Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities, has disclosed that wind-assisted kite traction towing is being contemplated for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel that will be deployed at a giant deepwater oil project in Block 58 off the coast of Suriname, which is operated by France’s energy giant TotalEnergies.
Visual SeaKite for FPSO GranMorgu; Source: SBM Offshore
SBM Offshore & Technip Energies Joint Venture (STS JV) and TotalEnergies EP Suriname, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, have signed an agreement to evaluate wind-assisted kite traction towing for Suriname’s GranMorgu FPSO project with Beyond the Sea, a French company specialized in
