Offshore engineering

Technip Energies, in partnership with Université Gustave Eiffel, Valeco, and OPEN-C Foundation, has launched the PAREF project, an R&D program aimed at accelerating industrial-scale development of floating wind. The project, funded by the French State as part of France 2030 operated by ADEME, aims to design, fabricate, and test a reusable anchoring system, high and…

Published:  03 July, 2024 The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has announced it has appointed Iain Sinclair as a Non-Executive Director to its board. Sinclair brings over 20 years of experience in the renewable energy supply chain, most recently as the Executive Director of Global Energy Group – a major port operator and energy sector…

Published:  03 July, 2024 Celeros Flow Technology has announced it is contributing to the decarbonisation of offshore oil & gas operations in the North Sea. The company says it has successfully secured a contract to provide two new water injection packages, including the electric motors and variable frequency drives (VFDs), for the AKER/OKEA power from…

Jul 2, 2024 (Image: Maersk Offshore Wind) Denmark-based A.P. Moller – Maersk has launched a dedicated division to provide installation services to the growing offshore wind industry. Maersk Offshore Wind has been formed as a spin off from Maersk Supply Service (MSS), which was acquired by Norwegian offshore supply vessel company DOF Group in a…

Jul 2, 2024 (Image: Salamander Offshore Wind Farm) Marine and engineering consultancy Global Maritime said it has been awarded a contract by the Salamander Offshore Wind Farm, a joint venture between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, to provide engineering services for the PREDICT 2.0 project. The PREDICT 2.0 initiative is a collaboration between the…

Swedish wave energy company CorPower Ocean is nearing completion of planned on-land inspection and upgrades of its first commercial-scale wave energy device, C4, following its first deployment offshore Portugal.  The upgrades being implemented for the C4 device are addressing key findings from operational data collected during the ocean deployment phase of its commercial-scale C4 device…

Jul 1, 2024 © Timon / Adobe Stock Italy’s Saipem has started work at the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind project in Normandy, the energy group’s CEO Alessandro Puliti said on Monday, adding that the wind farm should be completed in 2025. Some big offshore wind projects around the world have recently been cancelled or delayed due…

Jul 1, 2024 © Goodvibes Photo / Adobe Stock Indian multinational conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured an order from India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the eight phase of Pipeline Replacement Project (PRP-VIII Group B) off India’s west coast, worth up to $300 million. The order involves engineering, procurement, construction, installation…

Examining similarities and differences between the deepwater oil & gas and the emerging floating wind segment. There has been much excitement around the potential for the offshore wind industry to access deeper water sites through the deployment of floating wind technology. Further, there has been much discussion around the development and deployment of disruptive technologies…

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Dutch company FibreMax have signed an agreement to collaborate on stiffness-driven mooring tendons for the floating offshore wind market. The collaboration, which is principally focused on floating offshore wind assets, will see ABS provide qualification of FibreMax’ s fiber and small rope testing. ABS will evaluate test methods for…