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Feb. 13 (offshoreWIND.biz) DNV has issued a prototype certificate for a mooring line component which mitigates dynamic mooring and platform loads on floating wind turbines, developed by the Irish engineering company Dublin Offshore. The certificate for Dublin Offshore’s load reduction device (LRD) was issued following completion of the prototype certification process in line with DNV‑SE‑0422... Continue Reading →
Feb. 12 (OE) BW Offshore has unveiled a floating blue ammonia FPSO concept developed in collaboration with McDermott International, combining offshore production, carbon capture and direct export to convert surplus natural gas into lower-carbon fuel. The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) concept is designed to process up to 3 million cubic meters of gas... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 - Petrobras' total oil and natural gas production exceeded the upper limit of its target by 2.8 percentage points (+4%), reaching 2.99 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), representing an 11% increase compared to 2024 production. In 2025, Petrobras achieved its best result in the last ten years by adding 1.7... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 - HydroWing Tidal Energy Projects, part of Inyanga Marine Energy Group, has been awarded a further 10MW for its Ynni’r Lleuad Project at Morlais in Wales in today’s announcement of the UK government’s Allocation Round 7a (AR7a) Contracts forDifference (CfD) awards. This additional capacity builds on the 20MW already awarded to HydroWing through earlier rounds... Continue Reading →
Feb. 6 (offshoreWIND.biz) The US state of Massachusetts and the Canadian province of Nova Scotia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen cooperation on offshore wind development, seeking to align planning, workforce training, transmission planning and supply chain development across the North Atlantic region. Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Nova Scotia Premier Tim... Continue Reading →
Feb 5 (Reuters) - HIF Global expects significantly lower costs for its green-hydrogen plant in Brazil and hopes to secure financing for the first of four planned modules in the middle of next year, the company's Latin America chief executive said on Thursday. The e-fuels maker had put a $4 billion price tag on the... Continue Reading →
Feb. 5 (OE) Stena Drilling’s Stena Evolution drillship has received the Abate (P+) notation from classification society DNV. The Abate (P+) qualifier confirms defined design and control of the vessel’s power generation systems, together with an emission and energy management system aligned with ISO 50001 principles. It also verifies the installation of technical and operational... Continue Reading →
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Finnish engineering group Wartsila missed fourth-quarter orders forecasts on Wednesday, dragged down by U.S. battery tariffs and tougher competition in its energy storage business. The company's shares fell around 3%, even though CEO Hakan Agnevall pointed to "ample opportunities" supplying engine-based power generation to new data centres - a fast-growing business as... Continue Reading →
Feb. 3 (TN) According to recent data released in the 2025 Production Consolidation Supplement of the ANP's Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin*, three FPSOs operated by MODEC are among the top 10 producers in Brazil. The FPSO Guanabara MV31 stood out as the leading oil and gas producer in 2025, maintaining the position it... Continue Reading →
Jan. 30 (OE) MODEC has signed a statement of strategic intent with Eld Energy and Delta Electronics to collaborate on the development of a solid oxide fuel cell power generation system for offshore and maritime applications, including floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units. The agreement, signed on January 29, 2026, sets out plans to... Continue Reading →
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