(OE) NOV has signed contracts with China's CIMC Raffles to design and equip a self-propelled wind turbine installation jack-up vessel for the Norwegian offshore wind services company Havfram NOV, until recently known as National Oilwell Varco, will supply the GustoMSC NG-20000X wind installation vessel design. NOV entered the offshore rig & vessel design arena through the... Continue Reading →
RWE Selects Offshore Construction Base for Giant Offshore Wind Project in the UK
(OE) German renewable energy firm RWE has selected Port of Blyth as offshore construction base for its 1.4 GW Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, one of the world’s largest offshore wind projects. "Commissioned in December 2000, Blyth was home to the UK’s first offshore wind turbine pilot project, operated at the time by E.ON Climate and... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the start of P-71 production
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, informs that it put into operation, this Wednesday (Dec,21), the P-71 platform vessel, installed in the Itapu field, in the Santos Basin pre- salt area, 200 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The start of production has been anticipated, as it was originally scheduled for 2023. From Petrobras'... Continue Reading →
Seabed suitable for Lithuania’s first offshore wind farm
Surveys of the area that the Lithuanian Government selected for the country’s first offshore wind farm have shown that the seabed in the Baltic Sea is suitable for the development of this type of project. The Lithuanian Energy Agency selected Geobaltic and Garant Diving to carry out the geophysical and seismic surveys through an international... Continue Reading →
Short-term Charter Extension for Yinson’s FPSO in Nigeria
(OE) Malaysia's FPSO leasing company Yinson has secured a one-month contract extension for its Adoon FPSO in Nigeria. The contract was signed with client Addax, a Sinopec subsidiary, on December 16, 2022 and will run until January 2023. The value of the contract extension is estimated to be $3.4 million. The original contract for the FPSO Adoon... Continue Reading →
Production Resumes from Cidade de Anchieta FPSO After January 2022 Shutdown
Dutch FPSO leasing company SBM Offshore said Tuesday that production had resumed from its FPSO Cidade de Anchieta, offshore Brazil, after a lengthy shutdown. The Cidade de Anchieta, under contract with Petrobras in Brazil, has been shut down since January 22, 2022, after oil was spotted near the vessel. SBM Offshore said in one of its... Continue Reading →
Study Launched for Multi-GW Scale Offshore Hydrogen Production in Dutch North Sea
(OE) Danish engineering group Ramboll will investigate the feasibility of producing hydrogen offshore at a multi-gigawatt scale with NortH2 in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The NortH2 consortium, consisting of Eneco, RWE, Equinor and Shell, in partnership with Gasunie, is investigating how all aspects of the hydrogen value chain – from production to... Continue Reading →
Crown Estate-funded Survey Program Drives Floating Wind Development in Celtic Sea
(OE) The Crown Estate for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland has announced its first major investment in surveys to help with the construction of floating offshore wind farms in the Celtic Sea. "The awarding of the first contracts marks an important step in what is anticipated to be a multi-million pound series of technical and... Continue Reading →
Westwood: Highest FPS throughput capacity since 2010 greenlighted in 2022
(OET) Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm, has outlined that 2022 will have the highest floating production system (FPS) throughput capacity sanctioned since 2010, despite major project delays caused by multiple factors, including the supply chain inflationary pressure, which remains a concern in the future as well. Within its review of the... Continue Reading →
Ocyan announces creation of independent drilling company
(TN) Ocyan S.A. announced the creation of a new company (DrillCo), which will concentrate its drilling activities with its current five rigs, ODN I, ODN II, Norbe VI, Norbe VIII and Norbe IX – that will form part of the new company's fleet. The new corporate structure is born in the context of the restructuring... Continue Reading →