Offshore engineering

Jul 26, 2024 © Mike Mareen / Adobe Stock Twin Brothers Marine (TBM) has joined a major infrastructure development project to support multiple renewable energy initiatives along the Northeast Coast, including offshore wind. The project will involve the fabrication and delivery of 3,000 tons of structural components. These components will be used in the creation…

Jul 25, 2024 © xmentoys / Adobe Stock Slovakia-based drilling specialist GA Drilling has entered into a technical cooperation program with Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras to deliver more efficient deep drilling system. In cooperation with Cenpes, Petrobras’ research, development, and innovation center, the partnership aims to bring a next-generation downhole drilling system…

Published:  24 July, 2024 Applications are now open for innovative companies based in Scotland to join the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s award-winning Launch Academy programme. Launch Academy is an industry-backed technology accelerator programme designed to support the commercialisation of new technologies that will enhance the UK’s offshore wind supply chain, enabling greater local content while supporting cost reduction. The prestigious Launch…

Published:  24 July, 2024 Interroll, a global leader in material handling solutions, has announced it has doubled the use of self-generated energy and nearly tripled the percentage of both shares in renewable energy, and the consumption of renewable electrical power. New statistics from the company’s latest sustainability report reaffirm its commitment to Environmental, Social and…

Empire Energy’s Offshore Division, an offshore wind EPC firm, has partnered with Largo Concrete, a structural concrete contractor, to support the growth of offshore wind sector. The partnership will leverage Empire Energy Offshore’s project portfolio and deep industry knowledge alongside Largo’s concrete expertise to drive innovative solutions and sustainable infrastructure in the growing offshore wind…

Jul 22, 2024 Rendering of the elevator style wind turbine assembly system from CLS Wind (Image: CLS Wind) Classification society ABS announced it has awarded approval in principle (AIP) to Houston-based CLS Wind for its innovative wind turbine assembly system. The patented elevator style assembly system promises easier, safer and faster wind turbine and nacelle…

Jul 22, 2024 (Image: Wind Catching Systems) Wind Catching Systems announced its 40MW Windcatcher design has received approval in principle (AIP) from DNV. The objective of an AIP is to perform a third-party technical evaluation of a design to assess whether there are any conceptual showstoppers or rule compliance aspects that need improvement. As such,…

Subsea controls specialist J+S Subsea has completed its first project in Canada, which involved the supply of three subsea battery-powered control systems to maintain integrity of the subsea electrical infrastructure at an offshore oil and gas field. J+S Subsea systems will maintain integrity of the subsea electrical infrastructure when topside electrical power is unavailable, the…

TechnipFMC has secured a ‘large’ integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation (iEPCI) contract by oil and gas company Energean for its Katlan development in the Mediterranean Sea. This is Energean’s first project to use TechnipFMC’s configure-to-order Subsea 2.0 production systems. The exact value of the contract was not disclosed, but for TechnipFMC large contract means…

Jul 18, 2024 © twixter / Adobe Stock The consortium made up of Dragados Offshore – a subsidiary of Cobra IS, a VINCI company – and Siemens Energy has been awarded a $3.17 billion (€2.9 billion) contract by the German transmission system operator 50Hertz to design, build and install of two electrical conversion stations. The…