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VIDEO: Heerema's New Installation Method Promises to Reduce Floating Wind Costs

Apr 21, 2022

Dutch offshore installation giant Heerema Marine Contractors has said it has developed a new method for the installation of offshore floating wind structures that doesn't require wet-tow and removes the need for marshaling yards.The company said that…

Havfram to Assist with Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm Foundation Installation

Apr 21, 2022

Norwegian offshore services company Havfram has won a contract on the Yunlin offshore wind farm which is being developed offshore Taiwan.The contract, with Yunneng Wind Power Co., Ltd, will see Havfram provide Project Management and Owners Engineer…

Baker Hughes Posts Higher Q1 Profit, but Misses Wall Street Estimates

Apr 20, 2022

U.S. oilfield services and equipment firm Baker Hughes Co BKR.O on Wednesday reported a higher quarterly profit from a year earlier, but missed Wall Street estimates after facing a 'volatile market' in early 2022 that prompted mixed results across its reporting units…

Wood Posts Lower Full-year Revenue. CEO to Retire

Apr 20, 2022

Wood Plc said on Wednesday its Chief Executive Officer Robin Watson plans to retire and the British oilfield services and engineering firm also posted a drop in full-year revenue, sending its shares down as much as 6% in early trade.The London-listed company's revenue for the year ended Dec…

Asia's Largest Offshore Jacket Installed in South China Sea

Apr 18, 2022

Asia's largest offshore jacket Haiji-1 was last week installed in the South China Sea by the Chinese offshore engineering and construction company COEEC.With a total height of 302 meters and 30,000 tons of weight exceeding the lifting capacity of the world's largest derrick barge…

Edward Heerema – Dutch Courage with Single-minded Focus

Apr 13, 2022

Edward Heerema is founder and president of Allseas, which brought the world’s largest construction vessel, Pioneering Spirit, to the market. The company, which also brought innovation to the pipelay sector, has added its latest trick to Pioneering Spirit – its jacket lift system…

Tyra II Project Almost Complete as Seven Platforms Successfully Installed Offshore Denmark

Apr 13, 2022

Dutch offshore installation company Heerema Marine Contractors has completed the lifting and installation of the three Tyra West wellhead and riser platforms, the utility- and living quarters, and two bridges at TotalEnergies' Tyra redevelopment project in the Danish North Sea…

Engineering Firm Wood Lands Work on Woodside's Sangomar FPSO Project

Apr 12, 2022

Australian oil and gas company has hired engineering firm Wood for work on the Sangomar FPSO development, located 100km south of Dakar, Senegal.The Sangomar FPSO is designed for the processing of hydrocarbons and the storage of oil from Senegal's first offshore oil development…

Pict Offshore to Equip Sif's TP-less Monopile Foundations with GUS Lifting System

Apr 08, 2022

Sif, a Dutch manufacturer of monopiles and transition pieces (TP) for offshore wind turbines, has signed an agreement with Pict Offshore to integrate their Get Up Safe (GUS) motion-compensated lifting system, as standard, into Sif's Skybox TP-less monopile foundation…

Osbit Delivers Monopile Gripper for Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 07, 2022

UK-based offshore wind technology supplier Osbit has said it has delivered a new monopile gripper system to Yunneng Wind Power Co. Ltd (Yunneng), a subsidiary of wpd offshore, which is building the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan.The system…

TotalEnergies Taps IKM Testing For Tyra II Testing Services

Apr 07, 2022

TotalEnergies Denmark has awarded IKM Testing AS a contract on the Tyra Redevelopment Project offshore Denmark. The award includes topside nitrogen helium leak testing and commissioning during the hook-up of seven new Tyra II platforms. In addition…

Technip Energies' Inocean Gets DNV AiP for Offshore Wind Floater

Apr 06, 2022

Inocean, a Norwegian subsidiary of Technip Energies, has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) and Basic Design Approval for DNV for its new INO12TM semisubmersible platform concept. An Approval in Principle (AiP) is an independent assessment of a concept within an agreed framework…

CCUS: Genesis Wins Northern Endurance Partnership Offshore FEED

Apr 04, 2022

British oil major BP, the operator of Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) has awarded Genesis the NEP offshore FEED.In October 2021, the UK government selected the Northern Endurance Partnership’s…

Technip Energies Lands FEED Contract with Equinor for Floating Wind Project in S. Korea

Apr 04, 2022

Norwegian energy company Equinor has hired Technip Energies to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the offshore floating wind Firefly project, located 70 kilometers offshore the East Coast of South Korea.The FEED contract covers the engineering…

XLCC to Order New Cable Laying Vessel

Mar 31, 2022

XLCC, the new high-voltage direct current (HVDC), renewable energy focused business in the U.K., said it has completed the concept design for a new cable laying vessel for planned delivery in the first half of 2025.The newbuild is slated to support the Morocco – UK Power Project…

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