Subsea
In focus: In pursuit of carbon-neutrality – the holy grail of energy transition
In this week’s edition of our In Focus article, we take a deep dive into the most relevant developments from the energy world targeting emission cuts. In the Fossil Fuels market, oil and gas company Lundin Energy sold what has been described as the world’s first-ever certified carbon neutrally produ
Autonomous Robotics scores grant-funded seismic sensor project
Autonomous Robotics has been awarded a project, part-funded by the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC), to develop a seismic sensor for its autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) solution.
Shearwater hooks Polarcus assets
Seismic exploration company Shearwater GeoServices has acquired marine seismic acquisition assets previously owned by Polarcus.
Boskalis buys Oceanteam-Bourbon jointly owned CSV Southern Ocean
Dutch marine contractor Boskalis has acquired Southern Ocean, a large DP-2 construction support vessel capable of executing a wide range of offshore operations.
Deep sea mining robot gets stuck 4,500 metres beneath Pacific Ocean’s surface
Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR), the deep sea mining subsidiary of the Belgian dredger DEME, has faced a setback on one of the world’s first deep sea mining pilot test as its 25-tonne robot ‘nodule collector’ Patania II got detached and stranded on the Pacific Ocean’s seabed.
Aleron enters U.S. offshore energy market with SEA.O.G Offshore partnership
Scottish-based ROV and tooling specialist Aleron has signed a partnership agreement with the U.S. offshore services provider SEA.O.G. Offshore to bring its intelligent AUXROV system to the offshore energy market in the United States.
Nordic partnership targets oil and gas platforms emissions cut using wave tech
Oil and gas company Lundin Energy Norway has partnered up with Swedish wave energy developer Ocean Harvesting Technologies to explore the potential of using wave energy to decarbonise the production of oil and gas on offshore platforms.
Scotland gets first dedicated subsea decommissioning hub
NorSea UK, in collaboration with Robertson-IES and CR Smith Services, has unveiled NorSea Decom – a dedicated entity whose sole work scope will be the safe and compliant management of decommissioned subsea infrastructure and waste logistics.
Technip Energies buys its own shares from TechnipFMC
Energy transition company Technip Energies has agreed to buy €20 million (approx $ 24 M) equivalent of its own shares from TechnipFMC.
Rotech delivers trenching scope at West Barracouta offshore Australia
Subsea, trenching and excavation specialist Rotech Subsea has completed a major post-lay umbilical trenching scope for a global offshore services provider at the West Barracouta development, located offshore Australia.
Shell, RWE & co move forward with German offshore wind-to-hydrogen project
Project partners Shell, RWE, GASCADE, and Gasunie have signed a declaration of intent to further intensify their collaboration on the AquaDuctus project. The AquaDuctus pipeline will transport green hydrogen from the German North Sea directly to the continent. It is part of the AquaVentus initiative
Schlumberger, Equinor to collaborate on data platform project
Schlumberger and Equinor, in collaboration with Microsoft, have partnered up on a strategic project to deploy the DELFI cognitive E&P environment, with seamless integration to the OSDU Data Platform.
Siem Offshore bags MPSV contract in North Sea
Norwegian marine contractor Siem Offshore has been awarded its first contract with Dutch subsea services provider DCN Diving for the multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) Siem Dorado.
Geophysical surveys about to begin at Irish offshore wind farm
A series of geophysical surveys is set to kick off at the Codling offshore wind project in Ireland on 26 April. Vessel LB Jill will undertake geotechnical operations to characterize the project site located approximately 13 km off the East Coast of Ireland, near Wicklow. The surveys are planned to b