Sunday, 12 July 2026

The forward hull section for Shell's Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel has been completed at Sumitomo Heavy Industries' (SHI-ME) Yokosuka shipyard in Japan, according to Offshore Magazine.

MODEC said the structure is now sailing to China for integration with the aft hull section currently under construction.

Gato do Mato is the first FPSO to feature MODEC's Next Generation Hull design, according to Offshore Magazine. It will be stationed at the Orca field in 2,000 m of water, 200 km south of Rio de Janeiro.

The FPSO has 120,000 b/d capacity and is the 19th FPSO/FSO developed by MODEC for operations offshore Brazil.

Soichi Ide, head of MODEC's Floating Production Solutions Business Unit, said partnering with SHI-ME on FPSO hull construction for the first time and adopting a multi-yard construction model pioneers a new approach to hull fabrication.

PJM's peak instantaneous load reached approximately 162,700 MW between 5 and 6 p.m. on July 2, according to preliminary figures published by PJM Inside Lines, a level the grid operator said was held down by demand response programs.

The all-time PJM record peak load stands at 165,600 MW, set in 2006, according to PJM. PJM said the July 2 peak was likely to have surpassed that record.

An official preliminary peak figure will not be available until after a 60-day period required to calculate the performance of the roughly 6,000 MW of demand response resources activated during the event, according to PJM.

During the July 2 evening peak, PJM executed a series of procedures to manage demand and maximize supply after some generation tripped offline, including calling on emergency demand response, according to PJM Inside Lines.

PJM said it requested and received approval of an emergency 202c order from the U.S. Department of Energy authorizing transmission owners, as a last resort prior to voltage reduction or load shed, to curtail data centers and other large loads with backup generation.

PJM also received approval of a DOE 202c emergency order granting temporary relief from environmental permit restrictions for generating units, effective July 1 through July 3, according to PJM. That order was later extended through July 6.

Ahead of the forecasted hot weather, PJM issued a Maintenance Outage Recall on June 25, requesting that maintenance outages be returned to service to increase the amount of generation available to meet customer demand, according to PJM Inside Lines.

PJM serves 67 million people.