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Engineering and energy advisory consultancy Apollo has secured Phase 2 concept definition contract from Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) for the Hydrogen Offshore Production (HOP2), which aims to progress the design of 500MW offshore hydrogen production facility for HOP2. The second phase of the project builds on Apollo’s earlier work, and aims to further develop... Continue Reading →
(OE) The N05-A platform is the first offshore gas platform in the Dutch North Sea to be powered entirely by wind power – harnessing electricity via cable from the nearby 113.4 MW Riffgat offshore wind farm. The platform is part of the GEMS (‘Gateway to the Ems’) project, which focuses on developing field N05-A and other fields in the... Continue Reading →
Foresea, a leader in the offshore drilling sector, announced excellent results it obtained in 2024, having achieved an adjusted EBITDA margin of 37% and operating cash generation of over US$ 130 million in the period. In December, the company won a new three-year contract for the Norbe IX drillship — within the Sepia-Atapu consortium. With... Continue Reading →
(OE) The Agogo floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit is ready to set sail from Chinese shipyard to Azule Energy’s development offshore Angola. Yinson Production has officially named the Agogo FPSO at a grand naming and sail away ceremony held at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Shanghai) shipyard in Shanghai, China. The vessel is now... Continue Reading →
(offshreWIND.biz) The sea trials have commenced and are in progress for Charybdis, the first Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), built in the US. Under construction at Seatrium’s AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, the vessel also recently completed the jacking trial and main crane load testing. Commissioned by Dominion Energy, the vessel is 96 per... Continue Reading →
Petrobras expects to reach a production of 1.5 million barrels of oil per day in the Búzios field in the near future. The information was given by the CEO of the state-owned company, Magda Chambriard, during a Transpetro event. According to her, the increase in production will be supported by a robust hiring of support... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) A geophysical and geotechnical survey conducted offshore Viana do Castelo by Portugal’s WavEC Offshore Renewables has provided data on the seabed’s characteristics, supporting the development of floating offshore renewable energy projects. The study, carried out within the Technological Free Zone (ZLT), is part of the EU-SCORES initiative and was commissioned by WavEC to Instituto Hidrográfico –... Continue Reading →
(OE) SBM Offshore and Petrobras have signed an agreement to study the application of carbon capture modules on floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units. The module design is based on an engineering and design study between SBM Offshore and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), qualified by DNV. It is based on a combination of MHI’s... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré (Búzios 7) has started production today in the Búzios field, located in the pre- salt layer of the Santos Basin. This is the first high-capacity unit to be installed in the field, with the potential to produce up to 225,000 barrels of oil per... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) Les Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL), a consortium comprising Ocean Winds and the Banque des Territoires which is developing the 30 MW floating wind pilot project in the French Mediterranean Sea, has selected Euroports’ Port-La Nouvelle as the site for its operation and maintenance (O&M) base. Euroports, the operator of a terminal... Continue Reading →
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