TGS and Petrobras launch advanced imaging centers in Brazil to boost offshore energy exploration

(offshore-energy.biz) Norway-based energy data and intelligence company TGS has launched advanced imaging centers in collaboration with Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras to improve subsurface data interpretation for the Campos and Santos basins offshore Brazil. TGS noted that these centers, based at Petrobras’ Rio de Janeiro offices, will focus on ocean bottom nodes (OBNs) and 4D... Continue Reading →

January 23, 2025 0

CRRC Installs ‘World’s Largest’ Floating Offshore Wind Turbine in China

(offshoreWIND.biz) Chinese state-owned CRRC has installed what the company claims to be the world’s largest floating offshore wind turbine in the Shandong Province. On 11 January, the company installed the 20 MW Qihang floating offshore wind turbine prototype at the Dongying wind power testing and certification innovation base in Shandong. CRRC said this marks an... Continue Reading →

January 20, 2025 1

Tracerco Lands TechnipFMC’s Contract for Mero Field’s Subsea Equipment

(OE) Industrial technology company Tracerco has secured a contract from Technip to deliver its measurement and control solutions profiler for the multi-phase subsea separation work on Petrobras’ Mero 3 High Pressure Separator (HISEP) pilot project in the Brazilian pre-salt oil region. Tracerco will supply its Tracerco Profiler instrument, which has been redesigned to deliver critical... Continue Reading →

January 20, 2025 0

Global OTEC and UFRJ sign collaboration to advance ocean energy in Brazil

Brazil, a global leader in renewable energy with a significant potential for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), is taking a major step forward in this sector. The Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia (COPPE/UFRJ) has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK-based Global OTEC, marking the beginning of a... Continue Reading →

January 20, 2025 0

Petrobras sets new production records at refineries

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that its gasoline and S-10 (low sulfur) diesel production surpassed historical records from previous years in 2024. The total volume of gasoline produced reached 24.4 billion liters, exceeding the previous record of 2014 (24.2 billion liters). Meanwhile, S-10 diesel production last year broke the previous record from 2023, reaching... Continue Reading →

January 17, 2025 0

JDR supports cutting-edge IceCube neutrino research in Antarctica’s extremes

JDR Cables, the global subsea cable supplier and service provider, part of the TFKable Group, has secured a landmark contract from Michigan State University to supply and coordinate the delivery of custom-engineered cables for an upgrade to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, an advanced international research project in Antarctica dedicated to studying subatomic particles called neutrinos.... Continue Reading →

January 14, 2025 0

SMD and Beam Go Deeper for AI-Driven Autonomous Offshore Wind Inspections

(OE) High-tech offshore wind services provider Beam has bought Quantum EV remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from SMD, setting out plans to equip it with an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven system to improve its operational scope and offshore wind farm servicing. Beam’s SubSLAM system, running on Pathfinder software, will be added to the ROV, enabling AI-driven autonomous... Continue Reading →

January 13, 2025 0

XOCEAN closes €115 million financing to support ongoing growth

( offshore-energy.biz) Ireland-based XOCEAN has secured €115 million in funding to support the growth in the offshore energy and civil hydrography sectors. The Irish ocean data company closed the financing round with support from S2G Ventures, Climate Investment (CI), Morgan Stanley’s 1GT fund, and CC Industries (CCI), a Crown Family affiliate. XOCEAN operates a fleet... Continue Reading →

January 10, 2025 0

Yinson Production confirms first oil from its third FPSO in Brazil

(offshore-energy.biz) Malaysia’s Yinson Production, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based energy infrastructure and technology company Yinson Holdings, has highlighted that its third floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit in Brazilian waters, which recently achieved first oil, will feature a carbon management process plant to decarbonize the FPSO operations in line with the firm’s sustainability goals. The... Continue Reading →

January 9, 2025 0

Port of Açu and Yamna announce agreement to reserve an area for the development of a green ammonia plant

(TN) Port of Açu and Yamna, an English company specialized in the production of green hydrogen and its derivatives, have signed an agreement to reserve an area in the low-carbon hub of Port of Açu, located in the North of Rio de Janeiro, for the implementation of a green ammonia plant. The port complex is... Continue Reading →

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