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(BusinessWire) Chet Morrison Contractors, on behalf of floating wind startup Aikido Technologies, has performed the final structural assembly of Aikido One floating wind platform in less than 40 working hours, establishing a new standard in the industrialization of floating platforms. The assembly operation, representing 10-time speed-up, demonstrates how Aikido can enable offshore wind project developers... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) While the energy transition toolbox is filled with decarbonization tools, electrification seems to be the jewel in its crown, based on research conducted by Rystad Energy, which points out that applying this method to upstream operations has the potential to get rid of over 80% of oil and gas production emissions. Switching away from... Continue Reading →
(OE) Swedish company Seabased has signed a three-party memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Grenada and SIDS DOCK to establish Grenada’s first utility-scale wave energy park. The agreement outlines a phased project that will begin with a 2 MW pilot to showcase the potential of wave energy in driving economic and environmental resilience... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) South Korea’s shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has closed its acquisition of Singapore-based offshore builder Dyna-Mac, which specializes in manufacturing marine plant topside structures for floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) and floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) units. The deal was closed on November 20, 2024, when Hanwha Ocean agreed to acquire approximately 95.15% of the total issued... Continue Reading →
(OE) Scottish ocean energy pioneer Mocean Energy has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, Europe’s largest private market investment platform. The campaign, which is now live, aims to finance the next phase of the company’s growth plans as it looks to mature its wave energy technology. Mocean Energy is working to transform the ocean energy... Continue Reading →
(OE) NOV has introduced the Quick Connector, developed by its subsidiary GustoMSC, to enhances the safety and efficiency of offshore lifting operations across the offshore energy industry. As countries seek to increase their renewable energy capacity and reduce carbon emissions, offshore wind will play a major role in the world’s expanding energy mix. However, these... Continue Reading →
(offshoreWIND.biz) The first of three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines at the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project in France has started delivering megawatt-hours of power to the national electricity grid. Located 17 kilometres off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, the Provence Grand Large floating wind pilot project features three Siemens Gamesa 8... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energt.biz) U.S.-based TDI-Brooks International, contracted by GeoPartners, has finalized a seabed survey project for Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname, the country’s national oil company. According to TDI-Brooks, the Suriname Seabed Piston Coring project involved the acquisition, processing, and interpretation of seep data, encompassing multibeam and coring operations over a 45,000 square kilometer area on the Suriname continental... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) A steel-cutting ceremony has been held for one of the two floating storage, production, and offloading (FPSO) units Singapore-headquartered Seatrium is building for Brazil’s state-owned giant Petrobras. The start of construction on FPSO P-84, described as the “largest FPSO in Petrobras’ history,” was marked with a ceremony held on November 15 at the CIMC Raffles Offshore’s Yantai shipyard in China.... Continue Reading →
(offhore-energy.biz) Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has welcomed back to its rig fleet two drillships, which are getting the finishing touches out of the way to begin their new multimillion-dollar drilling assignments off the coast of Brazil, which are slated to last until the end of 2027. With the acquisition of Aquadrill in April 2023,... Continue Reading →
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