Offshore engineering

Jul 18, 2024 (Credit: Intermoor) (Credit: Intermoor) (Credit: Intermoor) Acteon’s InterMoor has completed the construction of 12 mooring piles for the Salamanca floating production unit (FPU) located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and operated by LLOG Exploration. The 12 piles, built with over 2,000 tons of steel, are 80’ long and 16’ OD, weighing…

Published:  17 July, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are leading the transformative changes in the oil and gas sector, accelerating advancements in operational efficiency, safety, and environmental sustainability. These technologies are reshaping how the sector approaches exploration, production, refining, and logistics, instituting a new era of innovations for heightened productivity, efficiency, sustainability, and safety,…

Published:  17 July, 2024 GEV a market-leading wind turbine blade repair and maintenance expert, has announced it has marked an industry first after further investing in its network of training facilities to help bridge the global skills gap for technicians. The group has established the North American Wind Academy at its US headquarters in Texas.…

Jul 16, 2024 Artist’s Rendering of Cedar FLNG (Credit: Cedar LNG) Samsung Heavy Industries has hired French engineering company GTT for tank design of a new floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit as part of $4 billion Cedar LNG project in Canada. As part of the contract with Samsung Heavy Industries, GTT will design the…

Singaporean rig- and shipbuilder Seatrium has tapped the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to class a pair of floating production storage and offloading units (FPSO) being built for Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras, the classification society announced.  Slated for delivery in 2029, the FPSOs P-84 and P-85 will be deployed in the Atapu and Sépia fields, located…

Jul 10, 2024 (Credit: Vallourec) France-based tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a contract from TotalEnergies to supply almost 5,000 tonnes of OCTG solutions and associated services for the Kaminho deepwater project on Block 20, 100 km off the coast of Angola. On this project, Vallourec will supply its range of VAM connections and use…

Published:  10 July, 2024 SBM Offshore and Ocean-Power have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the intent to collaborate on a floating power generation hub with CO2 capture and storage. The purpose of the partnership is to assess the technical feasibility and commercial readiness to collaborate on the concept, exclusive to the…

Published:  10 July, 2024 Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, has announced it has secured a six-year contract to provide brownfield engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) solutions for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquified Natural Gas (FLNG) facility in Western Australia. Ken Gilmartin, CEO at Wood (pictured) said “LNG is a key transition fuel…

Jul 9, 2024 Prelude FLNG (Credit: Shell) Engineering consultancy Wood has secured a long-term contract to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) solutions for Shell’s Prelude floating liquified natural gas (FLNG). Under the six-year contract signed with Shell, Wood will provide EPCm services for the world’s largest floating offshore gas facility, located some 475…

Jul 8, 2024 (Credit: Siemens Gamesa) Danish engineering group Ramboll has secured a foundation design contract for Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. Ramboll’s scope of work includes developing the basic and detailed design of 63 monopile foundations that will support the 15 MW class turbines of Skyborn Renewables’ offshore wind project.…