Seaway 7, a fixed-bottom offshore wind installation affiliate of Subsea 7, on Monday revised its adjusted EBITDA guidance for the full year 2022, citing issues with offshore wind projects in the Netherlands and Taiwan. The company said its revenue is expected to be in line with previous guidance towards $1 billion, with an Adjusted EBITDA... Continue Reading →
Energy security adds to green transition drive
(Reuters) - Energy security concerns raised by Russia's invasion of Ukraine have provided even more impetus for adopting a range of low-carbon technologies to meet the Paris climate accord goals, industry executives told the Reuters Global Markets Forum (GMF). "Renewables in and of themselves aren't enough to solve this problem," Standard Chartered (STAN.L) Chief Executive Bill Winters... Continue Reading →
Schlumberger, Subsea 7 Renew Subsea Integration Alliance for 7 More Years
Oilfield services giant Schlumberger and offshore installations specialist Subsea 7 have agreed to renew their Subsea Integration Alliance for a further seven years. Subsea Integration Alliance is a an alliance between Subsea 7 and Schlumberger’s OneSubsea subsea technologies, production and processing systems business, under which the two companies jointly design, develop and deliver integrated subsea... Continue Reading →
Multi-Turbine Floating Wind Catcher Attracts Strategic Partner
(OW) Wind Catching Systems AS (WCS), the Norwegian developer of a floating wind system using multiple turbines, has completed a Series A investment round of up to USD 10 million led by the venture capital arm of an undisclosed global industrial company. The proceeds from the Series A financing will be used to fund the... Continue Reading →
Seismic Surveys: Shearwater Launches ‘Lightest, smallest, and smartest node ever’
(OE) Marine seismic player Shearwater GeoServices on Wednesday announced the launch of Pearl, “a significant advance in ocean bottom nodal technology with several industry-first innovations.” According to Shearwater, the Pearl node offers a new standard for time and cost efficiency which expands the potential ocean bottom seismic market, enabling solutions to geoscience challenges that were... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Oceanica Buys Two FET ROVs for Deepwater Work with Petrobras
Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has delivered two work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) sales to Brazilian marine engineering company Oceanica to support its deepwater intervention operations. The systems were built at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, and delivered in the first half of 2022. "FET supplied two Perry XLX-C work-class ROV systems, both... Continue Reading →
Timken Bearings for GE’s Giant Haliade-X Offshore Wind Turbines
(OE) The Timken Company said Monday it was designing and supplying main shaft bearings for GE Renewable Energy's Haliade-X, the world's most powerful offshore wind turbine. Each Haliade-X turbine will have a capacity of up to 14 MW and be able to generate up to 74 GWh of clean energy a year. Initial Haliade-X installations are... Continue Reading →
Europe eyes common subsea wind power grid to bolster energy security
(Reuters) - Northern European countries are discussing plans to create a common power grid under the North Sea to connect future offshore wind farms as they seek to strengthen energy security, but the ambitious proposal faces financing and regulatory challenges. European nations have announced pledges to build dizzying amounts of offshore wind farms, spurred partly... Continue Reading →
Ten companies qualified for Petrobras tender to charter drilling rigs
(PN) The market is eagerly awaiting the outcome of the Petrobras tender, which provides for the contracting of up to eight drilling rigs. The opening of the envelopes with the proposals is scheduled for June 28, after two postponements. In all, ten companies are pre-qualified to participate in the competition: Ocyan, Ventura, Constellation, Stena, Seadrill,... Continue Reading →
DNV and 25 Partners Launch JIP for Floating Offshore Wind Substations
Energy industry expert and assurance firm DNV has partnered up with 25 industry giants in a Joint Industry Project (JIP) aimed at enhancing technology development for floating offshore wind substations, with particular attention to how export cables and topside equipment tolerate movements of a floating substructure. The objective is to align industry best-practice allowing for... Continue Reading →