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Consortium Forms to Deliver Wave-Powered Microgrid in Thailand

Feb 08, 2024

A consortium, led by Toshiba and Aquatera, has been awarded $1.9 million UK government funding to design a pilot microgrid project that will be powered by wave energy on a remote island in Thailand.Aside from Toshiba Europe and Aquatera, the consortium also includes Eco Wave Power…

EthosEnergy Scoops Harbour Energy Deal for Production Assets in North Sea

Feb 08, 2024

EthosEnergy has signed a five-year master service agreement (MSA) with Harbour Energy for maintenance and support services across three production assets in the North Sea.The agreement, with an option to extend, will see EthosEnergy becoming…

Minesto Reels In $260K Government Grant for Tidal Energy Moorings

Feb 08, 2024

Swedish tidal energy company Minesto has secured a $267,000 grant (SEK 2.8 million) from the Swedish Energy Agency to upgrade its mooring system.The grant will support the development and testing of the next generation mooring system by co-funding…

USFR Plans $700M Investment in US Offshore Wind Towers Production Plant

Feb 08, 2024

US Forged Rings (USFR) has unveiled plans to invest $700 million to construct a state-of-the-art tower fabrication facility and a steel forging plant that would serve the U.S. offshore wind industry.The U.S.-based company will use these two…

Aize to Provide Digital Twins for Liza Unity and Liza Destiny FPSOs

Feb 08, 2024

Aker software company Aize has signed an agreement with ExxonMobil Guyana and SBM Offshore to deploy Aize digital twin software on the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units Liza Unity and Liza Destiny offshore Guyana.Aker-owned…

Gazelle Prepares for a Floating Wind Future

Feb 05, 2024

As offshore wind power spreads globally, it’s widely acknowledged that the maturation of floating wind power platforms will exponentially increase the availability of resources, as a majority of the wind power lies outside the installation zone of fixed systems…

OSV Owners Reap the Rewards of Data Sharing

Feb 02, 2024

A ‘Connected Future’ seminar, organized by Inmarsat in collaboration with Maritime Reporter & Engineering News and moderated by Greg Trauthwein, encapsulated the critical roles technology and data sharing play in enabling more efficient and sustainable workboat operations…

Brunvoll DP2 System Passed Sea Trial

Feb 01, 2024

The very first Brunvoll BruCon DP2 dynamic positioning system has passed third party verification onboard the offshore vessel Stril Mar.The BruCon DP2 installation was part of a larger power and energy management system upgrade onboard Stril Mar…

Cenosco and MaxGrip Partnership Set to Boost Asset Integrity Management

Feb 01, 2024

Cenosco, a provider of asset integrity software, and MaxGrip, a consultancy firm specializing in asset performance management, have teamed up to boost their asset integrity management capabilities.The partnership brings together two companies…

K2 Management Gets South Korea Offshore Wind Job

Jan 31, 2024

Danish company K2 Management (K2M) has been selected by Pacifico Energy Korea as Owner’s Engineer for first phase of Pacifico Energy Korea’s 3.2 GW offshore wind farm complex.K2M will provide pre-construction analysis and technical support on the first phase of the project…

QatarEnergy Awards $6B in EPCI contracts for Al-Shaheen Oil Field Expansion

Jan 31, 2024

QatarEnergy has awarded the four main Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (EPCI) contract packages related to the next development phase of the Al-Shaheen field, Qatar’s largest offshore oil field, to increase production by about 100…

Southeast Asia’s 1MW Tidal Energy Plant to Feature HydroWing Tech

Jan 31, 2024

Energies PH, through its affiliate San Bernardino Ocean Power Corporation, has awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to Inyanga Marine Energy Group to build tidal energy plant in Southeast Asia, which will feature HydroWing technology…

SLB and Equinor Set Autonomous Drilling Record Offshore Brazil

Jan 30, 2024

Oilfield services and technology company SLB and Equinor have drilled the most-autonomous well section to-date at Peregrino C platform offshore Brazil, marking a significant step forward to fully autonomous drilling operations.SLB digital technologies for surface automation…

TMC Compressors to Provide Equipment for Agogo FPSO

Jan 29, 2024

Malaysian FPSO leasing firm Yinson Production has appointed TMC Compressors to supply a large marine compressed air system for FPSO Agogo, which will be operated by Azule Energy, a BP-Eni joint venture, on a development offshore Angola.Under the contract…

Lhyfe Meets Its Green Hydrogen Objectives with First Offshore Demonstrator

Jan 26, 2024

French green hydrogen production specialist Lhyfe has announced the operating results of its offshore hydrogen production pilot platform, Sealhyfe, confirming the initial objectives have been met with valuable insights gathered for the large-scale HOPE project…

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