Subsea 7 has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dutch hydrogen technology developer, OneSea Energy, to collaborate in the field of floating offshore green hydrogen production. The Memorandum of Understanding provides that OneSea and Subsea 7 will move forward together in exploring and developing field-specific solutions for offshore hydrogen production. Both companies will... Continue Reading →
15 GW of Floating Wind Capacity to Come Online by 2030 – Westwood Analysis
Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood) has revealed that of the 121 GW worth of floating offshore wind projects that the company is currently tracking using its WIndLogix intelligence software, close to 15 GW of floating wind capacity is expected to come online by 2030. Westwood says that 15 GW of capacity will account for four... Continue Reading →
Steelmaking giant enters offshore wind, green hydrogen industries
German energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop, build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities that will supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required to produce low-emissions steel in Germany. The partnership centres on driving forward the production of carbon-neutral steel,... Continue Reading →
PGS to deliver several 4D surveys offshore West Africa
PGS has won a “significant” acquisition contract comprising several 4D surveys by an international oil company offshore West Africa. The acquisition is scheduled to start in early November and is expected to be complete in early May 2023. “We are very pleased with this contract award, which secures work for Ramform Vanguard until next summer season. Combining the Ramform acquisition platform and our GeoStreamer technology will... Continue Reading →
Havfram to back MODEC on Senegal’s first offshore oil development
Havfram has secured a contract by MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) for the pre-installation of the subsea mooring system for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel destined for Senegal. MODEC will supply the facility to Woodside as part of the Sangomar Field Development Phase 1 project, Senegal’s first offshore oil development. Under the... Continue Reading →
Shell’s floater rig of the year award goes to Maersk drillship
Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling has revealed that one of its drillships has been named floater rig of the year by Shell, a UK-headquartered energy giant, thanks to a drilling campaign in Brunei. In a statement on Friday, Maersk Drilling announced that Shell has named Maersk Viking its 2021 Global Rig of the Year in the Floater... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies places subsea order with TechnipFMC off Angola
TechnipFMC has won a contract with TotalEnergies EP Angola to supply subsea production systems for the CLOV Phase 3 development in Block 17 off the coast of Angola. The delivery will include Subsea 2.0 trees and associated controls, umbilical termination assemblies, jumpers and services. The contract is the first under the new framework agreement that... Continue Reading →
McDermott christens ultra-deepwater J-Lay vessel
McDermott has held the christening ceremony for its newly converted Amazon vessel in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The vessel has undergone a “sophisticated” conversion from a construction vessel into an ultra-deepwater J-Lay vessel as part of McDermott’s global deepwater subsea strategy. The upgraded specifications enable highly automated operations, the production of hex joints from single or... Continue Reading →
Sustainable vessel Eagle Colatina arrives in Brazil to reinforce Petrobras’ Eco Type fleet
(TN) The Suezmax DP2 Eagle Colatina relief vessel arrived in Brazil, the first of three Eco Type ships built to reinforce the fleet of more sustainable ships for the relief of oil platforms operated by Petrobras. With a deadweight of 155 thousand tons of deadweight, the Eagle Colatina, which docked at the Port of Rio... Continue Reading →
American Car Giant GM Invests in Multi-Turbine Floating Offshore Wind Systems
(OW) American multinational automotive manufacturing corporation General Motors (GM) has led a Series A investment round of up to USD 10 million into Wind Catching Systems, the Norwegian developer of multi-turbine floating offshore wind systems, to help fund the development and commercialization of the technology. General Motors has made the investment through GM Ventures, the... Continue Reading →