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Saipem Wraps Up Pipeline Job at Equinor’s Norwegian Sea Project

Aug 01, 2025

Italian energy contractor Saipem has completed the installation of the subsea pipeline for the Irpa project, developed by Equinor in the Norwegian Sea.Offshore operations were carried out by the pipelay vessel Castorone, one of Saipem's flagship vessels.The project encompassed the installation of a Pipe-in-Pipe pipeline of approximately 80 kilometers at a depth of 1,350 meters, making Irpa the deepest subsea field development in Norway to date…

Robots are Getting Very Good at Understanding the Environment Around Them

Aug 28, 2025

The July/August issue of Offshore Engineer includes an update on patrolling robots. They are increasingly being used for inspection, maintenance and repair, and they are increasingly being operated, human-in-the-loop, in a cyber world that is a detailed digital twin of their offshore environment…

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…

Vår Energi’s Digital Evolution Embodied on Jotun FPSO

Aug 11, 2025

The new deployment marks a new chapter in offshore operations, where full wireless coverage lays the foundation for real-time data processing, seamless sensor integration and smarter, safer platforms. The Jotun FPSO at the Balder Field on the…

Solstad’s CSV Up for Petrobras Job Under $108M Contract

Aug 04, 2025

Norwegian offshore vessel operator Solstad Offshore has secured a contract with Petrobras for its construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Commander.The vessel will be on a bareboat contract from the vessel owner Solstad Maritime to Solstad Offshore…

Oceaneering Upgrades Survey Vessel for Simultaneous Autonomous Missions

Jul 30, 2025

U.S.-based subsea services and technology firm Oceaneering has completed a major upgrade of its Ocean Intervention II oceanographic research vessel, equipping it to perform simultaneous autonomous offshore survey missions.The retrofit, carried out in early 2025 on the 25-year-old vessel…

SLB Unveils OnWave Autonomous Logging Platform for Well Ops

Jul 30, 2025

Global energy technology company SLB has introduced the OnWave autonomous logging platform, said to enable more efficient and reliable acquisition of formation evaluation measurements in any well condition.This first-of-its-kind technology autonomously acquires multiple…

Nauticus Robotics, AOS Join Forces for Offshore Robotics

Jul 30, 2025

Autonomous subsea robotics and software solutions specialist Nauticus Robotics has signed a master services agreement (MSA) with Advanced Ocean Systems (AOS), forming a strategic alliance seeks to accelerate the integration of autonomy across the offshore sector…

OPT Finds Tech Delivery Partner for Mexican Maritime Markets

Jul 25, 2025

U.S.-based low-carbon marine power, data, and service solutions provider Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed a new reseller agreement with a Latin America-based partner focused on supporting the Mexican offshore and maritime markets.The…

Saipem, Subsea7 Sign Merger Agreement to Form Energy Services Giant

Jul 24, 2025

Energy services firms Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement to create a leading energy services company under the name of Saipem7, which will have a combined backlog of over $50 billion.The binding merger agreement follows…

Van Oord to Bolster Fleet with Two New Subsea Rock Installation Vessels

Jul 21, 2025

Dutch offshore installation firm Van Oord has ordered two next-generation subsea rock installation vessels, which will built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore in China.Capable of operating on methanol and with a focus on innovation and automation…

Saab Delivers Another Seaeye Falcon ROV to Subsea Specialist

Jul 16, 2025

Saab UK has delivered its 600th Seaeye Falcon remotely operated vehicle (ROV) produced in Fareham, built for international subsea specialist DISA International.The latest addition joins DISA’s growing fleet of Saab Seaeye vehicles and contributes…

Accelerator Chooses Six Companies for New York Wind Advances

Jul 15, 2025

NYU Tandon School of Engineering, in partnership with Equinor, National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium (NOWRDC) and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), announced its selection of the 2025 annual cohort of companies that will…

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