In a tumultuous year of change in the world, high impact drilling in 2022 remained at a similar level to 2021, with 81 high impact wells completing. Performance improved with discovered resource increasing from 7.4bnboe in 2021 to a preliminary estimate of 9.2bnboe in 2022, and the commercial success rate, i.e., the proportion of wells which may result in a potentially commercial development, increasing from 29% in 2021 to 36%.

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has activated an option to request the installation of a battery hybrid system on board the Stril Server multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV).

Orbital Marine Power (Orbital), one of the world’s leading tidal energy developers, is increasing their support of the vital work that Ocean Energy Europe is doing to promote the sector, by becoming a Lead Partner.

Marlink, a smart network solutions company, continues the roll-out of its new blend of hybrid network services, equipping Solstad Offshore vessels with Starlink connectivity integrated with the well-established highly reliable Sealink VSAT, L-band backup and 4G services.

Trendsetter Engineering Inc. has been awarded a contract to support the development of Beacon Offshore Energy LLC’s Shenandoah project located offshore Gulf of Mexico.

Kraken Robotics Inc. announces a financial update for the year ended December 31, 2022. While audited results will not be released until April, non-audited preliminary results show that company has met the mid-point of the $38 million to $42 million revenue guidance for 2022. This represents more than 50% top line growth year over year. Kraken also expect to be within the range of EBITDA guidance, previously announced at $5 to $7 million.

SEA-KIT International’s brand-new production facility for its larger XL-Class Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) is now operational, with the first 18m hull being fitted out ready for delivery this summer to world-leading geo-intelligence specialist, Fugro.

Damen’s partner in Colombia, LINEAL Engineering, has opened a new office in Barranquilla on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.

Strohm’s unique ‘Jumper on Demand’ model is proving a successful and optimal solution after the business secured a second contract with ExxonMobil to supply more than 24 of its jumpers for the Uaru field development situated offshore Guyana, in the Americas.

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), an international marine environmental consulting firm, today announced the appointment of two new hires to their Trinidad and Tobago operations–Dr. Himawatee Baboolal to the position of Project Scientist III and Mr. Shem Manickchand as Technician. Based out of the company’s Port of Spain office, Dr. Baboolal and Mr. Manickchand will both play instrumental roles in the design, implementation, and analysis of a range of multidisciplinary marine survey projects, including environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs), geophysical and geotechnical surveys, oceanographic deployments, and environmental baseline and long-term monitoring survey campaigns.

Miros Group has appointed a new CEO as the wave measurement experts target further growth in markets ranging from renewable energy through oil and gas to offshore operations and shipping.

DaNa L. Carlis, Ph.D., a research meteorologist and experienced scientific leader, has been named the director of NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Oklahoma. He will join the world’s preeminent research institution for observing and understanding severe thunderstorms and extreme weather on January 29. He is the first African American to be named a lab director in NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.

Marine robotics technology specialist, Greensea Systems, Inc. (Greensea), shares its latest additions to the team, and its implementation of a more agile delivery methodology for its Program Management (PM) team, led by Laura Krahn. Krahn joined Greensea in 2022 with her experience of building an agile team to lead the software development life cycle and advance technology development.

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has received applications from six companies in connection with the announcement of an area in the North Sea for potential storage of CO2on the Norwegian shelf.

TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant⁽¹⁾ engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract by Wintershall Dea Norge AS for its Dvalin North project.