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Norwind Offshore Orders Seaonics' Fully-Electric Crane CSOV Newbuild

Apr 08, 2024

Norwegian offshore-wind focused vessel owner Norwind Offshore has placed an order for a stand-alone fully electric crane from Seaonics for its newbuild vessel Norwind Helm.The order is for an ECMC 7t-3D crane, and follows the delivery of Seaonics'…

Scottish Floating Wind Farm Goes Forward with Slight Changes

Apr 08, 2024

Scottish Ministers have approved a variation application to refine the Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm’s offshore consents, which will go forward with lower number of turbines, but with the same 100 MW capacity.The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm is being developed by Highland Wind…

OKEA Makes FID for Brasse Field Development in North Sea

Apr 08, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA, in collaboration with its partners DNO Norge, Lime Petroleum and M Vest Energy, has made a final investment decision (FID) for the Brasse development, located in the northern North Sea.The field is estimated…

Baker Hughes to Supply Electric Liquefaction Tech for Canada’s LNG Scheme

Apr 05, 2024

Baker Hughes has secured a contract from Black & Veatch to supply a Cedar LNG project in Canada’s British Columbia with electric driven liquefaction technologies.Baker Hughes will supply a range of turbomachinery equipment, including four electric-driven main refrigeration compressors…

Eni-HitecVision's Norwegian Offshore Wind JV Gets New CEO

Apr 05, 2024

Vårgrønn, an offshore wind joint venture between Eni’s Pleniute and HitecVision, has appointed Stephen Bull as its new chief operating officer (CEO).Bull will take up the position from June 1 2024, joining the company from Aker Solutions, where…

MDL Assists Saipem on Gastrade’s LNG Development Off Greece

Apr 05, 2024

Maritime Developments (MDL) has assisted Saipem in progressing an LNG project offshore Greece, which included work on the connection of Gastrade’s Alexandroupolis floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) to the country’s gas transmission system…

Cedar LNG Inks 20-Year Commercial Offtake Deal and Proceeds with FLNG Design

Apr 05, 2024

Cedar LNG has issued a notice to proceed with the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of floating LNG production unit to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Black & Veatch, following the signing of a 20-year offtake agreement with ARC Resources…

SEACOR Marine Upgrades PSV with Hybrid Battery Power System

Apr 05, 2024

U.S.-based SEACOR Marine has completed the installation of a hybrid power system on its platform supply vessel (PSV) SEACOR Yangtze.Beginning in February 2024 in Norway, Kongsberg Maritime started the upgrade of the UT771 CDL SEACOR Yangtze with the Deckhouse Energy Storage System…

MOL Puts FSRU for Indonesia's Jawa 1 LNG Power Plant Into Operation

Apr 05, 2024

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has started commercial operation of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Jawa Satu for the Jawa 1 LNG-fired power plant in Indonesia.MOL owns the FSRU through PT Jawa Satu Regas (JSR), jointly established by PT Pertamina (Persero)…

Middle East: 18 Drilling Rigs Believed to be Suspended by Aramco So Far

Apr 05, 2024

Six offshore drilling companies – Valaris, Borr Drilling, Shelf Drilling, ADES Holding, COSL, and Arabian Drilling – have received notices of suspension for the shared total of 18 drilling rigs, all believed to have come from Saudi state-owned oil giant Aramco…

Aramco Suspends Another Jack-Up Rig

Apr 05, 2024

Offshore drilling company Valaris, through its joint venture ARO Drilling, has received a notice of suspension from Aramco for its VALARIS 143 jack-up rig.The rig’s contract was previously scheduled to end in December 2024. The suspension notice…

Yinson Holds Naming Ceremony for Brazil-Bound ‘Greener’ FPSO

Apr 05, 2024

Yinson Production has held the naming ceremony for FPSO Maria Quitéria which will deployed in at Petrobras’ Jubarte field offshore Brazil.The naming ceremony for the FPSO Maria Quitéria was held at Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Shanghai) Shipyard in China on April 3…

Borr Drilling’s Arabia I Rig to Suspend Ops

Apr 04, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has received a notice of temporary suspension for its jack-up rig Arabia I, currently under contract with Saudi Aramco.The temporary suspension for Arabia I rig, currently operating offshore Saudi Arabia…

Scana’s Seasystems Picks Up Multi-Million-Dollar FPSO Contract in Gulf of Mexico

Apr 04, 2024

Scana-owned Seasystems has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a turret structural connector system for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the Gulf of Mexico.The ‘sizeable contract’, worth between $1.8 million to $4…

Argeo Venture to Set Sail to West Africa Under $39M TotalEnergies Deal

Apr 04, 2024

Norwegian offshore services company Argeo has signed a contract with TotalEnergies for deepwater work offshore West Africa.The work will be carried out by Argeo Venture as part of the contract that will occupy the vessel for the remainder of 2024…

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