Floating Offshore Wind: Attention Turns Subsea for Power Transport
proposed, including for the current ScotWind floating offshore wind round. Some of those working on concepts are building on their experience from the oil and gas industry where transformers, seabed and topsides, have been developed and delivered for the oil and gas industry for some time.Image courtesy Aker OffshoreKenneth Simonsen, SVP for Offshore Wind, at Aker Solutions says its floating substation design is focused on serving wind farms ranging from 250MW to 1.3GW and 220KV, and is based on the standardized building blocks it’s developed and proven in oil and gas. “The simple hull is
Three New Members Join Subsea UK Board
worked for oil and gas majors Acergy Limited, Total E&P and Technip Offshore, covering a range of services, including drilling, well control, subsea support, logistics and topside operations. Before joining BP in 2001 Bruce held a number of roles in the industry, working for Aker Kvaerner’s manufacturing, system engineering and R&D divisions. A graduate of Robert Gordon University and a Chartered Engineer from the Institute of Measurement and Control, Bruce is currently responsible for the management of extensive subsea infrastructure operated by BP across the North
TCO Hires Betteridge as Managing Director
well. Latterly, he was promoted to vice president of AGR seabed intervention. Reviewing the business, Betteridge implemented changes which stabilized the division and resulted in the division being acquired by Marin Subsea in late 2013 Betteridge has held numerous roles for Dril‐Quip, Aker Kvaerner Subsea and Vetco Gray. For each of these roles, he has spent time overseas in the Middle East, Norway and South East Asia. TCO serves the upstream oil and natural gas industry throughout the reservoir life cycle and specializes in the design, manufacture and installation of completion barrier
February 2025
