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SAE Deploys Upgraded Turbine at MeyGen Tidal Power Site

Jul 05, 2023

Tidal Energy Developer SAE said Wednesday it had deployed the upgraded 'Turbine 2' at the MeyGen tidal energy project site, located off the northern tip of Scotland.SAE said that the turbine had undergone significant upgrades to improve performance and reliability.'One of the major steps was to convert the turbine to use a wet-mate connection system. This dramatically reduces costs and time for future maintenance work…

Odfjell Oceanwind Launches Foundations Production Unit for Floating Wind

Feb 29, 2024

Odfjell Oceanwind and Prodtex have established a joint venture for the manufacturing of foundations for floating wind turbines in an effort to address what is expected to become one of the biggest bottlenecks in scaling the floating offshore wind industry…

TDI-Brooks Wraps Geotechnical Survey in Gulf of Campeche

Feb 19, 2024

TDI-Brooks, a U.S.-based marine services company specializing in geotechnical and offshore survey projects, reports it has completed a geotechnical coring campaign in the Gulf of Campeche offshore Mexico.As a subcontractor of Drebbel de Mexico out of Cd…

Balmoral Launches HexDefence System for Offshore Wind Jacket Foundations

Oct 23, 2023

UK-based offshore energy supply chain company Balmoral has launched its HexDefence product designed for jacket foundations, designed to significantly mitigate jacket foundation scouring around fixed wind turbines.'This revolutionary solution…

Equinor Taps Three60 Energy for Plug and Abandonment Services at Statfjord Field

Sep 12, 2023

Offshore oilfield services firm Three60 Energy said Tuesday it had secured a plug and abandonment services contract from Equinor for work at Statfjord field, offshore Norway.Thomas Kibsgaard-Vatn, THREE60 Energy’s Discipline Owner P&A, commented…

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

Jun 09, 2023

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…

Ulstein to Design Cyan Renewables' Offshore Foundation Installation Vessels

Apr 20, 2023

Singapore-based Cyan Renewables has contracted Ulstein Design & Solutions BV to design a series of new floating foundation installation vessels (FFIV) dedicated to offshore wind. Ulstein said that the new FFIVs would feature adequate deck space…

Transocean's Big Move: Adapting Offshore Drilling Vessels to Install Wind Foundations

Apr 19, 2023

Transocean, best known for its deepwater drilling services in the oil and gas space, is looking to expand into the offshore wind sector and is planning to convert some of its offshore drilling vessels into wind foundation installation vessels…

Equinor to Sell 28% Stake in Statfjord Area to OKEA for $220M

Mar 20, 2023

Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA  has agreed to acquire a 28% stake in offshore block PL037, in Statfjord Area, offshore Norway, from Equinor for an initial fixed consideration of $220 million.The Statfjord Area comprises the Statfjord Unit…

BP to Use Gravity-based Structure for Phase 2 of Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Development

Feb 27, 2023

Oil and gas major BP on Monday confirmed the development concept for the second phase of the BP-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, that it will, together with its partners in the project offshore Mauritania/Senegal…

The Top 10 Offshore Wind Energy Trends to Watch in 2023

Jan 06, 2023

The drivers for global offshore wind growth look good for 2023. Global offshore wind is forecast to grow from over 60 GW at the end of 2022 to 240 GW by 2030 and over 410 GW by 2035. But the sunny outlook must be balanced with some building dark clouds…

Saipem Completes GBS Installation Works on Fecamp Offshore Wind Farm

Nov 02, 2022

Italian energy industry services firm Saipem said Wednesday it had, in consortium with Bouygues Travaux Publics and Boskalis (BSB), installed and ballasted the Gravity-Based Structures (GBS) foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm in Normandy…

Ulstein Develops High-capacity Foundation Installation Vessel

Sep 28, 2022

Norwegian-based shipbuilding and design group Ulstein has unveiled the design for a new foundation installation vessel enabling operators and contractors to efficiently transport and install monopiles or jacket foundations up to 5,000 tons.The…

First UMACK Anchor for CorPower WEC Installed off Portugal

Sep 22, 2022

CorPower Ocean, Maersk Supply Service and Dieseko have installed the first commercial-scale UMACK anchor to support the HiWave-5 demonstration project. The anchor has been installed 4km off the coast of Aguçadoura, in northern Portugal, where…

Bouygues Travaux Publics Acquires OO-STAR Floating Wind Foundation Tech

Sep 13, 2022

Bouygues Travaux Publics said Tuesday it had acquired the OO-STAR floating wind foundation technology, owned by Floating Wind Solutions.'This technology can be adapted to a wide range of marine environments, reducing the carbon footprint of…

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