(epbr) Vale's president, Eduardo Bartolomeo, highlighted that the company, the largest individual consumer of energy in Brazil, could guarantee the demand for national green hydrogen with the production of green steel and consumption of biofuels in its fleet. Jean Paul Prates, president of Petrobras, reiterated the possibility of the company using green hydrogen, produced by... Continue Reading →
Prysmian’s Monna Lisa ready for assembly, set to hit the water in March
Prysmian’s new cable-laying vessel Monna Lisa has reached the hull erection stage, marking the start of assembly and preparing to be launched into the water. The addition of Monna Lisa will expand Prysmian’s installation fleet to six cable-laying vessels and will have installed the same main equipment and early implementation of lessons learned from the... Continue Reading →
Lifting smarter to support growing FPSO and FLNG sizes – article
By Gavin Kerr, Mammoet (OM) The drive to construct bigger FPSO and FLNG facilities is essential to improve productivity, with superior efficiency benefits to be gained compared to smaller assets. But this trend is not without challenges, including whether there is the correct construction equipment and methodologies to achieve what has been designed. Modularized construction... Continue Reading →
Rovco Completes Survey Work on 1.4 GW Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Farm Site
(OW) UK-based Rovco has completed all survey work on behalf of Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn for the planned Cenos floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. The Cenos floating offshore wind farm is located in the Central North Sea, 200 kilometres off the coast of northeast Scotland. The geo-environmental survey was completed over an area covering... Continue Reading →
Damen Shipyards signs contract with Ta San Shang Marine Co. Ltd to supply a new Construction Service Operation Vessel
On the 21st of November, Damen Shipyards signed a contract with Ta San Shang Marine Co. Ltd. (TSSM), a joint venture between Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. of Japan, and Ta Tong Marine Co., Ltd. of Taiwan, for the delivery of a Damen CSOV (Construction Service Operation Vessel) 9020. This will be TSSM’s second SOV in... Continue Reading →
Subsea7 tendering work for ‘major’ EPCI projects with offshore activity in 2026 and beyond
(OET) Subsea7 has reported revenue of $1.6 billion for the third quarter of the year, an increase of $174 million or 12% compared to the same period in 2022, mainly due to significantly increased activity in the Subsea and Conventional business unit. With this, the company said it was on track to meet guidance for... Continue Reading →
MODEC turns to drones to tackle FPSO and offshore platform inspection challenges
(OET) Japan’s MODEC has joined forces with Terra Drone Corporation, a compatriot drone and urban air mobility (UAM) technology company, to pursue the technical development of inspection drones for floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels and large offshore platforms. To this end, the two players signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on November 7, 2023. Currently,... Continue Reading →
Havfram Secures Loan for Offshore Wind Vessel Construction
(OE) Offshore wind installation company Havfram has signed a Senior Secured Green ECA Term Loan Facility to fund its two wind turbine installation vessels ("WTIVs"), currently under construction at CIMC Raffles in China. The Facility was entered into with a syndicate led by DNB Bank ASA (Coordinator, Bookrunner, Green Loan Advisor and Agent) with... Continue Reading →
BW Energy Finalizes Takeover of FPSO from Saipem in Brazil
(OE) Oslo-listed oil and gas company BW Energy said Tuesday it had completed the acquisition of the FPSO Cidade de Vitoria from Saipem. The FPSO is currently producing approximately 10,000 barrels per day of oil from the Golfinho field offshore Brazil. BW Energy will pay Saipem a total of USD 73 million in fixed consideration... Continue Reading →
Subsea7 to decommission subsea infrastructure related to 20-year-old Shell FPSO in Brazil
(OET) Subsea 7 has secured what it says is a “sizeable” contract by Shell for the decommissioning of subsea infrastructure offshore Brazil. The contract will see Subsea 7 deliver the decommissioning of subsea infrastructure associated with the FPSO Fluminense in the Bijupirá and Salema fields of the Campos Basin, at 700 meters of water depth.... Continue Reading →