AGR, part of energy and marine consultancy group ABL Group, has been appointed to perform an independent third-party storage evaluation of Wintershall Dea and Altera Infrastructure’s CO2 storage license offshore Norway. The two companies were awarded the carbon capture and storage (CCS) license to d
UK-based providers of tech-powered offshore wind solutions Rovco and Vaarst are planning to recruit over 150 specialist subsea roles across their offices by the end of 2025. Rovco unveiled its intention to recruit over 100 new roles across its Aberdeen and Edinburgh offices by the end of 2025 to sup
UK’s Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has secured a contract with a Mexican subsea company for the delivery of one of its work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROV). FET reported that its Subsea Technologies product line had won a contract from AQUA Exploracion for one of its Ultra Compact Perry XLX
James Fisher Decommissioning has completed its largest decommissioning project to date for a “major” operator in the Gulf of Thailand.
Mermaid Maritime’s joint venture with a Middle Eastern offshore services company has secured a one-year contract extension for subsea services with an upstream oil and gas company. Thailand-headquartered Mermaid won the contract in a joint venture formed with a local offshore services operator in a
Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis has outfitted its new subsea rock installation vessel with a new inclined fallpipe with the aim of expanding its range. Following its first rock installation project in Australia earlier this year, the Seapiper subsea rock installation vessel was outfitted w
France-based geoscience technology services company CGG and U.S. energy technology company Baker Hughes have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly explore carbon capture and storage (CCS) solutions. CGG said that the collaboration and proposed commercial alliance intends to support t
Saipem’s Hydrone-R underwater intervention drone has achieved uninterrupted subsea operations for nearly six months, performing remotely operated works and autonomous missions on Equinor’s Njord oil and gas field offshore Norway. The Hydrone-R, whose operations are fully supervised from Saipem’s ons
Argeo has secured its fifth patent from the Norwegian Industrial Patent office, this time for an innovative sensor configuration for subsea vehicles said to provide higher reliability, better signal, and improved detection. Argeo reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary Argeo Robotics had been gran
Kraken Robotics has reported a “strong start” to 2024 for its Service business with $11 million of new contracts secured since the beginning of the year. The contracts, all set to be completed within this year, come in addition to $4 million of survey contracts for KATFISH and magnetometer surveys t
Marine geophysical service provider PXGEO has acquired UK-based subsea services company Modus Subsea Services, boosting its autonomous subsea offering. Modus Subsea Services provides offshore life-of-field support services specializing in autonomous subsea operations using underwater intervention dr
Eight companies have submitted their applications to the Norwegian Ministry of Energy for CO2 storage licenses for two areas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Aker BP, Equinor Low Carbon Solution, Lime Petroleum, Northern Lights JV, OMV (Norge), PGNiG Upstream Norway, Vår Energi and Wintersh
UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has launched a competitive process inviting applications for CO2 appraisal and storage licenses in an area of the English Channel. The licenses, for which the competitive process was opened on April 30, grant exclusive rights for the exploration and
Malaysia-based Sapura Energy has secured a contract for the delivery of underwater services for the Petronas group of companies and petroleum arrangement contractors. Sapura Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary Sapura Subsea Services has been awarded with a contract for the provision of Pan Malaysia und
