
Shell Brasil, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has joined forces with MODEC Brasil, an affiliate of Japan’s MODEC, Shape Digital, which is MODEC’s digital services spin-off, and Unicamp, to employ artificial intelligence to improve the safety performance of offshore units.

A new Danish research and innovation project, led by Teledyne RESON, is looking to develop a drone that can capture and immobilize unwanted underwater vehicles, thereby protecting critical underwater infrastructure such as pipelines, communication cables, and offshore wind farms. The project named U