Offshore engineering

Indonesia has approved a development plan for the first phase of the Geng North gas field operated by Italy’s Eni in the Makassar Strait, the upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas said in a statement on Friday. The approval also covered the development of the nearby Gehem field, SKK Migas said, part of the…

BP has selected Exmar Offshore and Audubon Engineering Company to complete engineering and design of a floating production unit (FPU) destined for the British supermajor’s deepwater Kaskida development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Exmar Offshore, a Houston-based subsidiary of Belgium’s Exmar, has been awarded a contract to design and engineer the FPU’s hull, while…

Published:  21 August, 2024 The National Composites Centre (NCC) has announced that Scottish Renewables will be joining the SusWIND Steering Board. SusWIND is a collaborative innovation programme focused on creating a viable circular economy for wind turbine blades. Launched in 2021 by the NCC, in partnership with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the programme…

Aug 20, 2024 The PREDICT 2.0 initiative involves deployment of various sensors that can be used to help identify the potential impacts of floating windfarms on marine ecosystems, including the drivers of variation in fish movement and availability as prey. Iimage courtesy Salamander Salamander, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, has…

Aug 19, 2024 (Source: Intelatus Global Partners) The Biden administration on Monday issued an offshore wind lease to the state of Maine for a small project that will demonstrate floating turbine technology off the U.S. East Coast. The lease area covers 9,700 acres (3,920 hectares) and is 28 nautical miles (52 kilometers) from shore, an…

The intermittency of offshore wind power is both a challenge and an opportunity for green hydrogen production.   There will be a new generation of platforms taking up space in offshore wind farms as hydrogen production is used to help balance power supply and demand. Green hydrogen could be produced at off-grid windfarms but, if…

OceanX, which is reported by its developer MingYang Group to be the world’s largest single capacity floating wind power platform, embarked on its journey from Guangzhou to the Yangjiang Mingyang Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm in Guangdong, China, a 191-nautical-mile, 50-hour tow. This floating wind turbine platform is arranged in a ‘V’ shape and carries two…

Aug 18, 2024 Copyright DP-STUDIO/AdobeSto U.S. energy firms last week cut oil and natural gas rigs for the second time in three weeks, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by two to 586 in the…

Aug 16, 2024 Source: Subsea7 Subsea7 today announced the award of a sizeable contract in the US Gulf of Mexico worth between $50 million and $150 million. The scope of work includes engineering, procurement, construction, and offshore installation of a water injection flowline, hull piping and associated subsea infrastructure. Project management and engineering work will…

Published:  14 August, 2024 A new team is heading up the organisation of SPE Offshore Europe (OE) at RX Global, in partnership with SPE, in the biennial event next being held at P&J Live, Aberdeen, UK from 2-5 September 2025. David Ince (pictured) has been appointed as SPE Offshore Europe Exhibition Director and Michael Enser…