Bermuda-headquartered offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has established a strategic collaboration with Texas-headquartered Oil States International with the aim of “transforming” offshore drilling efficiency and safety by bringing managed pressure drilling (MPD) into mainstream operations. The n
Classification society DNV has awarded an approval in principle (AiP) to South Korean shipbuilder HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) for its electric propulsion liquefied hydrogen (LH₂) carrier design concept that could enable 80,000 cubic meters of LH₂ storage and transport.
Akselos has unveiled its structural performance management (SPM) software designed to enhance asset performance, ensure uninterrupted operations, and extend the asset life of floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels.
The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program has approved funding of $2.1 million for 13 projects through its thirteenth Request for Technical Support (RFTS). According to TEAMER, the selected projects will receive support for testing, access to numerical modeling
The European Union has approved WEDUSEA, a €19.6 million partnership project aimed at advancing large-scale wave energy commercialization. Coordinated by Irish company OceanEnergy, WEDUSEA, which stands for “Wave Energy Demonstration at Utility Scale to Enable Arrays,” is a collaboration involving 1
Saipem is pooling resources with the UK-based newcleo to throw nuclear technology into the offshore oil and gas operations mix and look into the development of floating nuclear-powered prototypes on a quest to achieve zero-emission energy.
The field trials off the coast of Norway aim to determine whether an innovative technology designed to solve core drilling’s tripping woes will live up to expectations.
Following the announcement of a “sizeable” contract award in mid-August with an unknown client, Luxembourg-domiciled Subsea7 has now revealed that the contract is for Shell’s waterflood project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Subsea7 will provide engineering, procurement, construction, and offshore inst
Danish power cable manufacturer and installation company NKT has awarded Swedish–Swiss automation company ABB with a contract to supply a power distribution system for its newbuild cable-laying vessel (CLV) that enables integration of multiple power sources and allows engines to run at variable spee
Norway’s Kongsberg Discovery has completed a multi-week fully autonomous mission with its long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) HUGIN Endurance, said to have proven shore-to-shore operational capability. The mission, carried out at depths ranging from 50 to 3,400 meters and meeting the 1,20
Houston-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has received DNV’s Statement of Compliance for the remotely supported operational concept for the Armada 78 fleet of offshore survey vessels. With this approval, Ocean Infinity said it had become the industry’s first organization to reach the requ
In a bid to tackle carbon emissions in the maritime industry, Swedish company SeaFjord Energy has chosen Swiss-Swedish equipment provider ABB’s electric power and propulsion system for its ‘pioneering’ e-bunker vessel concept, which aims to offer ‘a new way of supplying energy’ to ships at sea and i
BIMCO, the world’s largest international shipping association, has started work to develop a new time charter party specifically designed for the maritime transportation of carbon dioxide (CO2).
DME Systems, a subsea engineering firm based in Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK, has merged with U.S.-based deepwater geosciences firm, Woocheen, broadening the latter’s expertise and capabilities. DME focuses on the telecommunications and offshore wind sectors by building and modifying subsea vehicl
