UK-based offshore energy supply chain company Balmoral has launched its HexDefence product designed for jacket foundations, designed to significantly mitigate jacket foundation scouring around fixed wind turbines.'This revolutionary solution…
Following the installation of the first wind turbine at the U.S. first commercial-sized offshore wind farm project, Vineyard Wind 1, earlier this week, Dutch offshore technology company Barge Master shared how it contributed to the project.Barge…
Energy ecosystems are evolving as the value of offshore power-to-X production is being realized.Flexible and delivered in long lengths on reels in a fast-track operation, thermoplastic composite pipeline can transfer up to nine times the amount of energy as a cable and can be used to store hydrogen…
Canadian marine robotics company Kraken Robotics Inc. said Thursday it had secured a $3 million contract to carry out boulder detection subsea survey services as part of an offshore wind farm project located in Europe.Kraken’s contract scope includes mobilization of a dedicated survey vessel…
The first GE Haliade-X wind turbine generator has been installed at the Vineyard Wind 1 project in the US.The completed turbine is comprised of one tower, three blades, and one nacelle, and the fully assembled machine represents the largest turbine in the western world…
The PivotBuoy Project, developed by X1 Wind, finalized its offshore demonstration with partners reporting excellent results.The PivotBuoy Consortium partners are X1 Wind, ESM, WavEC, PLOCAN, INTECSEA, EDP, DTU, DNV GL, and DEGIMA. The project…
Dutch offshore equipment and technology firm Huisman has launched a system that it says empowers crane operators with the ability to anticipate and react to approaching wind speeds, gusts, and direction during the installation process of turbine blades…
Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has contracted technology supplier Vissim to implement upgraded oil spill detection technology at its offshore installations in Norway.Vissim will provide a new and upgraded oil spill detection solution…
ABS issued an approval in principle (AIP) to ECO TLP and MOCEAN-Offshore BV for a floating offshore wind turbine support structure.The unique design from ECO TLP utilizes slip-formed cylindrical concrete hulls and gravity anchors, which, when combined with a tension-leg mooring system…
Anchoring solutions specialist Maxwell Marine has won a contract to design and supply a technical anchoring system for the first uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) which will be used for offshore met-ocean measurement campaigns in the offshore wind farm industry…
Oceaneering's Brazilian subsidiary, Marine Production Systems do Brasil, has secured a five-year contract from the Brazilian oil company Petrobras for the operation of three existing drill pipe riser (“DPR”) systems to support intervention and completion operations in Brazil…
The Norwegian offshore energy industry services company Axess Technologies has secured a riser replacement contract with the Norwegian offshore energy giant Equinor.The contract, of an undisclosed value, will see Axess Technologies replace three…
Realizing the full value of digital solutions far exceeds the capability of technology. The technology exists today to help offshore energy and maritime operators radically improve efficiency and cut costs in equal measure. The real trick to…
British satellite communications company Inmarsat said on Wednesday it is nearing an agreement to move some of its ground communications systems from the Netherlands to Greece, resolving a conflict over 5G bandwidth use.The systems based in Burum…
Royal IHC announced it has secured a contract to supply U.S.-based Caldwell Marine International (CMI), with a newbuild Amphibious Hi-Traq Jetter.This subsea tracked trenching vehicle is the first of its type to be owned and operated by a specialist U…