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– Exail, a global leader in inertial navigation technologies, has secured a contract with Brazilian offshore services company Mitang to deliver 30 Quadrans Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS). These units will be installed on Floating Production, Storage and Offloading units (FPSOs) operated by Petrobras off the coast of Brazil. The Quadrans AHRS provides real-time... Continue Reading →
Petrobras has announced tender results awarding Fugro four significant multi-year contracts for the inspection and monitoring of critical subsea infrastructure in Brazil. The contracts, once signed, will commence in the fourth quarter of 2025 and span four years with potential one-year extensions. Each of the four day-rate contracts is assigned to a dedicated vessel—two operated... Continue Reading →
(OE) The assembly of an offshore solar farm has been completed at the Port of Amsterdam in a ‘world’s first’ project that will integrate the system with an offshore wind farm in the North Sea, offshore Netherlands. The system, supplied and built by Oceans of Energy, is larger than a football field and is set... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Brazil’s SENAI Institute of Innovation in Renewable Energy (ISI-ER) and SENAI’s Rio Grande do Norte branch, SENAI-RN, expect to receive the installation permit for their pilot project, the country’s first offshore wind project to be granted a preliminary licence, within 12 to 18 months and to have it operational within 36 months. Following the... Continue Reading →
The company was contracted by Allseas to supply 120 km of mechanically lined pipes (MLP) with anti-corrosive alloys for the Buzios field, operated by Petrobras in the Santos Basin pre-salt layer. According to Cladtek, this is the largest project in the history of the Brazilian oil company in terms of MLP manufacturing scope. The MLP... Continue Reading →
(OE) MODEC has renewed its joint research and development (R&D) agreement with Terra Drone for the non-destructive internal inspection of crude oil storage tanks on floating production, storage, and offloading systems (FPSOs) using Terra UT drones. The renewed agreement builds upon the joint R&D contract signed by the companies in 2024, following significant achievements in improving... Continue Reading →
(OE) DNV has published a report forecasting that carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity is expected to quadruple by 2030, with sharp increase project pipeline capacity indicating that CCS is at a turning point. The immediate rise in capacity is being driven by short-term scale up in North America and Europe, with natural gas processing... Continue Reading →
(OE) TechnipFMC and Petrobras have agreed to test and monitor a new electric actuation technology that is set to join the TechnipFMC eSolutions portfolio of electrical subsea systems. Scheduled for integration into a subsea tree planned for installation in 2026, the technology leverages both companies’ strengths to push the boundaries of subsea innovation. Through the... Continue Reading →
ABB has secured a large order by Seatrium, a global provider of marine engineering solutions based in Singapore, for the supply of electrical equipment and automation solutions on a new generation of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels for operator Petrobras. The two vessels, P-84 and P-85, will be deployed in the Atapu and... Continue Reading →
(PN) The Energy Research Company (EPE) has completed the technical analysis of the documentation submitted by Equinor to request authorization to begin early construction and installation activities for the gas pipeline to transport specified gas from the Raia Project. EPE considered the project compatible with the sectoral planning and recommended its authorization, highlighting its importance... Continue Reading →
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