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BV Gives Design Approval for Enerocean's W2Power Floating Wind Solution

Nov 22, 2023

Certification body Bureau Veritas (BV) presented Enerocean S.L. with the definite issue of its Certificate of Basic Design Approval of the W2Power floating wind solution.The certification represents the completion of a comprehensive assessment of critical elements of the W2Power design…

Santos, ADNOC Enter CCS Collaboration Deal

Nov 22, 2023

Australian oil and gas company Santos has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Abu Dhabi based oil and gas firm ADNOC to collaborate on carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.The agreement will explore the potential for establishing…

First Turbine Installed at South Fork Wind Off New York

Nov 20, 2023

The first turbine has been installed at the South Fork Wind Farm offshore New York, developer Ørsted announced on Monday.The first of South Fork Wind’s 12 Siemens Gamesa wind turbine generators was hoisted into place by the offshore construction team at the project site 35 miles off Montauk…

IKM Testing to Keep Supporting Equinor's Offshore and Onshore Facilities Until 2Q 2028

Nov 17, 2023

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has awarded IKM Testing a four-year extension to a major framework agreement that covers all of Equinor's offshore installations and onshore facilities in Norway until the second quarter of 2028. 'IKM Testing…

Final Turbines Installed at German Baltic Sea Wind Farm During Stormy Weather

Nov 16, 2023

Offshore wind developer Parkwind said Thursday that it had installed the final three turbines of its 27-turbine Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm, marking the first time that turbines at a commercial fixed-bottom wind farm were installed using a floating vessel and not a jack-up unit…

ABS Grants Approval for Bumi Armada FLNG Design

Nov 16, 2023

The American Bureau of Shipping has awarded an approval in principle (AIP) to Malaysian floating production firm Bumi Armada for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG)  infrastructure design. The new concept incorporates a barge-based liquefaction…

Tekmar Group to Provide Equipment for Middle East Subsea Project

Nov 16, 2023

Tekmar Group said Thursday it had secured a £2.5 million contract to provide equipment for a subsea project in the Middle East.'The contract is for the design and supply of TekDuct, one of Tekmar Group's cable protection products, ballast modules…

Seaqualize Executes Offshore Transfer Lifts on Vineyard Wind 1

Nov 15, 2023

Dutch heave compensation specialist Seaqualize executed the world’s first offshore transfer lifts of wind turbine components from a heaving supply vessel.The company’s newly developed offshore lifting device, the Heave Chief 1100, is being deployed…

Alliance Forged to Build Offshore Converter Platforms in Warnemünde, Germany

Nov 15, 2023

The Meyer Group, which includes Neptun Werft in Warnemünde, said Wednesday it was joining forces with the Belgian company Smulders to build offshore converter platforms at the Warnemünde site. Warnemünde is a German port town on the Baltic Sea…

Aker Solutions Bags Sizeable Offshore Wind Platform Deal

Nov 15, 2023

Norway-based Aker Solutions said Tuesday it had won a sizeable contract from Vattenfall for the Norfolk Vanguard East Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Norfolk, UK.Aker Solutions defines a sizeable contract as being between NOK 0.5 billion and NOK 1…

Framo to Supply Suction Bucket Pumping Systems for Taiwan Offshore Wind Project

Nov 14, 2023

Framo said Wednesday it would supply suction bucket pumping systems for the foundations of Ørsted's Greater Changhua Offshore Wind Project in Taiwan.The Framo Suction Pump Spread Systems will be produced at the Framo factory at Flatøy outside Bergen…

Mocean Energy Raises Funds for Blue Star Wave Energy Technology

Nov 13, 2023

Wave energy firm Mocean Energy has raised £2.2 million in new equity alongside a £500,000 grant to drive the commercialization of its wave energy technologies.The equity funds come from existing investors, including Equity Gap, Scottish Enterprise and Old College Capital…

Barossa Project: BW Offshore's Massive FPSO Hull Sets Sail for Singapore

Nov 09, 2023

FPSO leasing company BW Offshore said Thursday that the hull of BW Opal, one of the largest FPSO hulls ever built and destined for Santos' Barossa gas project in Australia, had set sail from a yard in South Korea and was en route to Singapore for topside integration…

ABS Approves New FPSO Newbuild Hull Design Concept

Nov 08, 2023

Classification society ABS announced it has granted approval in principle (AIP) for a the Sterling Streamline, a next generation concept design for large floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) newbuild hulls from India's Shapoorji Pallonji Energy (SPE)…

Aker Solutions to Deliver HVDC Offshore Platform for 1.4GW Offshore Wind Farm in UK

Nov 08, 2023

Norway-based Aker Solutions, a provider of solutions, products, and services to the global energy industry, has been awarded a limited notice to proceed contract from Vattenfall for the Norfolk Vanguard West Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Norfolk…

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