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The Evolving FPSO Landscape – Healthy Demand, Changing Procurement

Jun 21, 2023

After a slowdown in activity during 2020/2021 due to soft commodity prices, demand for FPSOs is picking up.With exploration hotspots like Namibia’s Orange Basin and the East Mediterranean delivering new finds, the FPSO market outlook is healthy…

Seadrill Sells Three Tender-assist Units for $85 Million

Jun 21, 2023

Offshore drilling firm Seadrill on Wednesday announced it has agreed to sell three tender-assist units to Singapore's Energy Drilling Pte Ltd for a total of $85 million in cash.The units are the semi-tender West Vencedor and tender rigs T-15 and T-16…

OMV Petrom and Romgaz Take FID on Neptun Deep

Jun 21, 2023

OMV Petrom, the largest integrated energy company in South-Eastern Europe, and Romgaz, the largest producer of natural gas in Romania, have approved the development plan for the Domino and Pelican South commercial natural gas fields in the Neptun Deep block…

MAN Energy Solutions Sells Gas Turbine Business

Jun 21, 2023

MAN Energy Solutions has announced the sale of its gas turbine business to China’s CSIC Longjiang GH Gas Turbine.CSIC Longjiang GH Gas Turbine (GHGT) develops small and medium-sized gas turbines in a 5 to 50 MW range as well as high performance and combustion technologies…

Fred. Olsen 1848 Introduces Floating Solar Array

Jun 20, 2023

Fred. Olsen 1848 has introduced near and offshore floating technology it has named BOLETTE.The company says it has overcome the main challenge for floating solar, particularly in marine environments: how to handle wave loads in combination with wind…

SBM Offshore Completes Financing of Alexandre de Gusmão

Jun 20, 2023

SBM Offshore has signed the project financing of FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão for a total of US$1.615 billion.The project financing is provided by a consortium of 12 international banks with insurance cover from three international export credit agencies…

Norway Moves to Open Its Waters to Deep-sea Mining

Jun 20, 2023

The Norwegian government on Tuesday proposed opening its waters to deep-sea mining despite opposition from green campaigners and some countries, as it seeks to shift from a reliance on hydrocarbons to new sources of economic activity.Norway…

Qatar Strikes Second Big LNG Supply Deal with China

Jun 20, 2023

Qatar on Tuesday secured its second large gas supply deal with a Chinese state-controlled company in less than a year, putting Asia clearly ahead in the race to secure gas supplies from Doha's massive production expansion project.China National…

Cyprus Seeks Mediterranean Gas Link to Israel

Jun 20, 2023

Cyprus hopes to develop plans for a pipeline linking it to Israel's east Mediterranean gas fields during talks which start next month, the island's top energy official told Reuters.Proposals by the new centrist Cypriot government, which came to power in March…

Havila Scores Extensions for Two PSV Charters

Jun 20, 2023

Havila Shipping announced it has secured contract extensions for two of its platform supply vessels (PSV).The Norwegian offshore support vessel owner said on Tuesday it has entered into an agreement with Equinor Energy AS for the PSV Havila…

New Product: The CUBE Battery System

Jun 20, 2023

Lehmann Marine launched a new marine battery system to accompany its COBRA system. The air-cooled CUBE battery system was developed, according to the manufacturer, with a superior energy density that can be stacked flexibly for optimum use of space…

Windfarm Site Overlap Spat Resolved

Jun 20, 2023

BP and Orsted resolved a dispute over an overlapping zone in the UK North Sea between the BP-led Endurance carbon capture project and the Danish firm's planned Hornsea 4 windfarm, the companies said in a letter published by UK authorities.Britain…

Energy Transition: What is an Offshore Vessel Operator to Do?

Jun 20, 2023

The energy transition is moving ahead amid recovery in offshore oil & gas and growth in offshore wind, leaving vessel owners that serve these markets with big questions about energy carrier and energy converter selection for their newbuilds…

ABS Qualifying Subsea Ammonia Storage

Jun 20, 2023

ABS is providing new technology qualification services for subsea ammonia storage technology from NOV Subsea Production Systems.The 200-cubic-meter prototype subsea storage unit is en route to NOV’s testing facility in Norway where large-scale…

ABB Introduces Operational Planner for Offshore Wind Vessel Operations

Jun 20, 2023

ABB has introduced a new Operational Planner module for its ABB Ability OCTOPUS – Marine Advisory System to help offshore fleet managers plan and optimize the maintenance of offshore wind farm operations.For support vessels moving between turbines or rigs during a single shift…

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