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Aker Solutions and Siemens Cleared for HVDC Work at UK Offshore Wind Farms

Jan 15, 2025

Aker Solutions, in a consortium with Siemens Energy, has received the full notice to proceed from RWE for the HVDC scope of work for the Norfolk Vanguard West and East offshore wind farms.The Norfolk Vanguard West and East represent the first phase of RWE’s Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone…

Shell Brings Whale Platform On Stream in US Gulf of Mexico

Jan 10, 2025

Oil and gas major Shell has started the production at its deepwater Whale floating production facility in the Gulf of Mexico.The Whale production facility is in the Alaminos Canyon Block 773 and is adjacent to the Shell-operated Silvertip field…

Seatrium Gets EPC Contract for BP’s Kaskida Floating Production Unit

Dec 24, 2024

Seatrium has signed a contract with BP to perform engineering, procurement, construction and onshore commissioning (EPC) work for the Kaskida Floating Production Unit (FPU) in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The Kaskida project is a greenfield development…

ABS Approves Hanwha Ocean’s FPSO Design

Dec 19, 2024

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has awarded Hanwha Ocean an Approval in Principle (AIP) for its Pre-FEED standard FPSO design intended to create an asset optimized for deployment in the deep waters of West Africa.The FPSO design is 340 meters long and capable of storing approximately 2…

Aker, Aibel Get FEED Contracts for GreenVolt Floating Wind Project

Dec 16, 2024

Floating Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have awarded front-end engineering and design (FEED) contracts to two partnership for the delivery of 560 MW GreenVolt floating wind farm offshore Scotland…

SLB OneSubsea to Deliver Production-Boosting Systems for Petrobras' Búzios Field

Dec 12, 2024

Global energy technology company SLB, through its OneSubsea joint venture, has secured a contract with Petrobras for the delivery of two subsea raw seawater injection (RWI) systems to increase production at the Búzios field, offshore Brazil…

Hanwha Ocean Gets Bureau Veritas Clearance for FPSO Design

Dec 10, 2024

Shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from certification body Bureau Veritas for its standard Floating Production Storage and Offloading Unit (FPSO) design, which includes the latest developments in advanced digital solutions to support more energy efficient operations…

Fortress’ FTAI Sells Two Offshore Energy Vessels for $143M

Dec 04, 2024

FTAI Aviation, part of Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors, has sold two of its remaining offshore energy vessels for approximately $143 million.FTAI Aviation sold the Pioneer DP2 subsea support vessel and the Pride DP3 offshore well intervention vessel to an unnamed customer…

SBM Offshore Secures $1.5B Financing for FPSO Jaguar

Nov 22, 2024

SBM Offshore has completed the $1.5 billion project financing of the Jaguar floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit, which will be deployed at ExxonMobil's Whiptail project, located in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana.The…

ONE Guyana FPSO to Depart for Yellowtail Field Early in 2025

Nov 21, 2024

Guyana's fourth oil floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility is expected to depart for the South American country in the first quarter next year, the CEO of U.S. producer Hess, John Hess, said on Wednesday.The firm, which alongside…

Woodside’s Trion FPU Enters Construction Phase

Nov 14, 2024

Woodside Energy has passed a major milestone for its operated Trion development offshore Mexico with the start of steel fabrication for the semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU).The first cutting of steel for the Trion FPU was marked…

TechnipFMC to Supply Subsea Trees for Suriname’s First Oil and Gas Field

Nov 14, 2024

TechnipFMC has been secured an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract by TotalEnergies for its GranMorgu project on Block 58, the first oil and gas development offshore Suriname.The project will…

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…

Largest FPSO to Operate Offshore Brazil Arrives to Its Destination

Oct 30, 2024

The floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit Almirante Tamandaré, built by SBM Offshore, has arrived to Brazil ahead of installation at Petrobras’ Búzios field in the Santos Basin.The Almirante Tamandaré FPSO has been built with the capacity to produce 225…

SLB OneSubsea to Deliver Critical Subsea Equipment for BP’s Kaskida Field

Oct 29, 2024

SLB OneSubsea joint venture has secured a contract by BP to deliver a subsea boosting system in the greenfield development of the Kaskida project in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The award marks the latest milestone in the long-standing…

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