U.S. and German governments are supporting two projects that have a mutual goal of developing a low-cost subsea energy storage technology that supports electrical grid decarbonization with funding of $7.7 million. The U.S. Sperra, dedicated to pioneering the next generation of renewable energy solut
Norwegian marine geoscience and technology company Shearwater GeoServices has added more work in Africa to its to-do list, following the award of a deepwater ocean bottom node (OBN) project. Set to start in the fourth quarter of 2024, the deepwater OBN survey, marked as “landmark”, will have a one-m
Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean has expanded its several years of work for oil and gas company Vår Energi with a new contract set to be performed next year. DeepOcean will perform a subsea campaign for Vår Energi in 2025 that includes inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services
A couple of months after Equinor revealed its participation in the technology qualification program for Reach Subsea’s Reach Remote uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), France’s energy giant TotalEnergies joined as a new collaboration partner. The pilot project with Equinor, TotalEnergies and other “maj
UK’s remote robotics company HonuWorx is planning to develop a fleet of autonomous submarines that will perform services across the oil & gas, offshore wind, and defense sectors, targeting 50 units in the long term. In what the company describes as an industry-first, HonuWorx deployed a remotely ope
France-based geophysical services company Viridien, formerly known as CGG, and American oilfield services company SLB have partnered for the first time in Australia to gather data into the exploration and carbon storage potential of the Bonaparte Basin. Viridien reported on October 24 that the partn
Norwegian marine geoscience and technology company Shearwater GeoServices has secured its second contract with French energy giant TotalEnergies for a project offshore Angola. The project will include a three-month deepwater ocean bottom node (OBN) survey covering the Golfinho and Cameia fields, loc
Norway-based energy data and intelligence company TGS has reported record-high ocean bottom node (OBN) contract activity in the third quarter of 2024, the first quarter including PGS, with the utilization of its streamer fleet improving on high bid activity. In Q3 2024, TGS said that the activity le
UK’s energy services provider Altera Infrastructure and oil and gas company Harbour Energy have secured up to €225 million in grant funding from the EU Innovation Fund for what is said to be the first-of-its-kind large-scale solution for CO2 sequestration using shared, flexible offshore infrastructu
TGS has carried out a three-dimensional Ultra High-Resolution Seismic (3D UHRS) soil survey in the Doordewind Wind Farm Zone in the Netherlands. Commissioned by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), the 3D UHRS soil survey was conducted in the North Sea for the first time from mid-June to the end
U.S.-headquartered TDI-Brooks is set to upgrade diesel engines on one of its research vessels to ensure compliance with the regulations of the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The 48-meter-long R/V Brooks McCall is a Jones Act-complaint multi-use vessel said to be suited for various comprehens
Norwegian Reach Subsea has secured funding of up to €14.3 million from the EU Innovation Fund, under the Net Zero Technologies initiative, which will be used for the scale-up of the Reach Remote project focusing on the development of advanced remote unmanned surface vessels (USVs). “This is a signif
Offshore wind services company Venterra Group has acquired Oceanscan Holdings Limited, a group of companies that provide subsea and non-destructive test equipment, geotechnical services and specialist personnel to the offshore energy market. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Aberdeen with oversea
U.S.-headquartered TDI-Brooks has completed another geotechnical program offshore Türkiye, its fifth such investigation for Istanbul-headquartered DenAr Ocean Engineering Services. Research vessel Nautilus, formerly known as Nautical Geo, was sent to the Black Sea site, offshore Filyos, from the U.S
