A geophysical survey has commenced at the Oriel Wind Park project off County Louth in the Irish Sea. The ultra-high-resolution geophysical survey started in November and is expected to be completed by mid-December, subject to weather and operational constraints. The goal of the survey, which will be carried out by the shallow draft vessel Fastnet Pelican,... Continue Reading →
Application period closes for Scottish offshore wind round targeting oil & gas decarbonization, innovation projects
(OET) Crown Estate Scotland has closed the window for applications under its Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round, dedicated to offshore wind projects that will directly reduce emissions from oil and gas production and to small scale innovation projects, including alternative outputs such as hydrogen. A two-week registration window for INTOG opened... Continue Reading →
Angola: Chevron Extends Jack-up Drilling Rig Contract
(OE) Oslo-listed offshore drilling company Shelf Drilling has secured a contract extension for its Shelf Drilling Tenacious jack-up rig. The contract is in direct continuation of its current contract for drilling operations offshore Angola until November 2023. The contract includes an additional one-year option. According to Shelf Drilling's fleet status report, the BMC Pacific 375... Continue Reading →
Shell Wraps Up Bonga FPSO Maintenance in Nigeria
(Reuters) Shell has completed a scheduled maintenance at its 200,000 barrels-per-day Bonga deep water storage and offloading vessel in Nigeria, a spokesperson said. The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company said in a statement late on Thursday that the maintenance was completed in 22 days, less than the scheduled 30 days. Bonga is typically one... Continue Reading →
American Offshore Energy Launches Novel Floating Wind Turbine Design
American Offshore Energy (AOE) has this week announced novel patents in the floating wind turbine industry including a vertical axis wind turbine which, the company says, can be deployed quickly, and even submerged in the wake of a hurricane. AOE said said: "The AOE VAWT design, the "American Turbine", is the first wind turbine that... Continue Reading →
Transocean to Buy Newbuild Ultra-Deepwater Drillship from DSME Ordered by Seadrill in 2013
(OE) Offshore drilling contractor Transocean said Thursday that it had together with Perestroika and funds managed by Lime Rock Management L.P created a joint venture, Liquila Ventures. Liquila Ventures agreed with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (“DSME”), to purchase Hull 3623, the ultra-deepwater newbuild drillship formerly known as West Aquila, for approximately $200 million.... Continue Reading →
Siemens Energy CEO Becomes Chairman of Wind Turbine Maker Siemens Gamesa
Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa has appointed Christian Bruch, who is President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Energy AG and member of Siemens Gamesa’s Board of Directors, as its new non-executive Chairman. Born in 1970 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Bruch holds a doctorate in engineering from the Swiss Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Switzerland. He... Continue Reading →
Prumo and TotalEnergies enter into a partnership to develop offshore wind power in Porto Açu
(BJ) Prumo Logística and TotalEnergies signed a memorandum of understanding to install logistical support bases at the Port of Açu that will support the construction and operation of offshore wind farms. The agreement with the French multinational is the third of its kind signed by Prumo, which owns the port and intends to turn it... Continue Reading →
World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm: Vattenfall Hits Halfway Mark with HKZ Turbine Installation
(OED) Offshore wind developer Vattenfall said Thursday it had hit the halfway mark with the installation of wind turbines at the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm offshore the Netherlands. “We're halfway towards having constructed the world’s first offshore wind farm built without subsidies, a major milestone we can all be very proud of,” says Søren... Continue Reading →
Subsea unit causes slight drop for Subsea 7 figures
Subsea 7 has reported a revenue of $1.4 billion for the third quarter of 2022, a decrease of $47 million or 3% compared to Q3 2021, mainly due to a drop in revenue in the Subsea and Conventional business unit. Revenue for the third quarter of the Subsea and Conventional unit was $990 million, a... Continue Reading →