Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has added more work to its to-do list for Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras by securing two new long-term contracts. The Brazil-built and flagged 142.2-meter-long pipelay support vessel (PLSV) Skandi Niterói has been given a three-year firm plus option contract,
Norway’s Reach Subsea is collaborating with compatriot state-owned energy giant Equinor to carry out a technology qualification program for the Reach Remote uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) that aims to validate remote operations for various tasks. Reach Remote 1 and 2 have entered the final testing
The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has awarded four new exploration licenses related to CO2 storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) to six companies as part of the sixth call for CO2 storage on the NCS. The exploration licenses are located in the North Sea, with two offered to Equinor, one to
Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured its first work with Australian energy giant Woodside Energy, entailing subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) services to be performed at Senegal’s first offshore oil deepwater development. DeepOcean’s subsidiary Searov Offshore SA
A number of industry partners have kicked off the next phase of the On Demand Ocean Bottom Node (OD OBN) development project which aims to provide a versatile, lower-cost, more resilient solution for time-lapse seismic and subsidence monitoring of producing reservoirs. The project, which began in 20
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor and French gas transmission operator GRTgaz have signed a project development agreement (PDA) for a transport system for captured CO2 from industrial emitters in France to permanent storage offshore Norway via the planned CO2 Highway Europe pipeline project
With the wish to accelerate growth as an advanced technology company, France-based geophysical services company CGG has rebranded following 90+ years of history. With the launch of the new brand, CGG, created in 1931 and now known as Viridien, said it marks the next stage in its strategic growth as
U.S.-headquartered Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has delivered the first set of WAM-V uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) to subsea specialist Sulmara as part of the largest single order of WAM-Vs to date. According to OPT, the WAM-V is designed to adapt to various marine environments and applications
American oilfield services company SLB and Norwegian pure-play carbon capture company Aker Carbon Capture (ACC) have completed their previously announced joint venture, which includes ACC’s sale of 80% of its shares in Aker Carbon Capture Holding (ACCH) to a subsidiary of SLB. It was announced in Ma
Site investigation survey work will soon start at RWE’s floating wind project site off the coast of Northern California, where the Germany-based offshore wind developer plans to build its first commercial-scale floating offshore wind farm, Canopy. RWE will be performing initial site investigation su
Dutch survey company Deep BV has expanded its survey capacity with the conversion of a multi-purpose support vessel, built in 2016, into a survey vessel. Deep BV announced it had completed the conversion of the multi-purpose support vessel Miranda from Van Laar Maritime into a survey vessel, with fo
Building on the joint delivery of several large data campaigns, Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices and Ireland-based XOCEAN have set up a strategic collaboration to provide integrated data solutions to the carbon capture and storage (CCS) and offshore wind markets. The collaboration will combine Shearw
Following approval from the Norwegian Competition Authority, Norway-headquartered PGS and TGS have now received clearance for their merger from the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is the final regulatory approval required. TGS and PGS announced their agreement on principal terms to
Three new areas for CO2 storage are up for grabs in the North Sea offshore Norway, representing the seventh time acreage is being announced for CO2 storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The Norwegian Ministry of Energy announced on June 6 that it was inviting interested companies to appl
