Researchers led by the University of Oviedo in Spain have developed a new floating PV system for applications in offshore waters. “The novelty of the system lies in combining a dual-axis solar tracker ...

A type of floating production system, tension leg platforms (TLPs) are buoyant production facilities vertically moored to the seafloor by tendons. TLP Design While a buoyant hull supports the platform ...

HOUSTON, Nov. 3, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE:OIS) announced today that Oil States Industries, its wholly owned subsidiary headquartered in Arlington, Texas, was ...

Gazelle reckons it's got a solution. The company says its odd-looking platform is somewhat of a cross between two other approaches to floating wind, those being semi-submersible and tension leg ...

The contract for the P-61 tension-leg wellhead platform was awarded to Floatec after a re-bid and a long negotiation that resulted in a reduction of 5000-tonne in topsides payload. A decision to use a ...

HOUSTON, Sept. 6-- The Mars tension-leg platform (TLP), heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005, currently is producing 190,000 boe/d (gross), Shell Exploration & Production Co.

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gazelle Wind Power has received statement of feasibility from leading, independent classification society DNV for its patented, breakthrough hybrid floating wind platform with ...

US Operator Anadarko is expected to make a $200 million decision next month between either a tension-leg platform or a spar to develop its deep-water Marco Polo field in the Gulf of Mexico. Marco Polo ...

The expanding field of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) has seen dynamic advancements in design and performance evaluation, driven by the necessity to harness wind resources in deeper waters ...

The US took its first steps toward embracing offshore wind power earlier this month with the approval of the Vineyard Wind 1 project off the coast of Massachusetts. When the site is complete, 62 ...