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Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has revealed that one of its drillships embarked on its assignment at a field offshore Brazil with the country’s oil and gas giant, Petrobras. Back in December 2021, Petrobras awarded the contract for the West Jupiter drillship to Seadrill for work on the Búzios field offshore Brazil. As it came less than a month after Seadrill was... Continue Reading →
(OE) Heavy Lift Projects Ltd (HLP), a provider of offshore wind farm logistics, said Tuesday it had completed a funding round with private investors and opened its first office in Edinburgh. The company said that Capercaillie (Investments) Ltd and Giles W Pritchard-Gordon & Co Ltd have committed a "multi-million-pound" investment, which will be used to... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company Trident Energy has completed a saturation diving campaign at Pampo and Enchuva fields offshore Brazil. According to Trident Energy, this is the company’s first saturation diving campaign in Brazil and the second in its history. Trident Energy explained that the main objective was to remove two valves, allowing additional integrity tasks to... Continue Reading →
China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) has started construction of the second phase of its offshore wind farm Zhangpu Liuao. The project will be both China’s and the world’s first wind farm to comprise 16 MW wind turbines. CTG will build the wind farm off the southeast side of the Liu’ao Peninsula in Zhangpu, in the southern... Continue Reading →
NOV's Marine and Construction business unit has come up with a "new and flexible" Modular Service and Operations Vessel (MSOV) concept to "optimize offshore wind farm operations and maintenance." NOV says the vessel's features resemble those of a sea otter. "The Enhydra series design characteristics resemble the sea otter's (Enhydra) unique and physical behavioral features.... Continue Reading →
Offshore engineering company DORIS has secured a contract with the Spanish oil firm Repsol for subsea engineering work for a project offshore Mexico. DORIS said Tuesday that the contract was for the execution of concept engineering of the Subsea Production System (SPS) and Subsea Umbilical, Riser, and Flowline (SURF) for the Block 29 development in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) said on Tuesday its net loss more than doubled in the first quarter, blaming charges related to quality issues at Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC) which the German firm is trying to fix via a full takeover of the wind division. Siemens Energy, which pre-released first-quarter results last month, said its net loss widened to 598 million... Continue Reading →
(OED) BW Ideol, a company building concrete foundation for floating wind industry, said Monday that its 5-year-old Floatgen demonstrator continued strong operations, showing a capacity factor of nearly 60% over the last three months and a production of 25GWh since its 2018 commissioning. Floatgen is a 2 MW demonstrator equipped with the world’s first concrete... Continue Reading →
(OM) Karoon Energy has issued an update on its field development programs in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The Noble Developer semisub has drilled and completed two Patola Field wells, PAT-1 and PAT-2, with subsea christmas trees now installed on each wellhead. Installation of the remaining subsea infrastructure, including a pipeline and umbilicals from Patola to the Cidade de... Continue Reading →
(OM) Rystad Energy reported that Guyana had a "stellar 2022" with the announcement of 10 new finds, which included a record nine new discoveries in a calendar year within the Exxon Mobil-operated Stabroek Block and one in CGX’s Corentyne tract. This success yielded estimated new cumulative recoverable resources of about 1.8 Bboe, securing Guyana pole position among countries with... Continue Reading →
