CNOOC and PowerChina among major players advancing large-scale floating technology
Beijing-based offshore oil and gas operator CNOOC aims to help China’s goal of becoming a leading deployer of floating wind technologies through development of a tension-leg platform (TLP) design for a demonstration project in the South China Sea.
Beijing-based offshore oil and gas operator CNOOC aims to help China’s goal of becoming a leading deployer of floating wind technologies through development of a tension-leg platform (TLP) design for a demonstration project in the South China Sea.
The company plans to deploy a 16MW floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) at the Lufeng oilfield cluster in the South China Sea using a Chinese version of a mooring system that is claimed to offer advantages
in terms of stability in the water and reduced overall steel tannage.