A partnership comprising Acteon’s Claxton, the University of Aberdeen, the National Decommissioning Centre, and the Net Zero Technology Centre is developing a gas-jet system expected to “revolutionize” subsea cutting. The Underwater Laser Cutting (UWLC) technology is said to improve efficiency when
Island Drilling has decided to retrofit its semi-submersible drilling rig with Ecochlor’s EcoOne filterless ballast water management system (BWMS).
Aker Solutions has secured a contract with French energy giant TotalEnergies for the delivery of the subsea production system, tools and related EPCI interfaces for the Lapa South West field construction offshore Brazil. The development concept located in the pre-salt Santos Basin is a subsea tie-ba
Houston-based oil and gas service company Trendsetter Engineering has secured a contract to support the development of Beacon Offshore Energy’s project located in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the multi-year rental and servicing agreement, Trendsetter will provide a 20,000 psi subsea well intervention p
The researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are developing a new cylindrical triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) – a small powerhouse that converts wave energy into electricity to power devices at sea.
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries and French energy major TotalEnergies have completed a joint offshore verification test measuring the electrical potential of subsea pipelines during close-range inspections using an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The test was performed using what is said to b
DeepOcean has activated the option to request the installation of a battery hybrid system on board the multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) Stril Server. DeepOcean is chartering the MPSV from Stavanger-based shipowner Simon Møkster Shipping, who will upgrade the vessel to include battery power notati
French company Sabella has received the official authorization for the deployment of two tidal turbines offshore Brittany region in France, as part of the EU-backed TIGER project.
Dutch Strohm has secured a second contract with U.S. oil and gas giant ExxonMobil for the delivery of thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) jumpers for a field development located offshore Guyana. The award, said to mark Strohm’s largest order so far, will see the delivery of more than 24 of the compan
Smart network solutions company Marlink is equipping Solstad Offshore’s vessels with Starlink connectivity, integrated with the Sealink VSAT, L-band backup and 4G services. According to Marlink, Solstad is the first offshore vessel operator on the Marlink network to trial Starlink testing the networ
TNO, short for Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, has launched a platform that brings together core group of Dutch companies whose ambition is to accelerate development and rollout of offshore solar power.
Startup climate-tech company Seabound has teamed up with Crestchic Loadbanks, a specialist in the provision of load bank testing equipment, to test Seabound’s carbon capture prototype. London-based Seabound has developed a unique carbon capture device that traps and stores CO2 from fuel exhaust with
Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has delivered three work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to Brazil-based OceanPact for deployment on Petrobras’ oilfields. The three 200HP Perry XLX-C ROVs, manufactured at FET’s UK facility at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, will be deployed on two of OceanP
Certification group Bureau Veritas has issued a world’s first ‘approval in principle’ for a high-wave offshore solar farm system design to a Dutch-based company Oceans of Energy.
