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Expro has successfully completed an integrated Plug and Abandonment (P&A) contract valued at more than USD 20 million for a subsidiary of Petronas (PCMPL), ofshore Mauritania in West Africa. The well-interventon scope of the P&A project utlised Expro’s integrated Open Water Interventon Riser System (OWIRS) for successful interventon and barrier placement on ffeen wells for PCMPL’s Chinguet Field Phase II works. The system’s compact nature provided considerable tme savings by retrieving the subsea trees without an additonal run. This was further enhanced by the efcient parallel deployment of the OWIRS and rig blowout preventor from the auxiliary well and primary well centre through the rig’s dual derrick capabilites.

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About four years ago, Vroon Ofshore Services Genoa implemented the Crew Competence Management system, a tool designed to enhance the contnuous professional development of the Crewing staf. The Genoa team is now working on updatng the system with additonal feet-specifc requirements. To this end, Vroon is pleased to announce they are cooperatng with Global Maritme to integrate a Dynamic Positoning (DP) competence in the existng Competence Management system. This integrated development tool will enable assessment of DP-specifc competences, ensuring contnuous improvement of development plans. It will facilitate a shif from a compliance-based culture to an awareness-centred culture, implementng best practces from the Internatonal Marine Contractors Associaton (IMCA) and Ofshore Vessel Management and Self Assessment (OVMSA) personnel development guidelines.

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Producton from the Troll phase 3 project in the North Sea commenced on Friday 27 August. The project has a break-even price below USD 10 and CO2 emissions of less than 0.1 kg per barrel oil equivalent. The new wells are ted into the Troll A platorm, and Troll phase 3 will extend the platorm’s life past 2050. Recoverable volumes from Troll phase 3, which will produce the Troll West gas cap, are estmated at as much as 347m3 billion of gas. Converted into oil equivalent, this amounts to 2.2 billion barrels. The Troll phase 3 project consists of eight wells in two templates, a new pipeline and umbilical connectng the templates to Troll A, as well as a new gas processing module on the platorm. The annual export volume from Troll is equivalent to approximately 8% of the EU’s gas consumpton, and the further development of the Troll feld also reinforces Norway’s ability to secure gas deliveries to Europe in the coming decades. The Troll partners are Equinor, Petoro, Shell, Total Energies, and ConocoPhillips.

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Deme Ofshore’s DP2 jack-up installaton vessel Sea Installer will undergo a major crane upgrade when the capacity is increased from 900t to 1,600t. Constructed by crane manufacturer Huisman, the new crane will enable the vessel to handle the next generaton of ofshore wind turbines. The upgraded Sea Installer will be deployed for the frst tme at the 800MW Vineyard Wind 1 project, one of the frst large-scale windfarms in the US. Vineyard Wind 1 will feature 62 GE Haliade-X ofshore turbines. These giants have a 220m rotor, 107m blades, and will be a staggering 248m high. To prepare for the future, Deme has embarked on a multyear feet investment programme which has enabled the company to have at its disposal the most versatle and hightech feet in the industry today. To remain a leader in turbine installaton, Deme has also secured an opton to upgrade the crane on jack-up installaton vessel Sea Challenger.

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Strohm has announced a game-changing joint industry programme (JIP) with Petrobras and Shell for its Thermoplastc Composite Pipe (TCP) Flowline and Riser technology. The contract has the potental to revolutonise the deepwater fowline and riser market in Brazil and beyond with a corrosion-free soluton that has a 30-year design life. The four-year award coincides with a large plant expansion which is well underway at Strohm’s premises in the Netherlands as part of its ongoing growth strategy. The JIP has also extended its footprint in Brazil, triggering a raf of local engineering appointments and a new Rio de Janeiro ofce. The region’s prolifc pre-salt provinces have some of the most productve wells in the world. Typically, deepwater felds such as these are produced through dynamic risers connected to foatng producton storage and ofoading (FPSO) vessels. Recently, conventonal fexible fowline and risers have been reported to exhibit premature integrity issues due to corrosion, leading to regular replacement that is costly and leads to deferred producton. Strohm’s TCP Flowline and Riser is a disruptve new product that is corrosion-resistant with a three-decade design life. It yields a superior fatgue performance and is light weight compared to steel, resultng in a cost-efectve and free-hanging catenary confguraton once installed.

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Nor-Shipping10 – 13 January, 2022 Oslo, NorwayNor-shipping.com26 – 27 October 2021Offshore Energy AmsterdamAmsterdam, the Netherlands offshore-energy.biz Europort Rotterdam 2021 2 – 5 November, 2021 Rotterdam, The Netherlands Europort.nl 8 – 11 November 2021 ADIPEC 2021Abu Dhabi, UAE adipec.com 23 – 25 November 2021WindEurope Electric City Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmarkwindeurope.org/ElectricCity2021 Offshore Events 29 – 30 September 2021Global Offshore Wind London London, United Kingdomevents.renewableuk.com/gow21-overview

Afer mooring lines installaton in June and towing and hook up in July, Bourbon Subsea Services has completed the ofshore installaton of the 3.6MW TetraSpar Demonstrator Floatng Wind Turbine (FWT) at Metcentre Test site in Norway, by just recently laying and connectng the power cable. Afer having installed most of the semi-submersible Floatng Wind Turbines from 2.5MW to 8.3MW in Europe since 2011, Bourbon consolidates its positon on the market and strengthens its track record with the installaton of this frst FWT prototype based on the innovatve SPAR concept, designed by Stesdal Ofshore Technologies. When installing the new FWT prototype, Bourbon Subsea Services not only developed solutons aimed at achieving the new technical challenges related to a specifc design, but also ensured that the proposed methodology is easily replicable to match the constraints of clients’ future commercial projects.

