Oceaneering and Kontiki to team on 'superbasin' floating wind powered oil decarbonisation
Tie-up to combine upstream hydrocarbon production with emissions-reducing deepwater clean energy in Brazilian Atlantic, North Sea, and Gulf of Mexico
US subsea engineering firm Oceaneering International will team with Norwegian offshore wind developer Kontiki Winds to develop floating applications for deepwater oil and gas production.
They signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Stavanger, Norway, to collaborate on providing comprehensive, cost-effective approaches to electrification of offshore oil and gas assets and remote islands through wind energy deployment.
The MoU covers collaboration with a particular focus on the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and Northern Europe, each identified by research consultancy Wood Mackenzie as having potential to develop into super-basins combining oil and gas production with renewable energy.
