Floating Wind and the Taming of Subsea Spaghetti
for the job,” says Wattez. “Offshore construction vessels with vertical lay systems can be more efficient alternatives.”The Normand Installer is able to handle a floater mooring and hook-up scope, capitalizing on similarities with O&G deepwater installations.Source SBM OffshoreAker Solutions has developed an alternative to the traditional daisy-chain arrangement for cabling multiple, typically five, floaters together. The daisy chain arrangement means that turbines further down the chain may require larger diameter cables, even up to a quarter of a meter in diameter, because they
Aker Solutions to Design Substations for Mediterranean Floating Wind Project
Renexia, through its subsidiary Renext Solutions, has signed a front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) with Aker Solutions to design the underwater substations for Med Wind project, a 2.8 GW floating wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea.Aker Solutions will work in close cooperation with its alliance partner ABB to deliver the project scope.The agreement involves the design of eight modules, two for each section of the Med Wind park, to be laid on the seabed of the Strait of Sicily, at a depth of between 520 and 660 meters, into which the cables of the plant's floating turbines will be
SLB OneSubsea Gets TotalEnergies’ Kaminho Deepwater Job Off Angola
SLB, through its OneSubsea joint venture, has secured a contract from TotalEnergies to provide subsea production system, including associated equipment and services, for the development of Kaminho project, offshore Angola.SLB OneSubsea, a joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, will provide a 13-well subsea production system scope.The project will be developed by TotalEnergies and its Block 20/11 partners in two phases for the Cameia and Golfinho discoveries.Together, SLB OneSubsea and TotalEnergies will work to deliver a sustainable project that will improve production in Angola.
SLB OneSubsea to Design All-Electric Subsea System for Equinor’s Fram Sør Field
tree design, upgraded with a fully electrified power, control and actuation system, while the elimination of high-pressure hydraulic systems will enable operators to go further and deeper, improving production and making even marginal fields more viable.SLB OneSubsea is a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7 headquartered in Oslo and Houston, with 10,000 employees across the world
OneSubsea Scoops 'Sizeable' Contract for Work at Troll Gas Field in North Sea
OneSubsea, a joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea 7, has secured a contract from Equinor for work at Troll gas field in the North Sea.The contract, whose value was not disclosed, is for for Phase 3, Stage 2 of Equinor’s North Sea Troll Project, which is in line for over $1.1 billion infrastructure investment announced by Norway’s energy giant with project partners earlier on May 24, 2024.Equinor and Partners Invest Over $1.1B in Troll Gas Field’s New InfrastructureTo accelerate field delivery of the subsea tieback to existing infrastructure, SLB OneSubsea will leverage
Aker Solutions to Pilot Subsea Power Distribution System for Floating Wind
Aker Solutions has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract with the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Norway to pilot new subsea power system technology which has the potential to reduce costs and complexity of offshore wind farms.The project will see Aker Solutions provide new power transmission technology, Subsea Collector, for the METCentre’s offshore wind test area which today consists of two floating offshore wind turbines, located 10km off the southwestern coast of Karmøy, Norway.The test area will expand to seven floating offshore wind turbines from 2026.
MTR100: Subsea Batteries
landers. Credit: © Caladan Oceanic, LLC.One of A.G.O. Environmental Electronics’s latest projects involved designing a set of large battery packs to supply 172V with 21Ah capacity at up to 3,000m depth for subsea technology company Envirex’s SWIFT project. The system was designed for Aker Solutions as a completely wireless and self-powered tool for tubing hanger installation on subsea oil wells.The deep sea can experience near-zero temperatures that can significantly reduce batteries’ rated performance. Available space is limited such that overall battery pack capacity may be dictated
Aker Solutions, SLB, and Subsea 7 Create Subsea Joint Venture
Aker Solutions, SLB, and Subsea 7 have closed the previously proposed transaction to create a subsea joint venture.The new business, which will adopt the OneSubsea name, will drive innovation and efficiency in subsea production by helping customers unlock reserves and reduce cycle time, the companies said in a statement on Monday."OneSubsea now comprises Aker Solutions’ and SLB’s subsea businesses, which include an extensive complementary subsea production and processing technology portfolio, world-class manufacturing scale and capacity, access to industry-leading reservoir and
SLB, Subsea 7, and Aker Solutions' Subsea JV Gets Nods from Competition Authorities
Oilfield services firms SLB, Subsea 7, Aker Solutions have received approvals from all relevant competition authorities to create a subsea joint venture, as proposed in August 2022."Following clearance as of [Friday] by antitrust authorities in Brazil, all regulatory approvals/clearances required to close the transactions have been obtained, including required clearances in Angola, Mozambique, Australia, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. All approvals/clearances obtained are unconditional," Aker Solutions said Friday."The joint venture is planned as a milestone in
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