Tekmar Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DeepWater Buoyancy. Under the MOU, the companies will bring together their complementary engineering capabilites and extensive track records in their respectve felds, to enhance the range of services and technologies they ofer customers, whilst helping to integrate and optmise ofshore project supply chains. The partnership is focused on the new and emerging foatng ofshore wind market, which has an exponental growth forecast of 10GW installed capacity by 2030. Tekmar Group and DeepWater will provide greater value across the life of a foatng wind project by ofering a collectve package of geotechnical assessment and engineering analysis, cable and mooring system design, cable protecton and stabilisaton solutons, cable buoyancy, and mooring line buoyancy. Additonally, they will ofer bespoke product solutons for the unique elements of foatng ofshore wind projects such as cable disconnecton systems. The partnership further supports Tekmar Group’s organic growth strategy by strengthening its presence and manufacturing capability in the US fxed ofshore wind market, an emerging but increasingly important market for the group. The partnership also provides DeepWater with greater access to the European market, where their products complement Tekmar Group’s existng ofering.

Hatenboer-Water, the Dutch water producton and treatment company, expands its outreach by appointng Ofshore Water Management (Aberdeen) as its frst certfed partner. With this partnership, Hatenboer-Water expands its global reach in the maritme industry, testng and supplying safe onboard drinking water. Getng closer to its clients in promising regions is currently a key objectve, and this certfcaton adds to an eighteen-month run of new partnerships and ofces in Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Turkey, Norway, and the USA. The enterprise already has ofces in Singapore and Dubai. OWM Group supports customer assets globally on platorms, drilling rigs, FPSO’s, and oil & gas and renewables service vessels. Both companies have known each other for several years and feel the formal partnership is a logical step that fts neatly in the companies’ commercial strategies.

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Smulders has concluded a strategic alliance with Marmen Welcon, the joint venture between two of the world’s leading manufacturers of onshore and ofshore wind towers, for the manufacturing of transiton pieces for ofshore wind turbines for the US market at the Port of Albany. This agreement accelerates the growth of the US ofshore wind supply chain by bringing Smulders’s expertse to the highly automated Marmen Welcon facility, soon to be built at the Port of Albany, New York, the largest inland port in the Northeastern US. The strategic alliance with Smulders supports the largest ofshore wind investment in the US announced earlier this year by Marmen and Welcon, in partnership with the Port of Albany and Equinor. Marmen Welcon, in conjuncton with Smulders, will be the frst to manufacture ofshore wind towers and transiton pieces in the US. The port development is scheduled to begin later in 2021, and ofshore wind towers are scheduled to begin producton at the end of 2023.

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MingYang Smart Energy has reached a new milestone with the introducton of the new MySE 16.0-242, the world’s largest hybrid drive wind turbine. Designed for high-wind IEC IB including typhoon-class IEC TC, the powerful turbine features an exceptonal nameplate capacity of 16MW, a 242m diameter rotor, 118m long blades, and a staggering 46,000m2 swept area equivalent of more than six soccer felds. With industry’s largest rotor and highest nominal ratng, it is set to move the boundaries of wind energy producton even further. A single MySE 16.0-242 turbine can generate 80,000MWh of electricity every year, enough to power more than 20,000 households. In comparison, it produces 45% more energy than MingYang’s previous turbine model, the MySE 11.0-203.

BOE Exploraton & Producton recently awarded Transocean a USD 252 million contract for its newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship, the Deepwater Atlas, including a mobilisaton fee of USD 30 million. Additonally, the contract provides for a signifcant performance bonus opportunity based upon agreed operatng metrics. This award results from the fnal investment decision of BOE and the Shenandoah working interest owners to sancton the previously announced Shenandoah project in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Shenandoah programme comprises two phases. Once delivered from the shipyard, the Deepwater Atlas is expected to commence operatons in the third quarter of 2022, initally using dual blowout preventers (BOP) rated to 15,000psi. The inital drilling programme is expected to last approximately 255 days. Upon completon of the inital drilling programme, a 20,000psi BOP will be installed on the rig, making it Transocean’s second asset with a 20,000psi-rated well control system. The BOP installaton and commissioning is expected to last 45 to 60 days. Following the 20,000psi BOP installaton, the Deepwater Atlas will commence the second phase of the project – the well completon programme. This phase is expected to last approximately 275 days.

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