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Dutch company Huisman, a provider of design and manufacture of heavy construction equipment, has developed a harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig design, which can be powered with onshore-produced hydroelectricity but also with floating wind turbines. Announcing the new design on Monday, Huisman explained that it was developed with an aim of making the extraction of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Broker Marsh, a unit of Marsh & McLennan (MMC.N), said on Monday it was launching the world's first dedicated insurance for hydrogen energy projects, as the nascent industry looks to scale up quickly in the fight against climate change. As the world targets net-zero emissions by mid-century in an effort to cap global warming,... Continue Reading →
The offshore site investigation works have commenced for Hexicon’s 32 MW TwinHub floating wind project in the Celtic Sea. The first phase of the survey works has been awarded to Aratellus Offshore, which has subcontracted Sulmara Subsea to perform the geophysical survey. The goal of the survey is to make it possible to plan subsea... Continue Reading →
Saipem and Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) have signed an extension of their existing services agreement to include the provision of Saipem’s FlatFish underwater drone for environmental monitoring and inspection of asset integrity. The existing contract between the parties provides for the storage, maintenance, training of personnel and readiness including the remote emergency response of the Offset... Continue Reading →
Three projects, of 2,8 GW in total, will be offered seabed agreements for offshore wind projects following Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind clearing process. Clearing saw the ‘NE1’ area east of Shetland made available for ScotWind applicants who met the required standards but who did not secure their chosen location earlier in the leasing process. The... Continue Reading →
Brandon Ennis, Sandia National Laboratories' offshore wind technical lead, had a radically new idea for offshore wind turbines: instead of a tall, unwieldy tower with blades at the top, he imagined a towerless turbine with blades pulled taut like a bow. This design would allow the massive generator that creates electricity from spinning blades to... Continue Reading →
Fugro and the Ocean Industries Concept Lab (OICL) at Oslo School of Architecture and Design have teamed up to explore ways to harmonise maritime design by integrating digital innovation in next-generation workplaces for safe remote operations. Fugro and OICL have been looking into the application of the open-source OpenBridge user interface design system to streamline... Continue Reading →
In early August, Petrobras put well MLS-233 into operation in the pre-salt layer of the Campos Basin. Preliminary analyzes indicate that the new well, connected to the P-40, at Ativo Marlim Sul, has a production potential of 15,000 barrels of oil per day, exceeding the company's initial estimates. The MLS-233 symbolizes the beginning of pre-salt... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies, in consortium with Subsea 7 and Samkang M&T, has been selected by Corio Generation and TotalEnergies to perform a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for their Ulsan Gray Whale 3 Offshore Windfarm project, located offshore the East Coast of South Korea. The FEED contract covers engineering for floater, mooring, and inter-array cable (IAC) in collaboration with a wind turbine supplier. The design of the floating foundation will include Technip Energies’ in-house floater technology INO15. With a capacity of 15 megawatts, INO15 technology is a three columns semi-submersible floater suited for large series production. The... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oslo-listed marine seismic survey firm Magseis Fairfield has signed a contract with ExxonMobil for a large Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) project offshore Guyana, where ExxonMobil has so far discovered 11 billion barrels of oil. The project is expected to be conducted using our ZXPLR technology and last for a minimum of 14 months. “We... Continue Reading →
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