First WindFloat Atlantic Unit Sets Sail
The first of the three floating platforms for the 25-MW WindFloat Atlantic project has sailed from Spain carrying a fully installed turbine to a location 20 kilometers (12.43 miles) off the coast of Viana do Castelo, Portugal.Once at the final location, the three floating structures – stretching 30 meters in height and with a distance between each one of their columns of 50 meters – will be installed to form the first floating wind farm in continental Europe.The structure that has set off from the outer harbour of Ferrol comprises a floating platform and a wind turbine…
DNV GL Raises the Standard for Thermoplastic Composite Pipes
DNV GL has launched a new standard that allows operators to choose thermoplastic composite pipes (TCP) instead of steel or traditional flexibles, enabling substantial cost reductions throughout the project lifecycle.After the successful and wide adaptation of the recommended practice (RP) DNVGL-RP-F119 by the industry for qualification of TCP for various applications from dynamic to static applications since its publication in 2015, the RP has now been converted to an official DNV GL standard DNVGL-ST-F119.
Optime Presents New Tree Control and Intervention System
At Subsea Valley 2017, Jan-Fredrik Carlsen, CEO of the Notodden based Norwegian company Optime Subsea, promised to revolutionize the intervention and controls segment of the subsea oil and gas industry through a new and disruptive technology. A year later at Subsea Valley 2018, Optime’s Subsea Controls and Intervention Light System (SCILS) was presented. "Our intent is not to be disruptive for the sake of being disruptive, but support the industry’s progress in providing cost reducing tecnology," Carlsen said. "I believe our SCILS demonstrates this.
EnerMech Collaborates on Snap Ring Joint
EnerMech has signed a collaboration agreement with pipeline solutions specialist Snap Ring Joint (SRJ) to provide weld-free mechanical coupling products to international clients. SRJ is a well-established pipe connection and repair solution provider to the energy sector and has pioneered disruptive technology in developing a suite of products which are compatible with all sizes of pipework. Mechanical engineering group EnerMech’s in-country presence in the major…
Cubility Launches CubeLink
Cubility AS, a provider of solids control solutions, has launched CubeLink, a new technology that aims to dramatically improve the transportation of drilling waste. Based on an existing technology utilized in food processing and commercialized by Cubility and Ellegaard Components A/S with support from Statoil, CubeLink safely and cost-effectively transports drilling waste directly from shale shakers or Cubility’s own MudCube solids control system to a storage unit or final processing unit on a drilling rig.
US Navy Seeks to Transform Gas Turbine Technology
Naval Research Laboritory (NRL) scientists study the complex physics of Rotating Detonation Engines (RDE's). With its strong dependence on gas-turbine engines for propulsion, the U.S. Navy is always looking for ways to improve the fuel consumption of these engines. At the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), scientists are studying the complex physics of Rotating Detonation Engines (RDEs) which offer the potential for high dollar savings by way of reduced fuel consumption in gas-turbine engines, explains Dr.
