Sept. 11 (splash247.com) Sumitomo Heavy Industries and Albatross Technology have formed a capital and business alliance to speed up the development of floating axis wind turbines (FAWTs), with the partners preparing to move from small-scale testing to a 2MW-class offshore demonstrator. The cooperation will cover turbine design, production, installation, and maintenance, and the partners will... Continue Reading →
ABS certifies FPSO design for South American and West African deep waters
Sept. 9 (offshore-energy.biz) South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean has secured a basic design review (BDR) certification from ABS for a standardized floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) design developed for the South American and West African deepwater market, as well as related sustainability reviews. The review included the FPSO’s core design documentation and technical standards across key... Continue Reading →
Standardization and Industrialization Could Cut Offshore Wind Costs in North Sea by 28% – Study
Sept. 8 (offshoreWIND.biz) Standardizing turbine designs and securing predictable project pipelines could reduce the average lifetime cost of electricity from North Sea offshore wind by up to 28 per cent by 2050 in a high-volume scenario, a study led by DNV has shown. DNV led the joint industry project (JIP) with eight companies across the... Continue Reading →
T12 Engineering Gets OWGP Funding for Floating Wind Mooring Tech
Sept. 8 (OE) T12 Engineering has secured funding from the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) to advance its Floating Mooring System (FMS), a technology designed to reduce the cost and complexity of maintaining floating offshore wind turbines. The latest project follows a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study supported by Scottish Enterprise in 2025, which confirmed... Continue Reading →
Tech explores Argentina’s Patagonia for mega data centers
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Argentina's rugged Patagonia is drawing increasing interest from investors searching for sites for mega data centers who are enticed by the region's cool temperatures, renewable energy, shale gas and empty stretches of land. As tech giants known as hyperscalers race worldwide to build server farms and run into roadblocks amid anti-data-center... Continue Reading →
Oil States secures three year agreement with Petrobras for subsea services
Sept. 7 - Oil States Brasil has secured a new contract with Petrobras to provide specialized maintenance and technical assistance services for subsea equipment. The three-year agreement covers support for Petrobras's subsea operations as well as for the exploration and production (E&P) consortia in which the oil company participates. The scope encompasses activities such as... Continue Reading →
First large-scale purchase of Halo-Connect nodes to support seismic exploration in Colombia
Sept. 2 - Colombian geophysical services company Vector Geophysical has acquired 30,000 STRYDE Halo-Connect ground-based seismic nodes along with a Nimble receiver system, significantly expanding its capacity to execute high-density seismic surveys in Colombia. The agreement marks STRYDE's first large-scale order for Halo-Connect since the launch of the next generation of its miniaturized seismic node... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC readies 200th subsea tree for Guyana projects
Sept. 2 (oilnow.gy) TechnipFMC has reached delivery readiness for its 200th subsea tree for offshore projects in Guyana. The company announced the milestone on September 1. It credited the expertise and collaboration of its team for supporting ExxonMobil Guyana’s offshore developments. “Recently, we reached a major milestone with the manufacturing and delivery readiness of the 200th subsea... Continue Reading →
Singapore and Brazil to establish green and digital shipping corridor
Sept. 1 (marinereport) Singapore and Brazil have inked a deal that will establish their green and digital shipping corridor. In a statement, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said the two markets signed the memorandum of understanding to establish the Singapore-Brazil Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC). The partnership will strengthen cooperation between Singapore and... Continue Reading →
BP contracts Halliburton for services at the Bumerangue Field, Santos Basin
Aug. 26 - Halliburton announced that it has been awarded an integrated contract by bp for the initial appraisal campaign of the Bumerangue field in the Santos Basin. The contract includes a comprehensive suite of services designed to accelerate the appraisal campaign for bp’s discovery. The scope of work encompasses an integrated drilling services package... Continue Reading →