(OE) Portuguese maritime engineering company Etermar has launched Etermar Energia, a new branch dedicated to renewable energy, with a strong focus on offshore wind. Energia Energia has been established with the aim to become a strategic partner for the development of offshore wind projects worldwide. The company is strategically positioned to meet the needs of... Continue Reading →
Lloyd’s Register Publishes Recommended Practices for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures
(OE) Lloyd's Register (LR) has published its first Recommended Practice (RP) for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures. Developed in alignment with established international codes and standards, including IEC 61400-3-2 and the ISO 19000 series, LR's RP facilitates the development of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs). The document offers guidance across the entirety of... Continue Reading →
Subsea Digitalization: Remote Control
Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (OE) The more production infrastructure we push to the seabed, the more data we need to pull back up. With it comes opportunity. Chevron’s landmark 6,500 tons of subsea gas compression infrastructure for Jansz-Io demonstrates the scale of what is being put on the seabed, but there’s a diversity of other infrastructure under... Continue Reading →
Investments in the global FPSO sector grew 50% in 2023 and is expected to continue to rise in 2024
(PN) The FPSO market saw a 50% increase in investments — from US$6 billion to US$9 billion — related to the surface capital of new projects in 2023, a trend that is expected to continue in 2024. The data was presented this week by Rystad Energy. This growth is largely concentrated in South America, especially... Continue Reading →
ABS Takes Charge of Digital Twin Project for Petrobras’ FPSOs
(OE) American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has secured a contract to provide and test a digital twin solution for real-time condition monitoring for a Petrobras floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. The ABS solution will provide a digital twin of the asset, and as part of the project, ABS has selected Akselos to deploy... Continue Reading →
Wood Spearheads Industry Initiative to Develop CCUS Guidelines
(OE) Consulting and engineering firm Wood has taken charge of the Joint Industry Partnership (JIP) to create industry guidelines for CO2 specifications to accelerate sustainable carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects. The guidelines are the first of their kind to focus on the impact of impurities in CO2 across the entire CCUS value chain.... Continue Reading →
Inyanga Marine Energy Group takes over the first grid-connected tidal turbine in France
It has been announced that Inyanga Marine Energy Group is taking over the D10 tidal turbine in France. The D10 tidal turbine was the first grid-connected tidal turbine in France, initially deployed in 2015. It is located in the Fromveur Passage, off the coast of Brittany, and provides clean sustainable energy to the remote island... Continue Reading →
DNV-Led Floating Wind Substations Standardization Project Enters Second Phase
(oedigital.com) Certification body DNV has launched the second phase of its floating substation joint industry project (JIP), which aims to establish standards for offshore substations in the growing floating wind sector. The new phase will play a key role in refining guidelines and closing technology gaps, with participation now expanding to 19 leading industry players.... Continue Reading →
FPSO Maria Quitéria begins operations in the pre-salt Campos Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras communicates that FPSO Maria Quitéria initiated today production operations in the Jubarte field, located in the pre-salt Campos Basin in the area known as Parque das Baleias, in the State of Espírito Santo. The unit has the capacity to produce up to 100 thousand barrels of oil per day and... Continue Reading →
Industry Partnership to Deliver SOV Tailor-Made for Floating Wind Farms
(OE) North Star has launched a partnership which includes MO4, Principle Power, SMST, Vard, and Voith Group to fast-track the development of high-performance operations and maintenance ships tailored for floating offshore wind farms. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a dedicated working group of industry experts to help fast-track the... Continue Reading →