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(OE) Schlumberger, the world's largest oilfield services provider, is rebranding itself with a new name, color scheme and logo that underscores its ambitions for a lower-carbon future, the company said on Monday. The nearly 100-year-old firm, originally named after its founding family, has become a giant in oilfield services and equipment such as drilling and... Continue Reading →
(EV) Shell is harnessing talent from its offshore oil and gas division to progress two major Scottish floating wind farms. The supermajor’s UK business manager for offshore wind, Melissa Read says they are “transitioning across” a lot of upstream skill to propel the Marram and Campion projects. Both floating wind schemes were secured alongside partner ScottishPower Renewables, a subsidiary of... Continue Reading →
Denmark-based offshore wind installation services firm Cadeler said Friday it had signed a letter of intent with a "blue chip" client. The client is looking into the possibility of using one of Cadeler's two O-class wind turbine installation vessels "over a long period of time," according to Cadeler. Cadeler has two O-class jack-up units -... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling company Borr Drilling said Thursday that its joint venture company in Mexico (Perfomex) had entered into new contracts for the company's five premium jack-up rigs. The rigs in question are the "Galar", "Gersemi", "Grid", "Njord" and "Odin" and the contracts are with OPEX Perforadora S.A. de C.V. and Perforadora Profesional Akal I S.A.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Top oilfield services provider Schlumberger Ltd (SLB.N) reported a 64.9% jump in third-quarter profit on Friday that topped Wall Street expectations as a surge in oil and gas prices led to more drilling activity. Oil and gas producers are looking to increase production as crude prices stay near eight-year highs, boosting demand for Schlumberger's equipment,... Continue Reading →
Norwegian DOF Subsea has secured a three-year contract for two multipurpose support construction vessels (MPSVs) with Esso Exploration & Production Guyana. DOF Subsea will perform inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR), well-intervention support, and light subsea construction activities to support the “growing” subsea infrastructures in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The two MPSVs, featuring 250-ton AHC cranes and work-class... Continue Reading →
Gazelle Wind Power, the developer of a hybrid modular floating offshore wind platform, said Thursday it had received the results of its basin model tests at the Environmental Hydraulics Institute-University of Cantabria (IHCantabria) facilities in Spain. According to Gazelle, the test report, witnessed by DNV and Safier Ingenierie, verified the feasibility of the Gazelle platform’s... Continue Reading →
(OE) InterMoor said Thursday it had secured the engineering design scope and the transportation and installation study for two upcoming offshore floating wind farms offshore Asia. The company, a brand in Acteon’s Engineering, Moorings and Foundations Division, said that one wind farm comprised 50-80 turbines, each of 15MW capacity, totalling a capacity of 750- 1200MW,... Continue Reading →
A new research project, launched this week today, aims to extend the use of offshore wind monopile foundations, to support larger turbines in deeper waters, global climate consultancy the Carbon Trust has informed. "Monopiles are the cheapest and most widespread offshore wind turbine foundation, however, they experience structural issues as their length and the weight... Continue Reading →
(Forbes) Siemens Gamesa has started to install a new generation of more powerful machines for onshore wind energy in Brazil, in an important step to increase its competitiveness in a key market for the manufacturer and position itself for the development of the country's offshore wind market, according to a company executive. Brazil will be... Continue Reading →
