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MEO Group Wins Contract to Supply Five Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels

Mar 10, 2022

MEO Group and its local joint venture partner, Uniwise Offshore Ltd, won a three-year contract for five Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels (AHTS) by an E&P company in Thailand. The five vessels -- MEO Monarch 1, MEO Monarch 2, Uniwise Advantage…

'Ultra-high-resolution 3D seismic' - Ocean Floor Geophysics Acquires NCS SubSea

Mar 09, 2022

Offshore survey company Ocean Floor Geophysics, in partnership with the Norwegian seismic player PGS, its largest shareholder, has signed a deal to acquire NCS SubSea, a company that provides ultra-high-resolution 3D seismic data to the oil & gas and new energy markets via its P-Cable system…

Wave Energy Tech Firm Mocean Energy Secures Major Investment

Mar 04, 2022

UK-based wave energy technology company Mocean Energy has said it has secured a major new investment to accelerate the commercial roll-out of its Blue Star wave machine. The new funds will drive the technology's adoption in subsea oil and gas…

Saab Seaeye Cougar tapped for work in Japan's Offshore Renewable Sector

Mar 03, 2022

Japan’s growing offshore wind industry is gaining a Saab Seaeye Cougar XTi underwater robotic vehicle for cable burial inspection and other roles. Kaiyo Engineering has acquired the 2000m rated Cougar for deployment from a 250-ton mother ship…

Waterotor Unveils 20MW 'Big Cajun' System Aimed at Decarbonizing Offshore Oil Operations

Mar 02, 2022

Hydrokinetic energy company Waterotor International Corp. on Tuesday unveiled its 20MW hybrid ocean energy-generating system aimed at decarbonizing offshore oil and gas operations.The megarotor system design called “The Big Cajun” was unveiled…

"CTO in Focus" - Gareth Davies, Baker Hughes

Mar 01, 2022

New for 2022 is Offshore Engineer's 'CTO in Focus' which aims to gain insights from the C-Suite and the R&D lab of industry majors on the trends driving offshore energy production. Leading off is Gareth Davies, executive director of strategy…

Putting Power on the Seafloor is a Fuel Cell Future

Mar 01, 2022

Two outfits, one in Germany and one in the US, are chasing a goal of supplying long-term subsea power in remote locations, via fuel cells, to users including oceanographic observatories to underwater vehicles. Elaine Maslin takes a look.Long…

Offshore Energy: Are Decommissioning Costs set to Spiral?

Mar 01, 2022

As offshore market activity recovers and continues to increase through the next decade, as we expect it to, oilfield service (OFS) capacity is expected to tighten.As offshore market activity recovers and continues to increase through the next decade…

Six Developers Emerge as Winners in Historic $4.4B NY Bight Offshore Wind Lease Sale

Feb 26, 2022

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) New York Bight auction concluded February 26, 2022, a sale where six bidders committed to payments of close to $4.4B in total for the right to develop wind lease areas offshore New York and New Jersey…

UK: Eleven Firms Win Offshore Wind Growth Partnership Grants

Feb 25, 2022

The UK-based Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) on Friday announced the winners of its first Innovation Grant Funding Competition in which eleven UK firms secured a share of OWGP's £3m Innovation Grant funding pot.Launched in September 2021…

Organizers, Participants Hail Subsea Expo 2022 as 'Major Success'

Feb 24, 2022

Subsea Expo 2022, a subsea industry event held in Aberdeen this week, has been, according to the organizers, hailed a major success after more than 4,000 visitors attended and exhibitors reported doing “real” business with strong interest in their products and services…

Subsea 7, FLASC Get BEIS Grant for PowerBundle Offshore Energy Storage System

Feb 24, 2022

Offshore installation giant Subsea 7 and its technology partner FLASC have won  £471,760 (~$631,854) grant from the UK government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to further develop an innovative offshore energy storage system…

UK’s Subsea Industry Can Create 180,000 New Jobs by 2035, Global Underwater Hub Says

Feb 23, 2022

The UK’s underwater industry, currently valued at £8 billion with a third of the global market share, has the potential to grow to £45 billion by 2035, creating an estimated 180,000 new jobs and around £20billion or more in exports for the UK…

3D at Depth Gets Patent for Subsea Structure Monitoring

Feb 23, 2022

3D at Depth, a subsea LiDAR laser technology company said Tuesday it had received a new patent 11.249.193, 'Systems and Methods for Monitoring Underwater Structures,' from the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. The patent's claims focus predominantly…

Subsea Expo Focuses on $3 Trillion Opportunity

Feb 22, 2022

One of the first major UK industry events since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic heard Tuesday morning how, after a period of Covid-induced hibernation, the UK’s subsea sector is emerging into a new world of opportunity.Speaking at Subsea Expo in Aberdeen…

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