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Equinor Picks Kongsberg for Sleipner Gas Field Lyfe Cycle Simulation

Jan 24, 2024

Kongsberg Digital has secured a $2.4 million contract with Norwegian energy company Equinor for the rebuilding of life cycle simulators for the Sleipner gas field in the North Sea.The agreement entails rebuilding the Sleipner life cycle simulators…

Halliburton Profit Beats on International Strength

Jan 23, 2024

Halliburton's fourth-quarter profit beat market expectations on Tuesday as strength in offshore and overseas drilling activities boosted demand for oilfield services and equipment.With a better economic environment and acerages internationally…

Offshore Wind Vessels Charging Study Gets Underway in Irish Sea

Jan 23, 2024

Maersk’s offshore vessel-charging venture Stillstrom has launched a collaborative study with EnBW and BP, the developers of the Morgan and Mona offshore wind farms, to assess the viability of integrating offshore charging solutions for service and crew transfer vessels for the two projects…

INEOS FPS Picks Liebherr’s RL 650 Offshore Crane for Unity Platform

Jan 23, 2024

INEOS Forties Pipeline System (FPS) has selected Liebherr for the supply of a new Ram Luffing (RL) series offshore crane for its Unity Platform in the UK North Sea.After more than 30 years of service, the currently installed RL crane on the Unity Platform has run its course…

Longitude Gets Subsea Engineering Job on Egypt’s Burullus Gas Field

Jan 23, 2024

Longitude Engineering, part of Oslo-listed ABL Group, has secured a contract to provide detailed design and engineering services for the subsea development of Phase-X at Egypt’s West Delta Deep Marine concession, part of the Burullus Gas Field in the Mediterranean Sea…

Lhyfe Finds UK-Ireland Green Hydrogen Partner with Long-Term Offshore Prospect

Jan 22, 2024

French company Lhyfe and UK-based Source Galileo have teamed up to develop commercial-scale green hydrogen production units in the UK and Ireland, which could be powered by offshore wind in the future.The companies have signed a memorandum of…

DeepOcean Wraps Up Trenching Job in US Gulf of Mexico

Jan 22, 2024

Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed the burial of a fuel support pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico on behalf of Genesis Energy after introducing its jet trenching system to the United States market.DeepOcean’s trenching system…

Optime Subsea Reels In Equinor’s Rosebank Deal

Jan 22, 2024

Norway-based Optime Subsea has signed a contract with Equinor for the delivery of its Remote Operated Controls System (ROCS) for the Rosebank field in the UK North Sea.The contract represents a significant step forward for Optime Subsea, which…

Subsea 7 Pipelay Vessel to be Equipped with Huisman’s Crane

Jan 22, 2024

Dutch company Huisman has secured a contract from Subsea 7 for the delivery of its 500MT offshore mast crane for one of pipelay vessels for deep water installations.The 500mt Offshore Mast Crane will be equipped with a passive and active heave…

Lamprell Delivers Two Baches of Moray West Transition Pieces

Jan 19, 2024

The first two batches of transition pieces (TPs) for the Moray West offshore wind project, comprising 20 units, have been delivered and offloaded at the Port of Nigg in Scotland.Following arrival, the TPs underwent transfer of care inspections…

Worley Cuts First Stell for Aker BP’s Valhall PWP-Fenris Project

Jan 19, 2024

Worley Rosenberg in Norway has started construction of platform module for the Valhall PWP-Fenris project, being developed by Aker BP and its partners in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.On January 2, 2024, the first steel cut for the utilities…

Endiprev Steps Up Its Offshore Wind Game with Vineyard Job

Jan 19, 2024

Endiprev has strengthen its international profile after becoming the lead engineering services provider for the 806 MW Vineyard Wind 1 project - USA’s first utility-scale offshore wind energy project.The Texas-headquartered company delivers…

ABB to Deliver Electrical System for ExxonMobil’s Errea Wittu FPSO

Jan 19, 2024

Singapore’s Offshore Frontier Solution – a joint venture between MODEC and Toyo Engineering Corporation – has awarded ABB a contract to deliver a complete electrical system and associated digital solutions for Errea Wittu floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit…

Longitude Engineering to Design Bibby Marine's New Electric SOV

Jan 18, 2024

Bibby Marine announced it has tapped Longitude Engineering to design its first-of-kind zero-emission electric service operation vessel (SOV).The 'eSOV' project, as the project partners are calling it, was first announced in September 2023 and recently awarded £20 million under the U…

US DOE Launches $14.5M Marine Energy Research Call

Jan 18, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) and Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) have released a $14.5 million funding opportunity to support foundational research at higher education institutions related to marine renewable energies…

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