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A Boston federal judge barred General Electric Co on Wednesday from making and selling its Haliade-X wind turbines in the United States, after a jury found in June that the turbines infringed a patent owned by rival Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S. U.S. District Judge William Young said Siemens Gamesa was entitled to the ban because it... Continue Reading →
(OE) A Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime consortium has been appointed as the preferred supplier of two offshore substations for the Baltic Power offshore wind project in Poland, being developed by a joint venture of ORLEN Group and Northland Power Inc. The two substations will be constructed and established in 2022-2025 as key components of... Continue Reading →
Dutch maritime equipment and technology firm Royal IHC has handed over the converted J-lay vessel Amazon to McDermott International. Royal IHC said: "For this project, Royal IHC has converted Amazon into the modern and state-of-the-art J-lay vessel it is today. The patented system, with dynamic top tension capacity of 1.500 tonnes, can handle a variety... Continue Reading →
Seaway 7, part of the Subsea7 Group, plans to raise $650 million through the issuance of new equity and debt, primarily to finance its two newbuild vessels, Seaway Alfa Lift and Seaway Ventus. Both vessels are anticipated to be delivered during 2023 and to enter operations in the first half of 2024. In addition to the newbuild vessels,... Continue Reading →
FPSO operator BW Offshore has received a short-term contract extension for a floating, production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel operating for the Houston-based Vaalco offshore Gabon. The FPSO will be replaced with an FSO unit as part of the Etame Marin field reconfiguration project. BW Offshore revealed on Sunday that it has entered into a... Continue Reading →
Italy’s oilfield contractor Saipem and Australia’s engineering company Worley have backed an industry initiative, which aims to eliminate methane emissions from the upstream oil and gas industry by 2030. Saipem and Worley revealed on Wednesday that they have joined the Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions Initiative, which was established by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI)... Continue Reading →
Marine engineering and maintenance specialist Royston has completed service and repair works on essential diesel power units onboard TechnipFMC’s Deep Blue vessel. Royston’s team of engineers completed a 12,000-hour overhaul on a MAN 32/40 main generator onboard the 200-meter long TechnipFMC’s Deep Blue vessel, while it was in transit from Las Palmas to Rio de... Continue Reading →
(TN) The basins of the North and Northeast of Brazil may be the new great frontiers of the country's oil. WesternGeco has announced a new “Reimaging” project of 60,000 kilometers of high resolution 2D data in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin, covering the Foz do Amazonas, Pará-Maranhão, Barreirinhas and Ceará basins. The project will apply advanced... Continue Reading →
(OE) Once again, the events of the last month have shown that the impetus to continue 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. Attractive federal incentives are... Continue Reading →
Floating Wind Solutions is proud to welcome SOFEC as a Gold Level Sponsor & Exhibitor!SOFEC, celebrating 50 years of service as industry leader in Moorings and Fluid Transfer systems, maintains a strong focus on health, safety, integrity, people, and performance, design and delivery of mooring solutions for the global offshore energy industry. SOFEC has more than 10... Continue Reading →
