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Altrad Secures 5-year Fabric Maintenance Services Deal in UK North Sea

Jun 14, 2023

Industrial services company Altrad said Wednesday it had won a 5-year contract to support the fabric maintenance of multiple assets for a major operator in the UK North Sea.According to Altrad, the contract, which takes effect on August 1, 2023…

Denmark's Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Sport Recyclable Blades, Low-CO2 Steel Towers

Jun 14, 2023

German renewable energy company RWE said Wednesday that 40 of the 72 offshore wind turbines at what will be Denmark's largest offshore wind farm Thor will be equipped with recyclable rotor blades.The 40 SG 14-236 DD wind turbines will be equipped…

Great Yarmouth Shipbuilder to Build Offshore Wind Daughter Craft Duo

Jun 14, 2023

UK-based offshore vessel operator North Star has awarded a new contract to Great Yarmouth-based shipbuilding Alicat Workboats Ltd for the construction of two new offshore wind daughter craft.The hybrid-propulsion workboats 5 & 6, designed by Chartwell Marine…

Equinor Selects Aker Solutions for Eirin Field Subsea Production System and Control Umbilical

Jun 14, 2023

Norway's Aker Solutions has received a Letter of Award (LOA) from the oil and gas firm Equinor to provide the subsea production system and control umbilical for the Eirin field development, located in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The development…

Offshore Carbon Storage Project in Danish North Sea Receives Safety Approval from DNV

Jun 14, 2023

The offshore carbon storage project in the Danish North Sea, called Project Greensand, has received official safety approval from DNV.'The project is the first in the world to demonstrate that CO2 can be transported across national borders and stored offshore to mitigate climate change…

Equinor Aims to Boost Brazil Offshore Oil Output Over Next Decade

Jun 14, 2023

Equinor plans to expand its oil production in Brazil more than fivefold over the next decade, while also eyeing green energy projects, especially in offshore wind power, an executive for the Norwegian energy giant said on Tuesday.The company aims to boost output to more than 500…

Semco Maritime, PTSC M&C to Build Substations for Poland's 1.5GW Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 13, 2023

The PGE Group and Ørsted have awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for four 375 MW offshore substations for the Baltica 2 project in Poland to a consortium consisting of Semco Maritime and PTSC Mechanical & Construction…

'Encouraging' Drilling Result Offshore Guyana as Frontera, CGX Wei Well Reaches Total Depth

Jun 13, 2023

Frontera Energy Corporation, in partnership with CGX Energy, said Tuesday it had reached total depth (TD) of 20,450' on the Wei-1 bypass exploration and appraisal well (Wei-1BP1), offshore Guyana.The original Wei-1 wellbore reached a depth of 19…

VIDEO: Cadeler Installs Final 11MW Turbine at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 13, 2023

Danish offshore wind installation services firm Cadeler said Tuesday it had completed the installation of the final offshore wind turbine at Vattenfall's Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.'With a capacity of 1.5 GW, [Hollandse…

Mainstay Marine to Build Crew Transfer Vessel for Seacat Services

Jun 13, 2023

Offshore energy support vessel operator Seacat Services has partnered up with marine engineering firm Mainstay Marine Solutions, to build the 20th vessel in its fleet, and the fifth Seacat Chartwell Ambitious design.The partnership comes amidst ongoing complexities in the UK shipbuilding market…

DNV, Institute of Energy Vietnam, and PTSC M&C Join Forces to Propel Vietnam's Offshore Wind

Jun 13, 2023

DNV, Institute of Energy Vietnam, and PTSC M&C have signed a memorandum of understanding to deliver one of Vietnam’s first offshore wind power assets.With the Government of Vietnam recently approving Power Development Plan 8, offshore wind power…

Cost Inflation Could Add $280bn in Capital Expenditure for Offshore Wind Industry

Jun 13, 2023

In a Westwood survey on offshore wind cost inflation, nearly three-quarters of industry players indicated that they had started reviewing the viability of their projects in light of recent cost increases, with over 90% indicating that decision-making had slowed as a result…

TotalEnergies Makes Oil and Gas Discovery Offshore Nigeria. Eyes Tie-back to Ofon Field Facilities

Jun 13, 2023

French oil major TotalEnergies on Tuesday announced the Ntokon oil and gas discovery on OML102 block offshore Nigeria. Located in shallow waters, 60 km off the southeast coast of Nigeria, the Ntokon-1AX discovery well encountered 38 meters of net oil pay and 15 meters of net gas pay…

Valeura Energy Wraps Nong Yao Field Infill Drilling Campaign, Moves Rig to Manora Field

Jun 13, 2023

Valeura Energy said Tuesday it had completed the Nong Yao field infill drilling campaign in Thailand and recent increases in oil production.Valeura has drilled two horizontal infill wells on its Nong Yao oil field at Licence G11/48 in Thailand…

More than 900 Norway Offshore Drilling Workers May Strike from June 29

Jun 12, 2023

Some 913 workers on Norwegian offshore oil and gas drilling rigs and other installations will go on a strike unless a wage deal is found by a June 29 deadline, the Industri Energi labour union said in a statement on Monday. Strike action by…

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