Oct. 30 (offshoreWIND.biz) “The pilot plant project in Rio Grande do Norte is no longer just an idea, a dream. We are talking about something concrete, which exists”, said Rodrigo Mello, director at SENAI Institute for Innovation in Renewable Energies (ISI-ER) and its arm in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, SENAI-RN, as the... Continue Reading →
Kongsberg to Spin Off Maritime Unit, Combine Defense Businesses in Strategic Split
Oct. 30 (OE) Kongsberg Gruppen has proposed spinning off its Kongsberg Maritime business in a separate stock market listing and consolidating its Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Kongsberg Discovery units into a single technology and defense company. The group said sustainability and security trends have driven strong growth over the past decade and are expected... Continue Reading →
Porto do Açu and SISTAC Sign Agreement to Provide Decommissioning Services
Oct. 29 - Porto do Açu and SISTAC, a leading company in the Brazilian market for inspection, maintenance, and repair of submerged structures for the energy industry, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the Offshore Technology Conference - OTC Brasil, to study the joint offering of decommissioning services at the port-industrial complex located in... Continue Reading →
Shape Digital and PRIO sign technology agreement to boost predictive maintenance and operational excellence in Brazilian offshore operations
Oct. 28 - Oil company PRIO has signed an agreement with Shape Digital, a developer of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven digital solutions, for the deployment of Shape Lighthouse, an Intelligent Asset Management platform designed to enhance operational reliability, reduce maintenance costs, and maximize production. The technology will be implemented across PRIO’s three Floating Production Storage and... Continue Reading →
Maersk Supply Service, MDL Complete Riser Installation at Brazil’s Mero Field
Maersk Supply Service, with the support of Maritime Developments (MDL), has completed a complex dynamic riser assembly installation at Brazil’s Mero field in the pre-salt Santos Basin, connecting the deepwater site to a Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) sensor grid. The project featured MDL’s largest equipment spread to date, mobilized from Peterhead, Scotland, on board the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces production record of FPSO Almirante Tamandaré (Búzios 7)
Oct. 28 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, operating in the Búzios field, located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, reached a record instantaneous production flow equivalent to 270,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) last Saturday (October 25). On average, the platform’s production exceeded 250,000 bpd... Continue Reading →
ABL Companies Supporting Geoscience Work at Two Offshore Wind Areas in Portugal
Oct. 27 (offshoreWIND.biz) The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) has appointed the UK-based renewable energy consultancy OWC, part of ABL Group, to support the geophysical and geotechnical surveys at two offshore wind farm areas in Portugal. ABL Group’s Portugal-based water and environmental consultancy, Hidromod, is also engaged in the project. IPMA is currently... Continue Reading →
European Floating LiDAR, Energy Intelligence Providers Join Forces in Brazilian Offshore Wind Market
Oct. 27 (offshoreWIND.biz) TGS, an energy data and intelligence provider based in Norway and the US, and EOLOS, a floating LiDAR technology provider based in Spain, have partnered to offer wind and metocean measurement campaigns in Brazil. Within the partnership, TGS will manage client contracts, campaign design, deployment and operations, while EOLOS will supply its... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes beats profit estimates on strong industrial and energy tech demand
Oct 23 (Reuters) - Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit, driven by strength in its industrial and energy technology (IET) business. As oilfield services firms navigate a volatile market, resilient areas like LNG infrastructure, power grid upgrades, and growing electricity demand from data centers are helping support growth.... Continue Reading →
Offshore Industry Majors Join Forces for Next-Gen Subsea Flowline Tech
Oct. 21 (OE) A consortium of offshore energy companies including TotalEnergies, Equinor, Aker BP, DeepOcean, Tenaris, and LS Cable & System has launched a joint industry project to commercialize a new subsea flowline heating technology designed to cut costs and carbon emissions related to deepwater oil and gas subsea tie-back projects. The system, named FlowHeat,... Continue Reading →