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API’s Repair and Remanufacture Program Strengthens Equipment Integrity
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IP Code Compliance: More than a Regulatory Formality, it Impacts Commercial Viability
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The Future of Long-Idle Drillships: Cold-Stacked or Dead-Stacked?
What happens to cold-stacked rigs that are unlikely to return to work? With the floater market showing signs of weakness and contract opportunities becoming scarcer, reactivating these units is proving to be increasingly challenging.
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Rig retirements set to rise as utilisation falls to lowest level since 2021
The offshore rig market recovery appears to have taken a pause, with demand tapering off and marketed utilization hitting the lowest levels recorded since recovery began in 2021. A variety of factors have contributed to this – including Saudi Aramco’s suspension of over 30 jackup contracts by up to one year, the entry of newbuild rigs into the market without work to go to, and the deferment of several long-term deepwater drilling and plug and abandonment projects.
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Charting the Evolving U.S Offshore Wind Landscape
Only four or five months ago, the U.S. offshore market seemed poised to embark on a phase of major expansion to become one of the world’s largest markets for offshore wind installations. How things have changed in a few months.
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Geopolitics and Climate Change: Development of Offshore Wind in East Asia and Pacific
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One-on-One with Gaël Cailleaux, Renewables General Manager, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA)
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, a 170-year-old French family-owned company operating across a broad swath of maritime and offshore energy, recently announced a shipbuilding order and fleet expansion with the order for a series of three next generation SOVs, a series that will lean on five years of experience operating some of the first Hybrid-Electric SOVs. Gaël Cailleaux, Renewables General Manager, LDA takes a deep dive into the company, the investment in the future fleet, and the lessons learned from that first series of ships that will be leveraged in the next series.
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FPSO Fleet Fills Out
The global FPSO fleet is trending towards more, and large capacity, newbuilds.
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ENGINEERING THE END: Pulling the Plug on Old Wells
Well-Safe Solutions, a seven-year-old company with already more than 300 employees and 100 well decommissioning projects under its belt, relies on its fleet – two semisubmersibles and one jack-up – but more so on its engineering acumen to successfully, safely take old offshore assets out of action. James Richards, Well Abandonment Director, Well-Safe Solutions discusses with Offshore Engineer insights on the technology driving the business, as well as the next fertile grounds for decommissioning activity.
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Keeping Watch
No longer just FIFO workers, subsea vehicles are settling in for long-term IMR assignments.
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Keys to Keeping Offshore Metal Structures Ship Shape
Mitigating Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) and Hydrogen Embrittlement (HE) in Offshore Structures.
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Transforming Deepwater Managed Pressure Drilling
A Closer Look at the Subsea Integrated Riser Joints
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How FLNG technology can expand to support the energy transition
Fast-growing energy demand is driving the need for technical support and guidance in new locations, writes Terrance Roberts, Manager, Global Business Development, ABS
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From Oil to Wind: Cross-Skill Pilot Exemplifies Just-Transition in Action
Groundbreaking program launched to deliver a two-way transition for Oil & Gas Technicians working in Wind
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By the Numbers: Discoveries & Reserves
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Source: Wood Mackenzie Offshore Rig Tracker
By the numbers: RIGS
