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Simon Hogg, Durham University In 2023, some 100 miles off the coast of northeast England, the world’s largest wind turbines will start generating electricity. This first phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development uses General Electric’s Haliade X, a turbine that stands more than a quarter of a kilometer high from the surface of... Continue Reading →
Sembcorp Marine has completed the delivery of the Deepwater Titan drillship, the world’s second 8th-generation drillship, to Transocean’s subsidiary Triton Titan. Following the delivery, Deepwater Titan is scheduled for deployment on a five-year contract in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. According to Sembcorp Marine, Deepwater Titan, based on the company’s proprietary Jurong Espadon 3T design,... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 10/21/2022, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of its onshore fiber optic network. Potential buyers qualified for this phase will receive a process letter with instructions on the divestment process, including guidelines for conducting due diligence and for submitting... Continue Reading →
Hywind Scotland, the first floating offshore wind farm in the world, has been running for five years now. It was put into service in 2017. Located off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland, it is the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, and, according to operator Equinor, it is also the world’s best-performing offshore wind farm,... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian oil company Petrobras has launched a tender for the supply of two FPSOs for the shared reservoirs of Atapu and Sépia, with bids expected to be received in July 2023 and production to start in 2028. The offshore production units P-84 (Atapu) and P-85 (Sépia) will each have a daily production capacity of... Continue Reading →
(CN) The United States has long hovered on the cusp of an offshore wind energy boom, even as the industry has soared worldwide. After many fits and starts, only seven turbines are spinning off the U.S. coast, representing 0.1 percent of the total global capacity of offshore wind farms. Now that’s all starting to change. With companies hitting major... Continue Reading →
RWE and Harbour Energy have established a partnership to investigate options to capture, transport and store CO2 from RWE’s gas-fired power stations via Viking CCS, Harbour Energy’s CO2 transport and storage network. The partnership is expected to lead to the transportation and storage of captured CO2 from RWE’s 1.7 GW Staythorpe Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - The green hydrogen express is gathering pace, but it may have a worrying problem with leaks. As governments and energy companies line up big bets on the much-touted fuel of the future, some scientists say the lack of data on leaks and the potential harm they could cause is a blind spot for... Continue Reading →
(OE) NOV has signed contracts with China's CIMC Raffles to design and equip a self-propelled wind turbine installation jack-up vessel for the Norwegian offshore wind services company Havfram NOV, until recently known as National Oilwell Varco, will supply the GustoMSC NG-20000X wind installation vessel design. NOV entered the offshore rig & vessel design arena through the... Continue Reading →
(TN) Petrobras started testing the Bravo technology (Remote Buoy for Offshore Wind Assessment). The equipment, capable of measuring wind speed and direction, is essential for measurements aimed at implementing offshore wind generation projects. The total investment is BRL 9 million and there is a forecast that the use of this technology, unprecedented in the country,... Continue Reading →
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