Danish offshore wind installation services firm Cadeler has ordered its second F-class vessel, a hybrid design allowing the vessel to convert from being a foundation installation unit to a wind turbine generator installation vessel within a short period of time. This is the sixth vessel that Cadeler will have in its fleet, tripling its... Continue Reading →