Equinor Unveils Floater Specifics for Utsira Nord Project, Partners with Wergeland for Floating Wind Foundation Production

(OW) Equinor has entered into a long-term partnership agreement with Wergeland Group as the preferred supplier for the fabrication of foundations and the assembly of turbines for floating offshore wind. At the same time, Equinor and partner Vårgrønn confirm which floater concept will be developed for the Utsira North (Utsira Nord) project. The facilities at... Continue Reading →

June 20, 2023 0

Energy Transition: What is an Offshore Vessel Operator to Do?

Philip Lewis, Contributor (OE) The energy transition is moving ahead amid recovery in offshore oil & gas and growth in offshore wind, leaving vessel owners that serve these markets with big questions about energy carrier and energy converter selection for their newbuilds.What is driving the change? The foundations of energy transition in the offshore and marine... Continue Reading →

June 20, 2023 0

Baker Hughes hired for ‘largest hydrocarbon discovery’ offshore Ivory Coast

(OET) Baker Hughes has secured a subsea contract with Italian energy giant Eni and its partner Petroci to deploy its deepwater technology for an oil and gas field offshore the Ivory Coast. Under the contract, which includes eight deepwater trees, Baker Hughes will deliver three Aptara manifolds, the relevant subsea production control system, and flexible risers... Continue Reading →

June 16, 2023 0

BladeBUG and FORCE Technology Partner to Revolutionize Wind Turbine Blade Inspections

(OE) BladeBUG, a UK-based robotics company which designs and develops spider-like repair robots for the wind industry, has has announced collaboration with non-destructive testing (NDT) specialist, FORCE Technology. The joint project will see FORCE Technology produce custom NDT solutions for integration within BladeBUG's innovative crawler robot, which is specifically designed to maintain and inspect wind... Continue Reading →

June 15, 2023 0

Industry taskforce to develop guide on seabed change effects on offshore renewables

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has joined forces with leading offshore wind developers and seabed mobility experts to provide clear guidance on seabed change and how it affects offshore wind and marine energy projects. ORE Catapult is leading a consortium of offshore renewables giants – SSE, ESB, Scottish Power Renewables, and RWE – with... Continue Reading →

June 14, 2023 0

Lhyfe and Capital Energy Team Up to Develop Offshore Green Hydrogen Projects in Spain and Portugal

(OE) Green hydrogen specialist Lhyfe and Spanish company Capital Energy have signed a collaboration agreement for the joint development of offshore renewable hydrogen projects in Spain and Portugal. The two companies will work to create hydrogen production sites at some of the offshore wind farm sites currently being developed by Capital Energy. Capital Energy has... Continue Reading →

June 12, 2023 0

Jan De Nul’s Next-Gen Installation Vessels to Install RWE’s Offshore Wind Farms

(OE) German renewable energy firm RWE has signed an agreement with Luxembour-based offshore installation firm Jan De Nul Group to secure the long-term usage of two next-generation installation vessels, “Les Alizés” and “Voltaire, for future offshore wind foundation and turbine construction. The charters are supported by a Service Agreement through which Jan De Nul Group... Continue Reading →

June 12, 2023 0

‘Myths around floating wind power don’t help anyone – it’s time to debunk them’

(RE) Floating offshore wind (FLOW) has long been hailed as the pivotal technology for the globalisation of offshore wind. It will unlock vast new areas of sea with high wind speeds, enabling offshore to reach over 1,500GW of operational capacity by 2050. Without cost-effective FLOW, there is unlikely to be any significant offshore wind development... Continue Reading →

June 11, 2023 0

Dril-Quip delivers latest wellhead equipment for Petrobras deepwater project

Dril-Quip has installed an 18 ¾-inch BigBore IIe, its newest subsea wellhead system, for the Petrobras Exploratory project in the Aram Block in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. Water depth is 2,002 m. According to Dril-Quip, the system’s sealing technology is qualified to the latest Petrobras standards. It is designed to reduce costs through dispensing... Continue Reading →

June 9, 2023 0

Russia’s Novatek Offered Argentina Know-how to Liquefy Gas from Vaca Muerta

(Reuters) Russia's largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) Novatek last year offered technology to build a plant to produce the gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta field, a highly-placed source familiar with the proposal said, though the talks have since broken off. The source said that Novatek proposed to help implement Argentina's plans to build... Continue Reading →