Pioneering Spirit News


ACUA Ocean Hydrogen-Powered USV Completes 24-Hour Sea Trial

Aug 22, 2025

ACUA Ocean's hydrogen-powered unmanned surface vessel (USV) PIONEER has successfully completed the world's first continuous, remote 24-hour offshore operation on zero emissions, marking a breakthrough in the decarbonization of the global maritime sector…

SMD Announces Kenny Liu as New CEO

Aug 18, 2025

Pioneering subsea technology and services company, SMD, has announced the appointment of Kenny Liu as its new chief executive officer.Kenny succeeds Julian Zhu, whose decade in the role saw the company’s profit and turnover increase year on year for the past five years…

Robosys Automation Aims to Streamline Offshore Wind Environmental Data Collection

Aug 14, 2025

Robosys Automation is leading Project ORACLES, a venture which it says will transform the environmental consenting process for offshore wind farms.Currently the data collection process for environmental monitoring at proposed offshore wind sites is labor-intensive…

Heather Alpha Topside Removed in 14 Seconds

Aug 14, 2025

EnQuest completed the removal of the Heather Alpha topsides on August 11.The Allseas-owned Pioneering Spirit heavy lift vessel removed the 15,300 tonne topsides in a single lift, the largest single lift planned in the North Sea this year.EnQuest Decommissioning Director…

Chartwell Marine, Pacific Radiance Announce Delivery of CTV for Offshore Wind Industry

Aug 12, 2025

Chartwell Marine, a pioneer of next-generation vessel design, announced the delivery of Prosperous 6, a new high-performance crew transfer vessel, as part of a strategic partnership with Pacific Radiance, a leading owner and operator of offshore vessels in APAC…

Celtic Sea Floating Wind Farm Gets Full Consent

Aug 07, 2025

Offshore wind developers Flotation Energy and Cobra have received full onshore and offshore planning approval for their 100 MW White Cross floating wind project in the Celtic Sea.The proposed offshore wind farm, located 52km off the Devon coast…

Agogo FPSO Produces First Oil at Azule Energy’s Field off Angola

Jul 31, 2025

Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, has started producing oil  through the Agogo floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, operating at the Agogo Integrated West Hub (Agogo IWH) project, offshore Angola, which involves the development of two fields…

Chevron and ExxonMobil Portfolios Overlap Put Mega-Merger Back in Spotlight

Jul 24, 2025

Exxon Mobil and Chevron's recent major acquisitions raise a provocative question: does the U.S. still need two energy titans, or might it be more efficient for the two to join forces?An $800 billion combination would certainly evoke memories of Standard Oil…

TotalEnergies Starts Up Two Subsea Tie-Back Projects in Angola

Jul 23, 2025

TotalEnergies has started production from the BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3 projects, adding a total of 60,000 barrels per day of production offshore Angola.The start of production from the BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3 offshore projects leverages ullage in the PAZFLOR and CLOV floating production…

Friede & Goldman Hires Contractor for Semi-Sub Rig Conversion Job

Jul 23, 2025

Houston-based designer of mobile offshore drilling units Friede & Goldman (F&G) has signed an engineering agreement with Peak Ocean Offshore, a specialist in offshore asset conversion and lifecycle optimization, for the design and engineering…

Cierco Energy and MPS Team Up for Celtic Sea Floating Wind Demo

Jul 18, 2025

Cierco Energy and Marine Power Systems (MPS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) as a first step towards the deployment of MPS’ PelaFlex technology in one of the Llŷr Test and demonstration projects in the Celtic Sea.The MoU formalizes the strategic partnership…

CorPower Ocean Welcomes Two International Strategic Investors

Jul 18, 2025

Swedish wave energy firm CorPower Ocean has secured two new strategic investors - Acario, the Silicon Valley-based venture investment arm of Tokyo Gas, and GTT Strategic Ventures, the investment fund of French technology and engineering group GTT…

Solstad’s Normand Pioneer CSV Up for Petrobras Job

Jul 17, 2025

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Maritime has secured work for its Normand Pioneer construction support vessel (CSV) for the end-client Petrobras.The vessel will be on a bareboat contract from Solstad Maritime to Solstad Offshore (SOFF)…

MODEC, Eld Energy Advance FPSO Offshore Fuel Cell Pilot

Jul 16, 2025

MODEC has entered into a contract with Eld Energy, a Norwegian fuel cell system company, to design and manufacture a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system pilot unit intended for installation on one of the MODEC-operated floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units…

Rem Offshore's Zero-Emission Subsea Construction Vessel Hits Water (Video)

Jul 08, 2025

Norwegian shipowner Rem Offshore has launched the hull for its dual-fuel methanol energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV) Rem Pioneer in Vietnam, months ahead of schedule.The launch ceremony was held on June 27 at Song Cam shipyard in Vietnam…

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