With the mission of providing Subsea, technological and innovative solutions for the oil and gas sector, RRC Tecnologia e Inovação has just closed a 12-month consultancy contract with Trident Energy do Brasil for the decommissioning of flexible pipelines and subsea equipment that were connected to platforms P-07, P-12 and P-15, at the Pampo and Enchova... Continue Reading →
Huisman Monopile Installation Kit for Seaway7’s Next-Generation Jack-Up Vessel
Huisman has been awarded a contract by Seaway8, part of Subsea7 Group, for the delivery of the entire monopile installation spread for the jack-up vessel Seaway Ventus, which is currently being built by China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI). Under the contract, Huisman will deliver a monopile gripper, an upending frame, and two sets of monopile storage... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 puts its polymer liner system to use at Senegal’s first offshore oil development
(OET) Subsea 7 has completed the polymer lining scope at Woodside Energy’s Sangomar field development Phase 1 project, Senegal’s first offshore oil development. This is said to mark the first use of the Swagelining polymer liner system offshore West Africa and for Woodside Energy. The Swagelining system was selected as a corrosion barrier for 24 kilometers of... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies, Sarens, and Young-Chang Heavy Industry Form Floating Wind Partnership in Korea
(OW) Technip Energies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the yard infrastructure provider, Young Chang, and heavy lifting solutions provider, Sarens, to collaborate on floating offshore wind projects offshore South Korea. Carl Sarens, Managing Director of Sarens Projects, said: ”We are looking forward to our cooperation with Technip Energies and Young-Chang Heavy Industries. Our objective... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC breaks subsea order records, expects to reach $9 billion in 2023
(OET) TechnipFMC has received $4.1 billion in subsea inbound orders in the second quarter of 2023, a 62.2% increase compared to Q1 2023 and a 113.4% increase compared to the same period in 2022. Records were set for the company’s iEPCI full-field subsea development and integrated project execution and Subsea 2.0 subsea production system. TechnipFMC’s total... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7’s New Semi-Submersible Vessel Equipped for XXL Offshore Wind Foundations En Route to Europe
(OE) Subsea 7's recently delivered Seaway Alfa Lift offshore wind foundation installation vessel is in transit to Europe and is expected to join Subsea 7's fleet in the third quarter of 2023. The semi-submersible heavy installation vessel, designed by Ulstein, will be used to install the next-generation XXL offshore wind foundations. The newbuild heavy lift... Continue Reading →
Seaway7 concludes scope on Seagreen offshore wind farm
(OM) Seaway7 recently concluded its scope on SSE Renewables and TotalEnergies's Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm, after almost two years of offshore construction. The EPCI scope for both foundations and cables on the project was one of the largest contract scopes delivered in offshore wind to date. Seaway7 implemented suction bucket foundation technology on jackets to overcome the difficult... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore targets floating wind in Nova Scotia
Dutch-based SBM Offshore and Ireland’s renewable project developer DP Energy have set up a joint venture to pursue floating offshore wind energy opportunities off Nova Scotia, Canada. The duo said they would work to support Nova Scotia’s ambitious climate action targets and “contribute meaningfully” to the phasing out of coal from the grid. The Canadian... Continue Reading →
CRP Subsea Secures ‘Major’ Contract for Deepwater Oil Field Project in Brazil
(OE) UK-based CRP Subsea has recently won a "major" contract from an unnamed "leading energy technology company," AIS, CRP's parent company, said this week. CRP Subsea will deliver 333 distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) for a deepwater oil field project located in the pre-salt Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) are typically used between structures... Continue Reading →
Mingyang Commissions 16 MW Offshore Wind Turbine with 260-Metre Rotor Diameter in China
Mingyang Smart Energy’s MySE 16-260 offshore wind turbine has been commissioned and is operating at full capacity in China, according to the company, which now overtook Goldwind in having the biggest wind turbine in the world installed as Mingyang’s compatriot’s 16 MW model has a rotor diameter of 252 metres. Mingyang launched a 16 MW turbine... Continue Reading →