The cover of living organisms – so-called biofouling – is a major problem for any technical equipment that has to remain operational under water for long periods of time.

Global natural resources, research and consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie, has joined forces with Aberdeen-based provider of data science and predictive analysis services, OPEX Group to launch a new data service for the oil and gas industry.

ExxonMobil continues to make progress on the company’s long-term growth plans by investing through the commodity price cycle to capture high-value opportunities and grow earnings and cash flow potential.

Equinor and partners Shell and Total have completed the drilling of confirmation well 31/5-7 Eos south of the Troll field in the North Sea. The purpose was to determine the suitability of the reservoir in the Johansen formation for CO₂ storage.

ThayerMahan Inc., a world leader in autonomous maritime security solutions, has teamed with iXblue, a global high-tech company specializing in navigation, acoustic positioning, and underwater imaging, to provide unmanned maritime and survey services using iXblue’s DriX Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) in North America as well as in other parts of the world.

Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (“Shearwater”) has been awarded a major ocean bottom-seismic deepwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) project by TGS and Schlumberger in the Gulf of Mexico, USA. The award confirms Shearwater’s position as the leading geophysical service company.

Solstad Offshore ASA (“SOFF”) has entered into a contract for the CSV Normand Flower with Fugro Netherlands Marine BV ("Fugro") where the present charter has been extended until April 2021. In addition, Fugro has options to extend the contract by further 6 months.

INPEX Masela, Ltd. (INPEX), a subsidiary of INPEX CORPORATION, has awarded Fugro a large marine survey contract for the Abadi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Indonesia.

Bjørn Joensen and Erik J. Aalbæk join the MacArtney family to begin work on strengthening and developing MacArtney’s Offshore Renewable Energy sector, in line with the corporate strategy.

Large Diameter Drilling (LDD) and Barge Master have combined their expertise to complete a World first: drilling operations from a diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) in water depths in excess of 270m.

Trelleborg’s offshore operation has been awarded a substantial contract by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), to supply 18 kilometers of Tri-Strakes® (Vortex Induced Vibration strakes) for the risers and flowlines on the Lingshui offshore gas development in China.

SubCableWorld (SCW), the definitive data and information source for the submarine cable industry, today released a new whitepaper that suggests demand for submarine wind power cables in the US could surpass 13,500 kilometers by 2030, representing a CAGR of nearly 11% from 2019 to 2030. The total value of the US offshore wind cable market over the 12-year period will amount to at least $8 billion.

On 24 February, Fugro in France relocated to a modern office space, Espace Le Carillon, close to the central business district of La Défense in Paris, thus achieving another milestone in its ambitious plan to enhance Fugro’s presence in France.

The spread of coronavirus continues to deepen the severity of the blow to global fuels demand. Rystad Energy now expects more than half of global oil demand growth to be lost in 2020. As global stocks increase by the day, the ongoing OPEC+ meeting is unlikely to result in cuts sufficient enough to balance the market, under all of our scenarios.

Independent global completions service company Tendeka has received a Letter of Intent for a substantial multi-million-pound scope to supply sand-face completion equipment to Aker BP’s Norwegian assets.

Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress has once more been chosen to provide the connectivity backbone enabling images captured by the deep ocean research institute, Nekton from the floor of the Indian Ocean to be transmitted to audiences worldwide.