Ulstein Introduces New Subsea Vessel for Offshore Energy Market
platform is for inter-array cable laying operations as well.“The offshore energy market is booming, and so is the demand for subsea vessels that can operate in challenging environments and perform complex tasks. Whether installing, maintaining, or decommissioning offshore wind farms or oil and gas platforms, subsea vessels need to be flexible, efficient, and reliable,” Ulstein said
Norway Offers $193 Million Funding to Arctic Floating Wind Farm Project
for 2028, within a five-year deadline for completion set by the Enova award.Another tender round for small-scale floating wind is already planned for later this year, Enova said.Last year, Equinor inaugurated the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in the North Sea, which powers a number of oil and gas platforms.($1 = 10.3621 Norwegian crowns)(Reuters - Reporting by Nora Buli, editing by Terje Solsvik
Harland & Wolff Inks Five-Year Contract with Global Oil Services Company
six subsea structures with a contract value of approximately $3.8 million (£3 million).The order comes from an unnamed client that supplies subsea equipment across major hydrocarbon basins around the globe, according to the company.These highly specialized structures are used in oil and gas platforms and the surrounding infrastructure, capable of withstanding pressures of 430 bar (6,235 psi) and as such are mission critical parts.These structures will be built over the next 18 months at Harland and Wolff’s Arnish site in a staged delivery program with an expected completion date in
Tracerco Wins Oil and Gas Inspection Contract in Gulf of Mexico
Tracerco has secured a million-dollar contract in the Gulf of Mexico which will see the business deploy its inspection technology across multiple oil and gas platforms.Under the contract, Tracerco will deploy its pipeline inspection technology – Discovery - as part of an agreement between three of America’s largest oil and gas companies, all of whom operate different riser pipes on multiple platforms in the Gulf.The project also comes as part of the first life extension permit granted for these assets, Tracerco noted.Jim Bramlett, Tracerco’s Commercial Manager for North America
Major Gas Supplier Norway Closely Monitoring Baltic Sea Pipe Burst Probe
which the Baltic Sea incident was discussed. "Of course there is no way to have military presence along all these pipelines and infrastructure all the time." NORD STREAMAfter the Nord Stream sabotage in September 2022, Norway deployed its Navy to protect its offshore oil and gas platforms in the North Sea, with support from NATO allies, such as German and French frigates and British surveillance planes. The patrols continue. On land, the Home Guard was temporarily deployed to help Norwegian police patrol onshore oil and gas installations. In addition, energy major Equinor
UK: ORE Catapult, NZTC Team Up to Help Power Oil & Gas Platforms with Floating Wind
The UK-based Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the Net Zero Technology Centre said Thursday they'd examine potential pathways for the delivery of innovative floating offshore wind technology integrated with existing energy infrastructure, as part of their five year collaboration under the Energy Transition Alliance banner.According to the partners, the WINTOG program will drive collaboration across energy technologies to foster innovative opportunities for floating offshore wind developments, specifically those linked to the current Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing
Kraken's PanGeo SubSea Completes Acoustic Corer Survey off the Dutch Coast
Kraken Robotics said that its PanGeo Subsea subsidiary completed an acoustic coring (AC) campaign for ONE-Dyas in the North Sea, the company's second AC survey at ONE-Dyas's GEMS development, supporting foundation engineering of the N05-A gas platforms.The campaign took place during the summer aboard the M/V Dina Star. PanGeo was the prime contractor for the project. The scope of work was to acquire an acoustic core at each of the 6 legs of the platform foundation, and an additional core centered on the wellhead. PanGeo high-resolution data is designed to identify geohazards such as
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to Start Seabed Surveys for Offshore Wind
a target to develop 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity by 2040. There are no commercial offshore wind farms deployed in Norway currently.Equinor is working to deploy the 88MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm, but electricity from these turbines will be used to power Equinor's oil and gas platforms in the North Sea.First Floating Wind Turbine for Equinor's Hywind Tampen Project Assembled in NorwayNorway Eyes Major Offshore Wind Expansion with 30GW Planned by 204
VIDEO Interview: Steve Hall, Chief Executive, Society for Underwater Technology
towards putting human crew back into shore bases is going to be one of the most significant changes we see in the next few years. And it might be quite a surprise to our descendants 50, 60 years from now who realize, “Hey, do you know back in the 2020s people still actually worked on oil and gas platforms,” or, “they actually went out on fishing boats,” or, “they went out on ships?” Perhaps in some ways it’s a shame because I think there’s a great deal to be said for actually having people out there in that marine environment.It’s easy to forget
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