U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil has secured access to over 271,000 acres of offshore CO2 storage in Texas state waters, said to be the largest of its kind in the U.S., through a lease with the Texas General Land Office (GLO). This is said to add significant storage potential to ExxonMobil’s carbon capt
UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and The Crown Estate, manager of the seabed and renewable energy rights within the economic zone in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have signed a new Statement of Intent as part of joint aspirations to ensure a more sustainable and closely coor
Seaway7 has finished the full engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) work for the cables at the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. Seaway7 has installed 118 kilometers of 66 kV inter-array cables, linking the wind farm’s 60 turbines to two offshore substation
A consortium of ExxonMobil and Helleniq Energy has commenced the second phase of seismic research at a gas exploration block offshore the Greek island Crete, set to bring the partners toward the final decision for exploration drilling. State company Hellenic Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Managem
Luxembourg-domiciled Subsea7 has secured yet another contract for work in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, this time for a subsea tieback development with an undisclosed client. Under the contract defined as sizeable, meaning it is worth between $50 million and $150 million, Subsea7 is in charge of transpor
UAE-headquartered diving company PETRODIVE and Malaysia-based Seatech Engineering Maintenance have entered into a commercial collaboration agreement (CCA) to boost commercial diving operations in Sabah, Malaysia. The agreement, signed by PETRODIVE’s CEO, Stéphane Troté, and Seatech’s Managing Direc
Energy and marine consultancy company, ABL, has been appointed as marine warranty surveyor (MWS) to support the marine transportation and installation (T&I) operations for the Centre Manche 1 and Centre Manche 2 offshore substations in France. Centre Manche 1 and Centre Manche 2 are part of two offs
The Danish Energy Agency has launched the tendering procedure for its third fund for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, with DKK 28.7 billion ($4.2 billion) available for interested parties to help Denmark in its path to climate neutrality. The CCS Fund will cover the costs of capture, trans
Norwegian marine geoscience and technology company Shearwater GeoServices is set to carry out an ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in Angola for French energy giant TotalEnergies at the beginning of 2025. The deepwater OBN survey will be performed by the dual ROV-equipped SW Tasman, the fit-for-purpose
BP has picked TechnipFMC for work at its sixth-operated deepwater project in a prolific high-margin basin within the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Scottish wave energy company Mocean Energy and Aberdeen-based controls specialist Proserv have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate the shift to low-carbon solutions for underwater operations. The duo aims to replace traditional umbilical power cables with a renewable-powered al
Viking Supply Ships will upgrade its fleet of ice-classed anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels with the installation of four 100-ton heave-compensated offshore cranes.
The Norwegian government has made room in its 2025 budget for a multimillion-dollar investment destined to be injected into its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, described as a full-scale CO2 capture, transport, and storage development in line with the country’s international climate agreeme
The University of Bergen has been granted funding to upgrade the Ægir 6000 deep-sea remotely operated vehicle (ROV), designed for marine research, and associated infrastructure. This upgrade aims to ensure continued reliability, add new functionality, and improve operational efficiency. Since its 20
