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(OM) With the worldwide mandate for emissions reduction, operators are urgently looking for ways to ‘green’ their production platforms. A particular focus is being placed on new and upcoming FPSOs scheduled for deployment offshore Brazil. Some of the most promising paths toward that result include a re-examination of power generation technologies, and here operators are... Continue Reading →
(OET) Prysmian Group has completed the pre-termination phase for the dynamic cables destined for a floating offshore wind farm off the coast of France – said to be the company’s first turnkey project of a dynamic cables system for a floating wind farm. Prysmian announced the completion of the dynamic cables’ pre-termination phase for the Provence Grand Large floating wind farm,... Continue Reading →
(OE) Classification society DNV has issued a statement of qualified technology to SBM Offshore for its carbon capture plant or CO2 capture solution for FPSOs developed in partnership with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The statement verifies that the designated technology is feasible for the intended application and that the technical claims are adequately substantiated. The statement... Continue Reading →
In 3Q23, average production of oil, NGL and natural gas reached 2.88 MMboed, 9.1% higher than in 2Q23, mainly due to the better operational performance of the pre-salt platforms and the lower losses with stoppages and maintenance, besides the ramp-up of platforms P-71 in the Itapu field, FPSO Almirante Barroso in the Búzios field and... Continue Reading →
(OET) PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and GE have signed an agreement for the development of a project aimed at testing the production of green hydrogen using a GE offshore wind turbine. In the planned project, hydrogen would be produced in an electrolyzer using electricity generated from the latest GE wind turbine model intended for the offshore... Continue Reading →
(OM) Huisman has released a new range of knuckle boom cranes for offshore subsea construction. Models range from 85 metric tons up to 350 mt and cover set-ups with a winch below deck and on the back of the crane. All are suited to installations in up to 3,000 m water depth, with deeper water... Continue Reading →
Petrobras began a new sequence of wind energy measurements on the coast of Rio Grande do Norte (RN), with version 2.0 of the equipment called Bravo - Remote Offshore Wind Assessment Buoy , an improvement in technology that has never been seen in Brazil, developed by its Research and Development Center (Cenpes). The result of... Continue Reading →
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy has unveiled a new offshore wind turbine model with a rated capacity of 22 MW – the MySE 22MW. The MySE 22MW model would be the most powerful wind turbine in the world and would feature a 310+ metre rotor. Equipped with carbon-fibre blades, the turbine would be... Continue Reading →
Global oceans insights experts Miros, through local partner Belga Marine, has won a significant contract with Brazilian oil major Petrobras to update its existing oil spill detection efforts. As part of the development project, the Miros system will be matured and installed with a cloud-based add-on to the monitoring software currently in use offshore Brazil,... Continue Reading →
(OE) Following the installation of the first wind turbine at the U.S. first commercial-sized offshore wind farm project, Vineyard Wind 1, earlier this week, Dutch offshore technology company Barge Master shared how it contributed to the project. Barge Master said: "The successful first feeder operation was accomplished in partnership with FOSS Offshore Wind, Seaqualize, GE, and... Continue Reading →
