Month: February 2015
Cut Costs with Speed: Innovations in Fast Supply Vessels’ Propulsion
By: Johnray Strickland As the older offshore oil and gas production fields are approaching the end of their useful life, the industry is moving to deeper waters to find replacement fields. Significant ultra-deepwater fields in water depth greater than 1,500 meters have been found off the coasts of Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico and West […]
Offshore Wind Construction in the U.S. – Opportunities for Effective Conversions of Existing Jack-Ups into Wind Turbine Installation Vessels
By: Johnray Strickland Thrustmaster of Texas, a leading marine propulsion design and manufacturing company in the U.S., is looking to give an edge to U.S. based marine jack-up operators wanting to enter the U.S. offshore wind farm construction and maintenance sector by cutting the cost of entry in half with a unique propulsion system that […]