The PanGeo Subsea brand and company name have changed to Kraken Robotics as of 1 January 2023, following the completion of the acquisition by the Canadian company in 2021. To remind, Kraken Robotics entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to acquire PanGeo Subsea in April 2021. The Canada-based marine technology company completed the acquisition in the summer of 2021. According... Continue Reading →
2022 saw higher offshore rig activity, Baker Hughes reports
Baker Hughes’ rig count report has revealed that the international offshore rig count experienced an increase of 30 units in 2022 compared to the figures from the year before. The overall international rig count including both offshore and onshore rigs was up 66 rigs from the 2021 count of 834. Source: Baker Hughes According to the report,... Continue Reading →
Westwood: Record Levels of FPS Throughput Capacity to be Sanctioned in 2022
As we enter the final month of 2022, a review of the floating production system (FPS) market revealed that some E&Ps have been bold with investments in the development of their oil and gas (O&G) reserves, with a total of 1.9 mmboepd (1.3 mmbpd of oil and 3.8 bcfd of gas) of FPS throughput capacity... Continue Reading →
Kraken Robotics’ Brazilian Subsidiary Gets $8M R&D Funding
Canadian marine robotics company Kraken Robotics said Friday it had signed a R&D contract with a global energy company that will provide $8 million of cash funding to Kraken’s Brazilian subsidiary over a 3-year period. Under this project, Kraken will continue the development of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning software, and subsea autonomy solutions to intelligently... Continue Reading →
Sustainable Marine sells Swift Anchors business to German partner
Blue economy solutions provider Sustainable Marine has sold its anchoring and mooring business Swift Anchors to Aquos, a subsidiary of its largest shareholder and long-standing partner Schottel. The announcement comes shortly after the launch of Swift Anchors next-generation, remotely operated rock anchor installation system, dubbed AROV2 – which will be used to install anchors for Sustainable Marine’s Pempa’q... Continue Reading →
This decade’s oil boom is moving offshore – way offshore
(Reuters) - Global oil companies are pumping billions of dollars into offshore drilling, reversing a long decline in spending on the decades-long projects including some in the remote iceberg waters far off Canada's Atlantic coast. Surging oil prices are encouraging the investments, along with Europe's mounting energy demand as the Ukraine-Russia war drags on. Offshore... Continue Reading →