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Woodside Accused of Greenwashing Over CCS Plans

Jan 13, 2025

The Australian government’s call for two weeks of public consultation starting January 2 on Woodside Energy’s plans to sequester CO2 as part of the Browse project off Western Australia has met with opposition from environmental groups. The consultation…

Subsea Sabotage in the Baltic Sea - a Timeline for Perspective

Jan 03, 2025

A Finnish court today denied a request for the release of an oil tanker suspected by police of damaging an undersea power line and four telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea last week. The incident was one of several since 2022 in which…

Norway Awards Two CO2 Storage Permits in North Sea

Dec 19, 2024

Norwegian Ministry of Energy has offered two CO2 storage permits to Harbour Energy, Equinor, and Aker BP, both located in the North Sea.One of the permits is being offered to a group consisting of Harbour Energy (operator) and Equinor Low Carbon Solution…

Portugal Ushers in Floating Wind Era

Dec 16, 2024

Portugal is beckoning a new era for offshore wind after officially signing ‘rules of procedure’ for a new Technological Free Zone located off the coast of Viana do Castelo.The news was announced during an international conference in Lisbon promoting…

Offshore White Paper: Lower the Cost and Complexity of Collecting Subsea Data

Dec 10, 2024

Collecting subsea data is logistically complex. Traditional platforms come with high costs, challenging deployments, and constant maintenance, making it difficult for onsite engineers to access the offshore data they need to operate safely & efficiently…

Using Ocean Robots to Dive into Offshore Wind Farm Wake Effects

Nov 25, 2024

When gazing out to sea from the shoreline from many parts of the UK today you’re increasingly likely to see offshore wind turbines gently turning on the horizon.These giant structures are supplying an increasing amount of the UK’s electricity mix (<20%)…

Beating the Heat: R.W. Fernstrum & Company Turns 75

Nov 07, 2024

R.W. Fernstrum & Company, founded by Robert W. Fernstrum 75 years ago, is a quintessential U.S. manufacturing story. The company was born in the aftermath of WWII, founded on an invention developed during the war by Robert Fernstrum to help solve an engine overheating problem that was plaguing U…

Argeo Listen - Electromagnetic Subsea Cathodic Protection Measurement

Oct 22, 2024

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV’s) have been introduced as efficient tools for subsea pipeline inspections. It has also been demonstrated that AUVs can be used to perform contactless and continuous electric field measurements of the Cathodic Protection (CP) systems along pipelines…

Lalizas Opens New Safety Equipment Branch in Canada

Oct 16, 2024

A few months after the announcement of the acquisition of REVERE Survival in Jacksonville, LALIZAS announced the establishment of LALIZAS Canada, effectively enhancing the company’s presence in the Americas.Miguel Norato has been appointed as the Country Manager of LALIZAS Canada…

NSTA and Crown Estate to Increase Collaboration on UK Seabed Management

Oct 10, 2024

The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and The Crown Estate have confirmed published a new Statement of Intent to confirm joint aspirations in ensuring a more sustainable and closely coordinated management of the seabed.The aim is to build…

Co. Innovation Centre in NL Opens Its Doors to the World

Sep 25, 2024

The Co. Innovation Centre is a multi-sectoral space for established and growing companies to converge, collaborate and co-create. Meagan Kay-Fowlow, President of the Co. Innovation Centre, discusses how this unique facility will engage with…

Shearwater Scores Deepwater OBN Extension in India

Aug 23, 2024

Shearwater Geoservices announced it has secured a three-month extension to the deepwater ocean bottom node (OBN) survey off the coast of India.The extension builds on an initial six-month scope using the SW Tasman, Sheawater's purpose-built seismic source and dual ROV operations vessel…

Partnerships aims to bring Hydrographic Survey Data Processing to the Cloud

Jul 17, 2024

Terradepth and Hypack announced a strategic partnership designed to enable surveyors to run Hypack's software directly in the cloud through Terradepth's Absolute Ocean platform.By integrating Hypack software with Terradepth's cloud-native Absolute Ocean platform…

Preparing for Floating Wind – Leveraging the Oil & Gas Supply Chain

Jun 28, 2024

Examining similarities and differences between the deepwater oil & gas and the emerging floating wind segment.There has been much excitement around the potential for the offshore wind industry to access deeper water sites through the deployment of floating wind technology…

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