Decommissioned offshore structures offer limited long-term ecological benefits if they are simply left in the ocean to serve as artificial reefs, a new study suggests. It highlighted that such ...

Offshore wind turbines were built to power homes, but their steel foundations are quietly becoming something marine ...

Researchers at the Norwegian institute Sintef are testing a special floating structure that Equinor wants to deploy in offshore waters. The structure is built with an anchoring system that is claimed ...

API updates standards for offshore structures US oil and gas industry group the American Petroleum Institute (API) has published an updated set of recommended standards for the design and construction ...

DNV with key industry players develop an enhanced design framework for structures deployed in open water & harsh areas. In order to ensure a common, transparent and documented approach to achieving ...

Offshore wind energy is pivotal for achieving global renewable energy targets. As of 2022, 12% of global electricity is derived from wind and solar power, with an imperative to reach 90% renewable ...

Fatigue damage prediction is essential for safety of contemporary offshore energy industrial projects, like offshore wind turbines, that are to be designed for sufficiently long operational period of ...

The StrengthBond Offshore project performed more than 250 specimen tests and 115 numerical simulations of laminated/bonded composite patches for the repair of corrosion in steel ships and offshore oil ...

The new floating structures can be made of light, reinforced concrete or similar materials, and are claimed to withstand 6m high waves. They can be utilized with standard photovoltaic modules that are ...