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From Sail to Steam to … the Stars? How Innovation in the Commercial Space Industry is Impacting the Maritime Sector and Coast Guard
On July 21, 2021, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl L. Schultz testified to Congress on a discreet budget issue that one may have been missed if not paying close attention: to stay ready, the Coast Guard must keep pace with the technological advances occurring across the maritime sphere with “increased space operations.” Such a subtle comment may have been overshadowed by recent commercial excursions into space by Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson, but the Commandant’s reference to space operations is telling.
May 11, 2021, by Adrijana Buljan
Canadian government has awarded funding to several projects that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil & gas operations, including a project using floating wind turbines to power oil & gas assets.
The project, being developed by floating wind technology developer Saitec and offshore oil & gas engineering company Waterford Energy Services, is aiming to bring forward a ‘plug-and-play’ renewable power option for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs) and other offshore or nearshore installations.
The funding will be used for the first phase of the project. The second phase will focus on developing a full field demonstration, whereby power will be generated by a floating wind turbine and transmitted to an offshore or nearshore installation.
Credit: Saitec
The Government of Canada has approved funding for Waterford Energy Services Inc. (WESI) and Saitec Offshore s project designed to power offshore drilling rigs using a plug-and-play renewable energy solution.
The funding program aimed to support programs that would help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from offshore oil and gas activities in Newfoundland and Labrador. The funds granted to the Saitec-WESI partnership come from a competitive process in which around under a hundred plans were assessed for a pool of $24.4 million. The partnership between WESI and Saitec brings together WESI’s offshore oil and gas engineering and technical know-how with Saitec’s floating wind expertise, the companies said.
RS updates oil-and-gas equipment Rules
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) issues a new updated edition of the Rules for the Oil-and-Gas Equipment (OGE Rules) of Floating Offshore Oil-and-Gas Production Units (FPU), Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU) and Fixed Offshore Platforms (FOP).
The new edition is accessible at rs-class.org in the Online Information – RS Publications section and enters into force on January 1, 2021.
Possessing hands-on experience in survey of stations for reception/delivery of fluids and free-flowing materials between FPU/MODU/FOP and support vessel, RS has developed and implemented into the new edition of the OGE Rules new requirements concerning hose stations for reception/delivery of drilling mud (mineral oil), waste drilling mud and drilling waste water, open hazardous drainages, process fresh water, as well as for the provision of free-flowing materials (weighting agent, cement) loading and transportation into the pneumatic conveying system