The availability of emission-lowering upgrades for offshore rigs has been on the rise, but adoption of these new technologies is slow outside of Norway and the US Gulf of Mexico due to limited regulatory and financial incentives, energy intelligence group Westwood has found. According to Westwood the biggest users of rigs fitted with emission reduction... Continue Reading →
Kongsberg Design & Equipment for India-built Offshore Wind Vessels
Norway's Kongsberg Maritime has secured a NOK 300 million ($30,2 million) contract with Pelagic Wind Services to supply advanced vessel design and equipment for two new CSOVs to be built at Cochin Shipyard in India. The CSOVs will be built to Kongsberg Maritime’s UT 5519 HL design, which, according to Kongsberg, has been upgraded to... Continue Reading →
Saipem Wins Offshore Drilling Contracts Worth $800M
Italian energy industry services firm Saipem said Wednesday it had secured new offshore drilling contracts, three in the Middle East and two in West Africa, worth around $800 million in total. In the Middle East, two new contracts have been awarded for two high-specification jack-up drilling units, the Perro Negro 12 and Perro Negro 13,... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind: Huisman Nets Its First Monopile Gripper Contract in Japan
(OE) Dutch engineering firm Huisman has won a contract by TOA Corporation and Obayashi in Japan for the delivery of an offshore wind monopile gripper. "The gripper allows TOA and Obayashi to upend and install monopiles without using a separate upending bucket, improving safety and efficiency ofoperations on board," Huisman said. According to Huisman, its monopile gripper will be the first of its... Continue Reading →
CRP Subsea changes hands
UK-headquartered AIS has acquired CRP Subsea as part of its growth strategy and with the aim of expanding its range of subsea offerings. Based in Skelmersdale, England, CRP Subsea, formerly Trelleborg Offshore UK, delivers polymer and syntactic foam-based buoyancy and protection products for the offshore renewables and oil & gas industries. “Considerable growth is expected... Continue Reading →
Fortunes Return to the Sea as the Wind Blows Offshore
(OE) The results of fortunes and failures are often described as a “perfect storm”. The COVID pandemic, domestic inflation, labor issues and current geopolitical events have brought that description to a peak. A promise of a “new normal” emerged post pandemic, with a vision of alternative energy, alternative fuels and alternative supply chain logistics to... Continue Reading →
Mozambique’s Coral Sul FLNG Ships First LNG Cargo
(OE) The Italian oil and gas company Eni, the operator of the the Coral South project offshore Mozambique, said Monday that the first shipment of LNG produced from the Coral gas field, in the ultra-deep waters of the Rovuma Basin, had departed from the Coral Sul FLNG facility. The Coral Sul is Mozambique's first LNG project... Continue Reading →
Russia’s Rosneft to pay $3.6 bln in first nine-month dividend
(Reuters) - Russian state energy company Rosneft (ROSN.MM) said on Monday it plans to pay a dividend on its nine-month results, the first such payment in its history, which is expected to total 216 billion roubles ($3.6 billion) and to boost the nation's budget. The importance of dividends by state companies, including Rosneft and Gazprom (GAZP.MM), as a... Continue Reading →
‘World’s Largest’: First Power Produced from Equinor’s Hywind Tampen Floating Wind Farm
(OE) First power was produced from the first turbine at Equinor's floating wind farm Hywind Tampen in the Norwegian part for the North Sea. The milestone was achieved at 12:55 CET on November 13. The power was delivered to the Gullfaks A platform in the North Sea. “I am proud that we have now started... Continue Reading →
Enauta’s Atlanta well goes back online
Following a temporary interruption of production, Brazil’s oil and gas player Enauta has restarted production from a well located on a field offshore Brazil. Earlier this month, Enauta announced a temporary interruption of production at a well on the Atlanta field, explaining that the initial assessment indicates that “this is an operational problem on the surface.” Due to... Continue Reading →