(OED) Dutch marine geotechnical survey firm Fugro said Wednesday it had completed fieldwork on a geophysical, geotechnical and environmental site investigation contract for RWE Renewables’ Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farm and export cable routes. DBS is located in the UK North Sea, more than 110 km from the east coast of Yorkshire, England.... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes Posts Quarterly Loss on Charges
(Reuters) Baker Hughes Co posted a quarterly loss on Wednesday, compared with a profit a year ago, hit by $230 million in restructuring and impairment charges relating to the oilfield services provider's latest reorganization. The company during the recent quarter said it would simplify its organizational structure into two business units from four, one focused... Continue Reading →
Offshore Construction Starts on Japan’s First Floating Wind Farm
(OW) Offshore construction has started on the 16.8 MW Goto floating wind farm offshore Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, the Goto Floating Wind Farm LLC consortium said. The first of the eight SPAR-type floating foundations has been loaded onto the semi-submersible spud barge, Float Raiser, at Fukue Port and transported to the wind farm site offshore... Continue Reading →
DOE Seeks Input on Mooring & Anchoring Systems for Floating Wind
(OED) The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking input on research needs related to floating offshore wind energy mooring and anchoring systems. For this, DOE's Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has issued a Request for Information (RFI). Apart from input on research priorities, DOE is seeking information on state-of-the-art innovative technologies, state-of-the-practice common operations, and... Continue Reading →
Siemens Gamesa Signs Its Largest Offshore Wind Deal in Taiwan
Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said Wednesday it had signed two agreements with the Hai Long Offshore Wind project owners at an energy industry event in Taiwan. The Hai Long consortium is a partnership between Canadian independent power producer Northland Power Inc. and Taiwan-based developer Yushan Energy Co., Ltd., jointly owned by Mitsui & Co.,... Continue Reading →
Siem Offshore Loses Another Vessel Case Against Petrobras
(OE) Norwegian offshore vessel owner Siem Offshore has lost a case against Petrobras in Brazil over a late vessel delivery and will have to pay around $8 million. Siem Offshore said Wednesday that its Brazilian subsidiary, Siem Offshore do Brasil, had been informed of the final unfavorable decision of a Brazilian court in a lawsuit... Continue Reading →
US Offshore Wind Growing on Sturdy Foundations
(OE) Once again, the events of the last month have shown that the drive to grow the U.S. offshore wind segment has lost little steam. The foundations are firmly in place to support the deployment of 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030 and 110 GW by 2050. Floating wind farm technology demonstration projects... Continue Reading →
Equinor Aims at Data Efficiency and a Low Carbon Future with Microsoft Tools
(TN) Global energy company Equinor is committed to a sustainable, low-carbon future and believes that the effective use of data is essential to achieving its goals. To break down corporate data silos and provide employees with all the information they need to make effective decisions, the company chose to implement Microsoft Energy Data Services in... Continue Reading →
Amarinth to supply crude transfer pumps for Atlanta FPSO
(OM) Yinson Production has ordered two large API 610 OH2 pumps from Amarinth for use on the FPSO Atlanta. Brazilian operator Enauta recently concluded the purchase of an FPSO for its Atlanta Field in the Santos Basin. This will operate in water depths of 1,500 m and is being adapted by Yinson Production from the existing FPSO OSX-2 under an EPCI contract. Dubai Drydocks World... Continue Reading →
U.S. Oil Service Firms’ Results to Show Impact of Demand, Inflation
(Reuters) Oilfield service firms are poised to deliver the strongest third-quarter results in years as demand for equipment and services has risen despite supply chain snags and higher costs from inflation, according to analyst forecasts. Schlumberger, Halliburton, and others have struggled to regain pricing power after a 2016 price drop. The oil market crash during the pandemic... Continue Reading →