Woodside Hires Subsea 7 for Trion Subsea Installation Services Offshore Mexico
of the subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines, as well as the associated subsea architecture.The project, which Woodside and Pemex are developing in partnership, involves a wet tree subsea system connected to an infield floating production unit (FPU). Wood Secures Trion FPU Topsides JobSouth Korean Shipbuilder to Build Floating Production Platform for Mexican Offshore ProjectThe field is located approximately 30 kilometers south of the U.S. / Mexico border and 180 kilometers away from the Mexican coastline, at a water depth of 2,600 meters.Subsea 7 will start management and engineering
LS Cable Reels In Preferred Supplier Deal for CIP’s Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan
LS Cable and CIP’s offshore wind projects in Asia, following Changfang Xidao and Zhong Neng in Taiwan, and Jeonnam Offshore Wind 1 in Korea.“We thank LS Cable for their continuous commitment to delivering the best quality cable systems to our offshore wind projects both in Taiwan and South Korea. The fact that we have now signed our fourth agreement is a testimony to the strong relationship between our two companies,” said Thomas Wibe Poulsen, Partner and Head of Asia-Pacific at CIP.Construction works for the Feng Miao 1 offshore wind farm are expected to begin in 2025, with commercial
US Supplier to Provide Subsea Wellhead Systems for Woodside’s Trion
decision (FID) for Trion project in June 2023. Woodside is the operator with a 60% participating interest and PEMEX holds the remaining 40%.Trion field will be developed through a floating production unit (FPU) with an oil production capacity of 100,000 barrels per day.The FPU, to be built by South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, will be connected to a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel with a capacity of 950,000 barrels of oil. Gate Energy has been tasked with the commissioning of Trion FPU.Trion is located in a water depth of 2,500 meters, approximately 180 kilometers off
Floating Production – A Growing Segment in Transition
energy carriers, such as methanol and ammonia. One exciting development leverages Generation IV small modular nuclear reactors to provide the power and heat required to desalinate seawater, power electrolyzers and other production, storage and offloading systems. Concepts are being developed in South Korea and Europe.Finally, we are seeing a trend of certain key players in the floating production segment to leverage their expertise for executing challenging and large projects in deep water into the floating wind space, including Petrobras, Shell, TotalEnergies, Equinor, CNOOC, SBM Offshore, MODEC
Fugro Sets Up South Korea Base for Offshore Renewables
Dutch survey company Fugro has opened a new office South Korea, dubbed ‘Fugro UST21’, as part of a joint venture with South Korean marine technology company UST21.Based in Incheon, the new office will provide geo-data solutions for South Korea’s growing offshore renewable energy sector, which Fugro has been actively supporting in collaboration with UST21 since 2019.The creation of Fugro UST21 establishes Fugro’s first permanent presence in the country.“We’ve already been working closely with UST21 for several years but this new office allows us to better support our
Taihan Secures $77.3M Offshore Wind Cabling Contract in South Korea
Taihan Cable & Solution has won a $77.3 million contract for the supply of subsea cables for the 365 MW Yeonggwang Nakwol offshore wind farm in South Korea, and purchased what is said to be the country's only cable-laying vessel (CLV) for the offshore wind market.Under the $77.3 million contract, South Korean company Taihan will be responsible for supplying inter-array subsea cables that connect 64 offshore wind turbines, each rated at 5.7 MW, installed at the Yeonggwang Nakwol wind farm, and the cables connecting them with a new substation on Songi Island.The cables will be produced at the
Top 10 Things to Watch in Offshore Wind in '24
turbines will be installed globally between 2024 and 2035.Copyright Kruwt/AdobeStock3. Core Markets = Good OpportunityThere remains abundant contracted and planned project capacity to develop in the core UK, Europe (Germany, the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Poland, etc.), U.S., and Asian (Taiwan, South Korea and Japan) offshore wind markets.4 .Potential in Australia and South AmericaAustralia is seeking to identify developers for a number of multi-gigawatt sites, both bottom-fixed and floating, off Vicotria, New South Wales and Western Australia for commissioning in the next decade. In South America
Floating LIDAR Facilitates KREDO Offshore Wind Farm
DNV Korea offices secured a wind measurement project which paves the way for the next step in planning the development of a portfolio of offshore wind farms in South Korea.DNV is providing technical advisory and project management support for the deployment and monitoring of seven Floating Lidar System (FLS) devices for KREDO Offshore, a Korean renewable energy developer. The FLS takes wind measurements from a vertical light detection and ranging device and also collects a range of measurements including met ocean parameters. It has become one of the most common measurement technologies of choice for
Hanwha Ocean Eyes Submarine Exports to Canada, Philippines, Poland - official
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean has pitched offers to build submarines to Canada, the Philippines, and Poland, a company official said on Wednesday, as the country pushes to become one of the world's top four defense exporters.Canada is studying potential builders for new submarines and has expressed interest in Hanwha Ocean among other foreign rivals, Kim Seung-min, leader of Hanwha Ocean's naval and special ship overseas marketing team, told Reuters in an interview, without naming the competitors."We are now checking on our shoelaces at the start line before the race
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