Energy

The registration for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 is now live! The event, to be held on October 26 - 27 in Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands, will attract thousands of offshore professionals and hundreds of exhibiting companies.

Vissim AS has signed a long-term framework agreement with Equinor to provide digital marine optimization solutions to the operator’s offshore wind projects, including an immediate call-off for Dogger Bank A, B and C.

The organizers of SPE Offshore Europe 2021 have announced that the show’s face-to-face event is moving to 1-4 February 2022 at P&J Live, Aberdeen and the conference will run virtually from 7-10 September 2021.

Equinor has set a clear ambition to become a net zero energy company by 2050, including emissions from production and final consumption. Today, Equinor also sets interim ambitions, aiming to reduce net carbon intensity with 20% by 2030 and 40% by 2035.

CSignum Ltd., a global leader in smart communications solutions, subsea asset digitization, and actionable insights for ocean industries; announces the testing of the prototype solution developed with Tfl Marine as part of the Floating Wind Technology Accelerator Competition (FLW TAC) was successful.

Equinor and partners Vår Energi and Aker BP have struck oil in production license 554. Recoverable resources are estimated at between 1.3 and 3.6 million standard cubic meters of oil equivalent, corresponding to 8-23 million barrels of oil equivalent.

A Fugro-led consortium that includes AS Mosley and the University of Strathclyde has designed a mooring line fatigue tracker that safely and cost-effectively monitors offshore floating wind turbines, thanks to innovation funding from the Scottish Government.

In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of installing 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, the Department of the Interior has announced  a proposed sale for offshore wind development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the New York Bight – an area of shallow waters between Long Island and the New Jersey coast.

Wison Offshore & Marine Co., Ltd. (“WOM") has announced official completion of its semi- submersible foundation platform for the Three Gorges Guangdong Floating Offshore Wind Power Project developed by China Three Gorges (“CTG”).

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has issued an executive order calling for the development of 2.8 GW of offshore wind power by 2030, and 8 GW by 2040. Governor Cooper’s executive order builds on a 2018 order to transition the state to clean energy and a 2021 report highlighting how North Carolina could capture economic benefits from the estimated $100 billion U.S. offshore wind market if it took steps to embrace the industry. With today’s announcement, U.S. states commitments to offshore wind power generation total 40 GW, stretching from the Carolinas to the Gulf of Maine.

The Business Network for Offshore Wind’s 2021 International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum (IPF) will hold its final IPF Virtual event on June 17 focused on safety for a growing offshore wind energy workforce – a critical focus as the industry moves forward.

PowerChina Huadong Engineering Co. Ltd. has appointed AqualisBraemar LOC as marine warranty surveyor on phases 2 and 3 on the Binh Dai Wind Farm Development offshore Vietnam.