France-based geoscience technology services company CGG and U.S. energy technology company Baker Hughes have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly explore carbon capture and storage (CCS) solutions. CGG said that the collaboration and proposed commercial alliance intends to support t
Saipem’s Hydrone-R underwater intervention drone has achieved uninterrupted subsea operations for nearly six months, performing remotely operated works and autonomous missions on Equinor’s Njord oil and gas field offshore Norway. The Hydrone-R, whose operations are fully supervised from Saipem’s ons
Argeo has secured its fifth patent from the Norwegian Industrial Patent office, this time for an innovative sensor configuration for subsea vehicles said to provide higher reliability, better signal, and improved detection. Argeo reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary Argeo Robotics had been gran
Kraken Robotics has reported a “strong start” to 2024 for its Service business with $11 million of new contracts secured since the beginning of the year. The contracts, all set to be completed within this year, come in addition to $4 million of survey contracts for KATFISH and magnetometer surveys t
Marine geophysical service provider PXGEO has acquired UK-based subsea services company Modus Subsea Services, boosting its autonomous subsea offering. Modus Subsea Services provides offshore life-of-field support services specializing in autonomous subsea operations using underwater intervention dr
Eight companies have submitted their applications to the Norwegian Ministry of Energy for CO2 storage licenses for two areas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Aker BP, Equinor Low Carbon Solution, Lime Petroleum, Northern Lights JV, OMV (Norge), PGNiG Upstream Norway, Vår Energi and Wintersh
UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has launched a competitive process inviting applications for CO2 appraisal and storage licenses in an area of the English Channel. The licenses, for which the competitive process was opened on April 30, grant exclusive rights for the exploration and
Malaysia-based Sapura Energy has secured a contract for the delivery of underwater services for the Petronas group of companies and petroleum arrangement contractors. Sapura Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary Sapura Subsea Services has been awarded with a contract for the provision of Pan Malaysia und
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured multiple contracts with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras expected to generate revenue beyond $192 million. Following a competitive tender process, Petrobras awarded new long-term charter and service contracts to Norskan Offshore and DOF S
Van Oord has held the christening ceremony for its fifth unmanned autonomous survey vessel (USV), developed jointly with DEMCON Unmanned Systems. The VO:X Barentsz USV came after Van Oord’s in-house survey department and DEMCON Unmanned Systems jointly developed and operated four USVs in the past ye
In what is described as a “strong start of the year”, Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro reported a 9% revenue growth for Q1 2024 compared to the same period last year, said to be due to ongoing significant growth in offshore wind projects. Revenue in the first quarter was €503.2 million, a 9%
RWE and Abu Dhabi-based Masdar have appointed Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, to carry out geotechnical seabed surveys at the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind project sites in the UK. Located over 100 kilometers off the northeastern coast of England, the DBS offshore wind farm will be
UK-based Exail has secured a contract with French maritime services provider Bourbon to deliver technology for multiple multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) that is expected to enhance the vessels’ efficiency in installation, maintenance and repair tasks for the oil & gas and offshore wind industri
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved Fugro’s near- and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets. Fugro’s net-zero target spans all three emission scopes, with the ultimate goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the value chain by 2050. “This v
