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Inside Balmoral Comtec’s New Wave & Current Simulation Center

May 18, 2025

Balmoral Comtec recently invested more than $1.3m in a new wave and current simulation center, a facility that will be used to help develop Balmoral’s own subsea technologies, including its HexDefense, the proprietary scour protection system which mitigates the risk of subsea cable failure…

SLB Launches New Well Completions Tech to Boost Production

May 14, 2025

Global energy technology company SLB has launched Electris - a portfolio of digitally enabled electric well completions technologies that boost production and recovery while reducing the total cost of ownership of an asset.Electris completions…

Seatools Gets Fengmiao 1 Offshore Wind Job from CDWE

May 13, 2025

Seatools, a subsea technology company, has secured a contract by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) for the design, engineering, and delivery of the metrology and control system for the Pre-Piling Template (PPT) at the Fengmiao 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan…

US Firm Debuts 20K Intervention Solution at Gulf of America Deepwater Field

May 12, 2025

Texas-based subsea oil and gas equipment supplier Trendsetter Engineering has marked the first deployment of its Trident 20,000 psi (20K) intervention system at Beacon Offshore’s Shenandoah project in the Gulf of America.The Trident 20K intervention…

DMO Inks Safety Tech Deal with Major North Sea Oil and Gas Operator

May 08, 2025

Safety technology provider Dräger Marine & Offshore (DMO) has secured a long-term deal with a major North Sea oil and gas operator.Due to run for five-years, with a further two one-year extension options, the extension of the existing supply contract means more than 10 U…

SKF to Deliver PTO System for Australian Wave Energy Developer

May 08, 2025

SKF has entered into partnership with wave energy technology developer Carnegie Clean Energy to deliver power take-off (PTO) system for its CETO wave energy device.CETO is a fully submerged, point absorber type wave energy technology where a…

TMC Books Compressors Orders for FPSO and LNG Vessels

Apr 30, 2025

TMC Compressors (TMC) has secured orders for complete marine compressed air systems for 12 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel newbuilds and one floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.As part of the first order, Hanwha Ocean picked…

In Maritime Propulsion, there is no 'one-size-fits-all' DPS for Vessels

Apr 24, 2025

If the dynamic positioning (DP) system went down on an offshore supply vessel, it could result in a collision. On a dive support vessel, it could result in injury or death for a diver. On a drilling rig, it could result in a blowout with loss of life…

Eco Wave Power, All-Ways Metal Sign Wave Power Tech Manufacturing Deal

Apr 23, 2025

Eco Wave Power, an onshore wave energy technology company, announced the signing of a manufacturing agreement with All-Ways Metal, for the production of floaters for its wave energy project in the Port of Los Angeles. This marks a milestone in the development of Eco Wave Power's first-ever U…

Vestas, Ecowende Test Red Blades for Bird Safety at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 23, 2025

At Ecowende’s initiative, Vestas is supplying red blades for a new trial at Hollandse Kust West VI, to investigate whether the red color increases blade visibility to birds and helps reduce the risk of collisions, compared to the traditional grey blades…

Shell to Complete Marine Survey at Venezuela Gas Field Ahead of License Cancellation

Apr 21, 2025

Shell plans to complete a marine survey at Venezuela's offshore Dragon gas field before a U.S.-set May deadline to wind down all licenses related to energy projects in the country, sources close to the preparations said.Colombia-flagged survey vessel Dona Jose II arrived in U…

MHI, SBM to Study Application of CO2 Capture Modules for Petrobras’ FPSOs

Apr 15, 2025

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Single Buoy Moorings, the subsidiary of SBM Offshore, have agreed to conduct a study for the application of CO2 capture modules on future floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) for Petrobras…

Preview: Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition 2025

Apr 11, 2025

From June 18-20, 2025, the Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition will return to Tokyo Big Sight, convening global energy leaders, influential policymakers, and industry executives to advance Japan’s energy transition, investment landscape, and strategic role in the global energy system…

Gazelle Gets Clearance for Floating Wind Demonstrator off Portugal

Apr 11, 2025

Gazelle Wind Power, a Dublin-based floating wind developer, has secured a 10-year TUPEM (Titulo de Utilizacao Privativa do Espaco Marítimo) authorization, clearing the way for the deployment of its 2 MW Nau Azul floating wind demonstrator project off Portugal…

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