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Petrobras, the Latin American champion in the past four years according to the Top500.org ranking, which evaluates the world's foremost High-Performance Computers (HPCs), will boost its technological park by acquiring five new supercomputers with a total investment of BRL 500 million. One of the machines, capable of processing the equivalent of roughly 10 million mobile... Continue Reading →
(OE) TotalEnergies has launched a pilot project consisting of a floating wind turbine to supply renewable power to the Culzean offshore platform in the UK North Sea. Culzean is a high-pressure, high-temperature gas condensate field located in Block 22/25a in the East Central Graben area. The 3MW floating wind turbine will be located 2km west... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Given the rising expectations about oil and gas, especially liquified natural gas (LNG), being in demand even after 2050, entwining innovation and technology arms is increasingly being recognized as the right recipe to not only unleash untapped low-carbon barrels but also unlock the gates of green power. Japan’s MODEC and the UK-based Altera Infrastructure... Continue Reading →
(OE) SLB has launched a well integrity assessment solution that helps carbon storage developers quantify the risks associated with wells at prospective storage sites with previous drilling activity. Establishing secure storage sites is essential to enabling growth of CCUS and creating a low carbon energy ecosystem, says SLB. Many prospective carbon storage sites are located... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norwegian seismic company TGS announced it has entered into a partnership with Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras to collaborate on scientific research and technological development activities in Brazil. Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU), the partners will seek to drive innovation in the energy sector through collaborative efforts to develop new technologies and conduct... Continue Reading →
(OE) TGS has entered the software solutions market with Imaging AnyWare – a proprietary TGS enterprise processing system designed to enhance subsurface imaging and integration projects. Imaging AnyWare is used globally across various geological basins, easily handling extensive datasets, says TGS. Its modern architecture is complemented by well-utilized geophysical algorithms, ensuring users experience seamless cloud... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) The internal turret buoy single-point mooring system developed by China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC), controlled by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has received two approvals in principle (AIP), one from the China Classification Society (CCC) and another from Bureau Veritas. As the system is said to be the first of its kind... Continue Reading →
Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (OE) The intermittency of offshore wind power is both a challenge and an opportunity for green hydrogen production. There will be a new generation of platforms taking up space in offshore wind farms as hydrogen production is used to help balance power supply and demand. Green hydrogen could be produced at... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) JDR Cable Systems is already at the forefront of the production and supply of dynamic subsea cables to the floating wind market and will become a leader as the market expands, JDR’s Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer said in an interview with our sibling news site offshoreWIND.biz. The UK-based offshore wind cable supplier has already... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Dubai-headquartered engineering and services company Kent is developing a comprehensive report aiming to offer guidance for determining the cost of decarbonization, including its societal aspect, in the upstream oil and gas industries on behalf of the London-based Energy Institute. While the guideline document will focus on the UK North Sea, it will be written... Continue Reading →
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