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DolWin epsilon HVDC Offshore Wind Converter En Route to Aibel's Yard for Final Outfitting

Oct 16, 2023

The DolWin epsilon HVDC offshore wind converter platform left Seatrium’s yard in Singapore on Sunday, October 15. The platform is now heading for Aibel in Haugesund for the final installation of electrical equipment and commissioning.The DolWin epsilon platform is constructed by consortium partners Aibel and Seatrium as part of the DolWin5 project for Dutch-German transmission operator TenneT.Based on a Gravity Based Structure (GBS) design…

Global Gravity Names New CEO

Jan 06, 2025

Tubular systems developer Global Gravity has appointed Tom Rasmussen, an industry expert with over 25 years of experience in offshore and oil and gas operations, as its chief executive officer (CEO).Tom Rasmussen took over the CEO role at Global Gravity on January 1…

Brent Field Decommissioning Project Enters Next Phase

Nov 05, 2024

Mammoet has completed the load-in of the last and heaviest of the Brent oil and gas field topsides, Brent Charlie, which has been skidded onto the quayside for decommissioning operation.The Brent field, one of the largest oil and gas fields in the North Sea…

ABS Greenlights French Developer’s Concrete Floating Wind Foundation

Sep 25, 2024

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued Approval in Principle (AiP) to the OO-STAR concrete semi-submersible foundation for floating wind turbines from Bouygues Travaux Publics, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction.The floater can…

TDI-Brooks Wraps Geotechnical Survey in Gulf of Campeche

Feb 19, 2024

TDI-Brooks, a U.S.-based marine services company specializing in geotechnical and offshore survey projects, reports it has completed a geotechnical coring campaign in the Gulf of Campeche offshore Mexico.As a subcontractor of Drebbel de Mexico out of Cd…

Equinor Taps Three60 Energy for Plug and Abandonment Services at Statfjord Field

Sep 12, 2023

Offshore oilfield services firm Three60 Energy said Tuesday it had secured a plug and abandonment services contract from Equinor for work at Statfjord field, offshore Norway.Thomas Kibsgaard-Vatn, THREE60 Energy’s Discipline Owner P&A, commented…

Harsh Weather Offshore LNG Terminal Firm Crown to Merge with Catcha

Aug 03, 2023

Crown LNG Holdings AS, a provider of LNG liquefaction and regasification terminal technologies for harsh weather locations, has agreed to merge with Catcha Investment Corp, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, that would result in Crown becoming a U…

Close Call at Hibernia Platform: Timber Piece Drops 15 Meters in Lifting Incident

Aug 02, 2023

An incident happened last week that saw a 1.8-kilogram piece of timber fall 15 meters to the deck of an offshore support vessel during lifting operations at HMDC's Hibernia Platform, offshore Canada, in the Atlantic Ocean.Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd…

Russia's Novatek Offered Argentina Know-how to Liquefy Gas from Vaca Muerta

Jun 09, 2023

Russia's largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) Novatek last year offered technology to build a plant to produce the gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta field, a highly-placed source familiar with the proposal said, though the talks have since broken off…

Equinor to Sell 28% Stake in Statfjord Area to OKEA for $220M

Mar 20, 2023

Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA  has agreed to acquire a 28% stake in offshore block PL037, in Statfjord Area, offshore Norway, from Equinor for an initial fixed consideration of $220 million.The Statfjord Area comprises the Statfjord Unit…

Alaska's Qilak LNG Targets Asia with $5B Project to Compete with Russia

Mar 08, 2023

Qilak LNG plans to invest $5 billion in a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Alaska's North Slope to compete with Russia's Yamal project for Asian customers towards the end of this decade, its chief executive said. Major LNG importers such as Japan…

BP to Use Gravity-based Structure for Phase 2 of Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Development

Feb 27, 2023

Oil and gas major BP on Monday confirmed the development concept for the second phase of the BP-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, that it will, together with its partners in the project offshore Mauritania/Senegal…

Shell's Southern North Sea Discovery Could Be "Largest in Over in a Decade"

Feb 08, 2023

Shell's recent discovery at the Pensacola prospect could be 'one of the largest natural gas discoveries in the Southern North Sea in over a decade.' This is according to Deltic Energy, Shell's partner in the project, which said that Deltic pre…

Saipem Completes GBS Installation Works on Fecamp Offshore Wind Farm

Nov 02, 2022

Italian energy industry services firm Saipem said Wednesday it had, in consortium with Bouygues Travaux Publics and Boskalis (BSB), installed and ballasted the Gravity-Based Structures (GBS) foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm in Normandy…

Near Miss Incident at Hibernia Platform Offshore Canada

Oct 10, 2022

Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC), the operator of the Hibernia platform in the Atlantic Ocean offshore Canada, has reported that a near-miss incident occurred on the platform on October 5, 2022.According to HMDC, as reported to safety regulator CNLOPB…

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