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Ørsted Kicks Off World’s First Cargo Drone Ops at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 07, 2024

Ørsted has started deploying heavy-lift cargo drones (HLCD) for the first time in an operational campaign at the Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm.The move marks a significant leap forward in operational efficiency and safety in the offshore wind industry…

Equinor Picks SHI as Preferred Supplier for Korean 750 MW Floating Wind Project

Aug 07, 2024

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Equinor have signed a preferred supplier agreement for floating structures for the 750 MW Bandibuli offshore wind project being developed in South Korea.The supplier agreement for the fabrication and marshalling…

Saipem Upgrades UPS’ Pipeline Tech for Offshore and Subsea Use

Aug 06, 2024

Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has secured DNV’s Statement of Qualified Technology for pipeline technology developed by United Pipeline Systems, which was upgraded for offshore and subsea use.The technology was initially developed…

SLB OneSubsea to Supply Subsea Systems for Two Petrobras’ Ultra-Deepwater Fields

Aug 02, 2024

SLB OneSubsea, a joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, has secured a major contract from Petrobras for the supply of subsea production systems and related services for two ultra-deepwater fields offshore Brazil.As part of the…

Underwater Power Grids Could Revolutionize How the US East Coast Gets Its Electricity

Aug 01, 2024

Offshore winds have the potential to supply coastlines with massive, consistent flows of clean electricity. One study estimates wind farms just offshore could meet 11 times the projected global electricity demand in 2040.In the U.S., the East Coast is an ideal location to capture this power…

Saipem, Curtiss-Wright Advance Tech Set to Extend Lifecyle of Subsea Fields

Jul 29, 2024

Saipem and Curtiss-Wright Corporation have reached a new milestone for the subsea applications industry, having completed the qualification process of an all-electric seabed barrier fluid-less pump.Developed based on proprietary solutions inherited from the nuclear sector…

Apollo Wraps Up Trials of Quick Connector for Floating Offshore Renewables

Jul 29, 2024

Engineering company Apollo has completed the offshore trials for its PALM Quick Connection System (QCS), designed to streamline the efficient hook-up and disconnection of cables or moorings for floating offshore renewable energy devices.The trials…

Floating Wind Set for Enhanced Environmental Monitoring with DemoSATH Lab

Jul 29, 2024

Spanish engineering firm Saitec Offshore Technologies and offshore wind player RWE have launched the DemoSATH Lab initiative to carry out further environmental monitoring studies around the floating wind demonstrator deployed off the Basque coast…

Irish Company Deploys Utility-Scale Wave Energy Device Off Hawaii

Jul 26, 2024

Ocean Energy USA, a subsidiary of Irish-based Ocean Energy, has deployed its 1.25 MW-rated wave energy device at the US Navy's Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Hawaii.The 826-ton wave energy device, dubbed OE-35, will be connected to the Hawaiian electricity grid by subsea cable in the coming weeks…

GA Drilling Teams Up with Petrobras for Next-Gen Downhole Drilling Systems

Jul 25, 2024

Slovakia-based drilling specialist GA Drilling has entered into a technical cooperation program with Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras to deliver more efficient deep drilling system.In cooperation with Cenpes, Petrobras’ research…

Marlink to Upgrade Offshore Network on Shelf Drilling’s Jack-Up Rig Fleet

Jul 25, 2024

Satellite communications solutions firm Marlink and Shelf Drilling have agreed to conduct communications and network upgrades on the offshore driller’s 36-strong jack-up rig fleet.The first upgrade involves implementing a software-defined network…

TotalEnergies Takes 50% Share of RWE’s Dutch Offshore Wind Project

Jul 25, 2024

RWE and TotalEnergies have entered into a partnership agreement to jointly deliver the OranjeWind offshore wind project in the Netherlands, with TotalEnergies buying half of RWE’s equity stake to deliver the be the first ‘system integration’ project in the Dutch market…

Refurbished FPSO and FSO Set to Sail to Eni’s Baleine Fild

Jul 25, 2024

The floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Petrojarl Kong and floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) Yamoussoukro have entered their final stages of upgrading and conversion prior to their mobilization to Côte d’Ivoire for Eni’s Baleine Phase 2 project…

Underwater Infrastructure Big Data Project Secures €2.4 Million Grant

Jul 24, 2024

Geospatial cloud specialist north.io has been awarded a €2.4 million grant for the 'Argus' project for underwater big data analytics in the context of critical underwater infrastructure, marking the highest single funding the Kiel-based company has ever received…

GE Vernova Says Faulty Manufacturing Led to Offshore Wind Blade Failure

Jul 24, 2024

Power services firm GE Vernova on Wednesday said a manufacturing flaw led to a turbine blade failure at the Vineyard Wind offshore project off the coast of Massachusetts earlier this month.The turbine blade broke on July 13 and left potentially dangerous debris on beaches on the island of Nantucket…

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