Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions announced that it has been awarded a contract with the United States Navy for the Harvey Deep Sea with a value of 4 million dollars.

C-Kore Systems has deployed their 400^th subsea testing tool. This landmark event occurred for a fault-finding campaign off the coast of Angola.

Saipem has received from Qatargas a Letter of Award for a new contract worth over 1 billion USD and related to the North Field Production Sustainability Pipelines Project located offshore and onshore the North-East coast of the Qatar peninsula. 

Global composite pipe specialist for the energy sector Strohm has achieved a key sustainability milestone after receiving certification for its climate neutral emission status. The accreditation underpins its corporate objective to support the industry’s energy transition and its global net-zero CO2 emission ambitions.

Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has announced the launch of its HiPAP 602 Ultra Deepwater SSBL (Super Short Base Line) Positioning Tool.

The Supervisory Board of Fugro N.V. has decided to nominate Barbara Geelen for appointment as member of the Board of Management and Chief Financial Officer as of May 12, 2021.

James Fisher, a leading provider of innovative marine solutions and specialized engineering services, has launched James Fisher Renewables, which sees consolidation of the group’s extensive capabilities into a comprehensive solutions provider. 



Sea Ranger Service, a company that has been carrying out surveying and research tasks in the North Sea with special, emission-free sailing offshore work vessels since 2018, has appointed former Dockwise manager and WISTA board member Christel Pullens as its new managing director as of March 1, 2021.

Hydroniq Coolers has entered into a partnership agreement with Wärtsilä and supplied its biggest ever Rack seawater cooling system to Wärtsilä’s innovation and production center – the Smart Technology Hub. 

Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, has reached a significant technology milestone in pioneering a solution to overcome flexible pipe stress corrosion cracking (SCC) tendencies in high CO₂ content fields, such as those found in Brazil’s pre-salt offshore developments.  

Siemens Energy was awarded a topside EPC contract by MISC Berhad for eight complete topside modules that will provide sustainable, efficient, and environmentally friendly power generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as gas processing and compression aboard an FPSO that will operate offshore South America starting in 2024.

Training and technology leader, 3t Energy Group, has appointed a new finance director for its training division to help drive ambitious global growth plans.

Forum Energy Technologies announces that its light work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV), Comanche 38, has successfully completed sea trials with Amundsen Science (Université Laval, Canada).

DORIS has been selected by BHP Petroleum (via its subsidiary BHP Billiton Petróleo Operaciones de Mexico, S. De R. L. De C.V.) to continue into the next phase of Trion’s engineering work, FEED (Front End Engineering and Design), for the SURF (Subsea Umbilicals Risers and Flowlines) scope of work.

Equinor, together with license partners Repsol Sinopec Brasil and Petrobras, have approved the development concept for BM-C-33, a gas/condensate field located in the Campos Basin pre-salt in Brazil.

There has been much talk about natural gas as a transition fuel, primarily in helping to lower emissions and pollution by displacing coal in power generation, but also in complementing intermittent renewables, and targeting the (blue) hydrogen economy in the longer term.