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LLOG Taps InterMoor to Fabricate 12 Mooring Piles for Salamanca FPS in the Gulf of Mexico

Apr 18, 2023

Acteon's InterMoor has secured a contract to fabricate 12 mooring piles to support oil firm LLOG in the permanent mooring of the Salamanca Floating Production System in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.LLOG previously awarded the design of the 80’ long and 16’ OD piles…

Equinor's Norwegian Sea Platform to Resume Operations after Oil Leak

Apr 18, 2023

Operations at the Njord A oil and gas platform in the Norwegian Sea will resume at normal levels on Tuesday after being halted because of an oil leak, a spokesperson for operator Equinor said. The platform had been depressurized and production…

Security of Supply Concerns Prompt Arctic Barents Sea Gas Pipeline Rethink in Norway

Apr 18, 2023

Building a pipeline to transport gas produced in the Arctic Barents Sea could be worth re-examining due to an increased focus on supply security and Norway exporting more of its gas to Europe, gas infrastructure operator Gassco said on Monday…

IOG's Blythe H2 Well Drilling Faces Setback Due to 'Abnormally' Pressured Gas and Oil Influx

Apr 18, 2023

UK North Sea-focused oil and gas company IOG said Tuesday that the drilling of the Blythe H2 offshore well would take longer than initially thought due to 'abnormally' pressured gas and oil influx encountered while drilling  through the Hauptdolomit formation…

CIMC Raffles to Build 2nd Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel for Havfram Wind

Apr 18, 2023

Offshore wind installation firm Havfram Wind has ordered a second Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV).This is the first optional vessel ordered under the existing shipbuilding contract with China's CIMC Raffles.The vessel design will be…

Shell's North Sea Field Restarts Production after Major FPSO Upgrades

Apr 18, 2023

Oil major Shell said Tuesday it had completed the restart of operations at the Pierce field in the UK North Sea.The Pierce field lies around 165 miles (265km) east of Aberdeen, Scotland, in water depths of around 262 feet (85m). It was discovered in 1975…

DEME Offshore and Liftra Team Up to Develop Innovative Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Methodology

Apr 17, 2023

Belgium-based offshore installation services firm DEME Offshore and Danish offshore engineering company Liftra will partner up to develop an innovative offshore installation methodology for the next generation of offshore wind turbine generators…

UK Looks to Widen Renewables Support Scheme

Apr 17, 2023

Britain plans to widen its flagship renewable energy support scheme to encourage investment in the sector, the government said on Monday as it opened a consultation on the proposed changes. The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is the government's…

Offshore Wind: Heerema Set to Install Dogger Bank A Substation Topside

Apr 17, 2023

Heerema Marine Contractors' offshore installation vessel Thialf is set to install the offshore substation platform topside within the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm construction area in the UK North Sea. The vessel has previously installed…

Wood Group to Engage with Apollo on $2.1B Proposal

Apr 17, 2023

John Wood Group said on Monday it has decided to engage with Apollo Management for a firm offer from the private equity firm for a final buyout price of 240 pence per share, which values the group at about 1.66 billion pounds ($2.06 billion)…

Ampelmann to Deploy Second Gangway for World's Largest Floating Wind Farm

Apr 17, 2023

Ampelmann, a Dutch-based firm providing offshore access solutions, will soon be deploying a second gangway to support the construction of the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in Norway.The first gangway, an E1000 system, was fitted to OSCV Siem Barracuda in early December…

Tethys Marine & Logistics Becomes 51% Shareholder of OSV Firm Bourbon Guyana

Apr 17, 2023

Bourbon Marine & Logistics has partnered with the Guyanese company Tethys Marine & Logistics, which becomes a 51% shareholder of the Bourbon Guyana Joint Venture. 'With 75% Guyanese Directors, Bourbon Guyana thus becomes the first indigenous Offshore Support Vessels operator…

Fugro Bags Offshore Survey Work in UAE

Apr 17, 2023

Dutch offshore survey services firm Fugro has won a site characterization services contract in support of what it said was one of the largest long-term field development programs in the United Arab Emirates.Starting in April 2023, Fugro will conduct multiple offshore surveys…

Siemens Gamesa Taps Cadeler for Offshore Wind Installation Gig in Denmark

Apr 17, 2023

Danish offshore wind installation contractor Cadeler has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa to transport and install 26 Siemens Gamesa 11MW wind turbines at the Aflandshage wind farm developed by HOFOR, Greater Copenhagen utility company…

Final Foundation Installed at World's Deepest Fixed-bottom Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 17, 2023

The final wind turbine foundation has been installed at the world's deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm - the Seagreen - offshore Scotland.Seaway 7, the main installation contractor at the offshore wind project owned by SSE Renewable and TotalEnergies…

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