Tekmar Group said Wednesday it had won a significant new contract to provide an integrated engineering solution, including Cable Protection Systems ("CPS"), for an offshore wind farm project in the U.S. The contract is expected to be delivered in 2023, Tekmar said, without sharing info on the identity of the client. Alasdair MacDonald, CEO of... Continue Reading →
Offshore Design Engineering to Provide Topside FEED for ERM Dolphyn Hydrogen Project
Offshore Design Engineering Ltd (ODE) has been selected by ERM Dolphyn to provide topside FEED support to the commercial demonstration phase of the ERM Dolphyn (Deepwater Offshore Local HYdrogeN) project in the UK.The ERM Dolphyn project seeks to produce green hydrogen at scale by utilizing moored floating substructures; each moored structure hosts an offshore wind... Continue Reading →
Maersk Supply Service Wins Offshore Services Deal with Exxon in Angola
Danish offshore vessel owner Maersk Supply Service said Wednesday it had won a long-term contract with ExxonMobil in Angola. The contract is for the provision of project management, engineering, and marine services in support of the development of offshore drilling and production operations offshore Angola in the Block 15. Maersk Supply Service subsea support vessel... Continue Reading →
Prosafe lands another four-year deal in Brazil
Offshore accommodation provider Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Eurus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. Prosafe was declared the winner of a bidding process launched by Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Eurus semi-submersible unit earlier in May. A potential contract award and the timing of the... Continue Reading →
Yinson taps UAE player for FPSO upgrade work
The UAE-headquartered marine and offshore services provider Drydocks World Dubai, a part of DP World, has inked a deal with Malaysia’s FPSO operator Yinson to upgrade a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which will operate for Enauta offshore Brazil. Drydocks World revealed on Tuesday that it has signed a contract with Yinson to upgrade, refurbish, and convert an FPSO... Continue Reading →
EDF performs autonomous foundation inspection at Blyth offshore wind farm
EDF Renewables has carried out what is believed to be the first autonomous wind farm foundation inspection by deploying a customized remotely operated vehicle (ROV) at the Blyth offshore wind farm in the UK. Equipped and operated from the Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets (ORCA) Hub, the ROV carried out visual inspections of the... Continue Reading →
Shell, Petrobras assign inspection duty to Saipem subsea drone
Saipem has been contracted by Shell and Petrobras for the utilisation of its FlatFish subsea drone in two pilot projects involving the inspection campaigns of two ultra-deepwater fields offshore Brazil, operated by the two energy companies. The two projects with Shell and Petrobras are pilots within the framework of the research and development program of... Continue Reading →
BW Offshore: One-year Charter Extension for FPSO in Ivory Coast
FPSO leasing firm BW Offshore has secured a one-year contract extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Espoir Ivoirien. The firm period has been extended until the end of Q1 2023. The FPSO is operating on the Espoir field offshore the Ivory Coast for CNR International (Cote D'Ivoire) SARL. Financial terms of the... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: After revamping Venezuela’s smallest oil refinery, Iran to fix the largest
(Reuters) - Iranian state firms have started preparations to revamp Venezuela's largest oil refinery, the 955,000-barrel-per-day Paraguana Refining Center, four people close to the talks said, following a contract to repair its smallest facility. A deal would deepen an energy relationship that has become a lifeline for Venezuela's dilapidated oil industry amid a crisis caused... Continue Reading →
BW Ideol Inks Deal with EDF, Maple Power for Floating Wind Project in Mediterranean
BW Ideol, a company that builds foundations for floating wind farms, has signed an agreement with the EDF Renouvelables and Maple Power consortium to cooperate on the design of floating foundations for the AO6 floating offshore wind tender in the French section of the Mediterranean Sea. EDF Renouvelables is a subsidiary of the EDF group,... Continue Reading →