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Rovco Completes Decom Deal with Well-Safe Solutions

Feb 20, 2023

Rovco completed a contract awarded by Well-Safe Solutions to support its well plug and abandonment decommissioning operations in the Southern North Sea. This is the second contract Rovco has secured with Well-Safe Solutions, having previously…

Norway and Portugal Team Up for Offshore Wind Development

Feb 20, 2023

Norway's METCentre, a floating wind test center, has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Portuguese offshore wind player WavEC. WavEC provides commercial services for wind farm developers and is a shareholder of the Aguçadoura test site…

DEME to Use Special Drilling Tech Again as It Wins Second Major Offshore Wind Deal in France

Feb 20, 2023

Offshore installation firm DEME Offshore will need to deploy its special drilling technology again to install offshore wind monopiles at an offshore wind farm in France, due to rough ocean conditions and a rocky seabed.The company recently secured…

Mooreast to Create "at least 100 jobs" in Aberdeen with Subsea Foundation Production Facility

Feb 20, 2023

Singapore-based mooring and anchoring specialist Mooreast Holdings said Monday it could bring at least 100 jobs to Aberdeen after signing a collaboration agreement that, it is hoped, would help the company realize its ambition to open a subsea foundation production facility there…

Offshore Wind: Uptime's Gangways for Diamond SOV

Feb 20, 2023

James Fisher and Sons plc and Uptime International have signed a memorandum of understanding to partner for the use of motion compensated gangways in the development of the pioneering Ulstein SX221 Diamond SOV. The duo said that the agreement…

Horisont Energi, Neptune Energy, and E.ON Sign MoU for European CCS Value Chain

Feb 20, 2023

The Norwegian low-carbon tech firm Horisont Energi, working to develop CCS project offshore Norway, and the oil and gas company Neptune Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the energy major E.ON with the aim of developing a European CCS value chain…

Scana Wins 'Sizable' Offshore Wind Gig

Feb 17, 2023

Scana-owned Trans Construction (ATC) has secured a contract for the delivery of two E-house modules for generator sets that will be part of an offshore wind farm. Scana said the contract, which includes the design, fabrication, and installation work…

Harland & Wolff Cuts Jobs at Methil after Offshore Wind Contract Termination

Feb 17, 2023

Harland & Wolff said on Friday that it would 'rationalize' the number of people working at its Methil facility in Scotland.This was in response to the contract termination settlement with Saipem over the building of jackets for the Neart na…

Equinor, EnBW in German Offshore Wind Farm Collaboration

Feb 17, 2023

Norway's Equinor and German energy group EnBW plan to jointly develop offshore wind farms in Germany, the two companies announced on Friday.Germany, which seeks to cut its reliance on fossil fuel, in November raised its national renewable energy target to 80% of power generation by 2030…

EEW SPC Smashes Its Previous Record for Heaviest Monopile Built

Feb 17, 2023

EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) said on Friday that it has set a new record for its heaviest monopile built. The German offshore wind monopile manufacturer broke its own record, which was only set in July 2022, when the company delivered a 1…

TechnipFMC's Subsea Production System for Equinor's Irpa Project

Feb 17, 2023

Oilfield services firm TechnipFMC said Thursday it had won a 'significant' contract from Equinor to deliver subsea production systems for the Irpa oil and gas project in the Norwegian Sea.For TechnipFMC, a “significant” contract is between $75 million and $250 million…

Vietnam to Further Delay Rules for Multi-billion-dollar Offshore Wind Power

Feb 16, 2023

Vietnam may not have a legal framework to regulate offshore wind farms until next year, a European Union business representative said on Thursday, a delay that could stall billions of dollars of foreign investment in the sector. Vietnam has big offshore wind power potential…

100,000 barrels per day: Shell Starts Production from Vito Offshore Platform in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Feb 16, 2023

Oil major Shell has started production from its Vito offshore platform in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). 'With an estimated peak production of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, Vito is the company's first deep-water platform in the GoM to employ a simplified…

Funding Granted for "World’s First" Vessel Charging Station within Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 16, 2023

A renewable energy technology consortium has secured £1.5 million funding to what they say is 'the world’s first offshore charging station within a UK wind farm.'The funding was awarded as part of the UK's Department for Transport and Innovate…

Equinor's Appraisal Well Comes Up Dry, Cutting Resource Estimate of 2009 Offshore Discovery

Feb 16, 2023

The Norwegian oil company Equinor has completed the drilling of an appraisal well to test a 2009 offshore discovery in the North Sea, off Norway. The appraisal well, 16/2-23 S, came up dry, with traces of hydrocarbons, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said…

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