Osbit Supplies Upending Hinge to Boskalis for US Offshore Wind Project
Osbit, offshore wind technology supplier and member company in Venterra Group, has successfully delivered a monopile upending hinge to Boskalis to support its latest US East Coast operations.
The hinge is initially being used by Boskalis on a project to install a significant number of monopile foundations.
The hinge is designed to upend offshore wind monopile foundations from their horizontal, stowed position, until they are vertical, securely restraining the pile against environmental loading throughout the process as it rotates through the water column.
The system handles monopiles with a wide range of diameters to maximise Boskalis’ opportunities on future wind farms. The hinge itself weighs in at 1,500 tonnes when fully assembled.
The system is installed on Boskalis’ Bokalift 2 crane vessel and is forming a vital part of the monopile installation process, working in tandem with the vessel’s crane to ensure the foundations are manipulated in a safe and controlled manner, prior to hammering into the seabed.
Osbit has built a strong track record in the design and build of offshore foundation installation equipment, having previously delivered upending hinges, monopile grippers and monopile cleaning tools.
CGG Releases New GeoVerse Carbon Storage Study for Gulf of Mexico
Fugro IOVTEC Opens Geotechnical Testing Laboratory in Taiwan
FICL soil advanced testing
Snapshot of GeoVerse Carbon Storage Gulf of Mexico database coverage and single-factor screening map sample for one of the plays covered in the study area. (Image courtesy of CGG Earth Data)
CGG has announced the delivery of the eastern phase of its GeoVerse™ Carbon Storage Gulf of Mexico Study and commencement of the westward extension of the study. Both phases of the project, supported by industry funding, are available for license now with final products for the westward expansion phase available in Q1, 2024.
These studies provide an accurate, unique, and independent map-based assessment of carbon storage opportunities coupled with a desktop-ready well database and web-based visualization dashboards for informed and rapid decision making.
Dechun Lin, EVP Earth Data, CGG, said: “CGG continues to expand its GeoVerse portfolio of expert-driven and data-rich screening studies. This newly released study that spans the Texas and Louisiana gulf coast provides critical subsurface information to accelerate exploration for suitable carbon storage sites in this promising region.”
Geo-data specialist Fugro announced the opening of its new geotechnical testing laboratory in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The new lab will bolster Fugro’s capability to deliver advanced geotechnical testing for the offshore wind market and the energy and infrastructure sectors.
The new laboratory is expected to increase Fugro’s lab capacity in Asia Pacific by 20% and reduce the turnaround time on testing by at least 30%. Soil testing services are critical to understand the site conditions for the foundation design of offshore wind farms.
In 2020, Fugro IOVTEC was established as a joint venture with the IOVTEC Co., Ltd to support Fugro’s business expansion in Taiwan’s rapidly developing offshore wind market. Fugro now boasts three advanced testing laboratories in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Singapore, and Taiwan.
Fugro IOVTEC’s Taiwan laboratory will be the first laboratory accredited in accordance with the Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF)’s ISO 17892 standard.
October 2023
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