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Acteon offers innovative solutions for fixed and floating wind projects across the entire project lifecycle, tackling unique regional challenges.

Offshore wind energy is a rapidly growing sector, and efficient seabed surveys play a crucial role in its success.

Developers face challenging timelines when obtaining geo data for offshore wind farm developments, with greater volumes of data required compared to O&G projects.

The rapid growth of offshore wind development and the shift to deeper water is pushing developers into new areas with more challenging soil conditions. Where impact pile driving alone is impossible, a drilled and grouted methodology may provide the optimal solution.

In this blog, we look at the critical importance of mooring systems, the risks they face, and how a comprehensive Mooring Incident Response Plan can safeguard them.

The differences between permanent and temporary moorings can be categorised by the selection of criteria used in the design of the system, the type and size of mooring components and more.

UTEC has created iSite Subsea, a game-changing, cloud-based platform that gives users an intuitive 360° visualisation of subsea assets and data.

The Rocksteady tensioning tool (TT) is a novel subsea mooring line tensioning system designed to simplify the installation and replacement of mooring lines on floating offshore assets.

Menck, provides a full range of hydraulic hammers to meet diverse project requirements, from small conductor installations to record-breaking monopile driving in offshore wind farms.

The globalisation of offshore wind means that regions including the US and Asia are seeing a rapid take-off of infrastructure installation, with government goals to deploy a set number of gigawatts (GW) within a given timeframe; for example, the US aims to install 30 GW of offshore wind power by 2030.

When hurricanes occur in the Gulf of Mexico, permanent production units and moored drilling vessels are mandatorily prepared and evacuated to fare the storms without risk to personnel and the environment. Kent Longridge, Senior Principal Engineer, Intermoor Moorings and Anchors at Acteon, analyses the impact hurricanes can have on mooring systems and specifically; what happens during a hurricane and what to do after a hurricane.

Gravity Based Foundations (GBFs) or Gravity Based Structures (GBS) are a foundation type that originates in oil and gas production facilities in the North Sea. The structure relies on its own weight and the capability of the seabed to withstand the vertical load of that weight, in order to remain stable.