U.S.-headquartered oilfield services player Halliburton and Italy’s energy giant Eni have celebrated a deepwater automation achievement with the deployment of a closed-loop drilling system off the coast of Indonesia.
Abu Dhabi-headquartered ADNOC Drilling, one of the Middle East’s drilling and integrated drilling services (IDS) providers, has taken delivery of its first automated walking island rig running on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, accelerating autonomous offshore operations in the United Ara
The UK’s newest subsea trials site has made waves with a multi-robot demonstration, highlighting its potential to accelerate marine autonomy and ocean sensing. The Smart Sound Connect Subsurface (SSCS) project — part of Plymouth’s growing marine innovation hub — showcased cutting-edge underwater tes
Singapore-based OMS Group, a neutral and integrated digital infrastructure service provider, has provided insight into the ongoing sea acceptance tests (SAT) for its long-range uncrewed surface vessel (USV), currently being conducted off the South of France. Upon mobilization, the unit will support
Switzerland-based electrification and automation technology provider ABB has been hired to upgrade the automation and control systems on an offshore platform, which operates approximately 100 kilometers northeast of Aberdeen at one of the UK’s largest North Sea oil fields.
Marine geophysical service provider PXGEO has joined forces with Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor to carry out testing of the next-generation underwater intervention drone (UID) technology for offshore inspection.
By employing digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI), Rystad Energy, an energy market intelligence group, has highlighted that exploration and production (E&P) companies could reap close to $500 billion in cumulative value between 2026 and 2030.
As the industry’s shift from automation-assisted drilling to repeatable, scalable well construction automation continues, the U.S.-headquartered oilfield services player Halliburton has tucked a new milestone under its belt by pooling resources with ExxonMobil, Sekal, Noble, and the Wells Alliance G
Singapore-based shipping company Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Japan’s MTI Ltd. have established a joint venture (JV) company in Vietnam with the aim of promoting digital transformation of operations and business models in the shipping industry by using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Est
As the offshore energy sector continued to navigate the energy transition and technological development, but also uncertainty, 2025 saw continued shifts in policy, investment, and project development across the global energy landscape. To mark the year’s end, the Offshore Energy editorial team looks
Japanese classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (better known as ClassNK) has given a technology qualification (TQ) certificate for a component of South Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) autonomous navigation solution. As disclosed, the TQ—which is issued for solutions ba
The US-based classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted approval in principle (AIP) for a next-generation autonomous technology developed by South Korean shipbuilders HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) and HD Hyundai
The UK-based specialist in navigation solutions for seagoing vessels Sperry Marine, part of Northrop Grumman, has been selected to supply the complete integrated bridge systems for two hydrogen-powered containerships under construction for Dutch logistics solutions provider Samskip.
A UK-Brazilian partnership has developed a tentacle-like underwater robot that could remove the need for large vessels and human divers for offshore inspections and enable smaller underwater vehicles to perform sophisticated inspection tasks, thereby reducing operational costs and improving personne
