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(OE) Marine geophysical services company PXGEO on Monday announced it has acquired Modus Subsea Services to boost its subsea offering. Modus Subsea Services is a U.K.-based provider of offshore life-of-field support services specializing in autonomous subsea operations using underwater intervention drones (UID) based on the Saab Sabertooth platform. The company has also developed and commercialized... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oceaneering International has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Global Design Innovation (GDi) to deliver digital asset management solutions for asset-intensive industries such as oil and gas, utilities, and power generation. The agreement Oceaneering signed through its Integrity Management and Digital Solutions group will allow the company to provide digital solutions, including a technology-focused... Continue Reading →
U.S.-based Oceaneering has completed its first onshore piloting of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from an onshore remote operation center (OROC) in Brazil, carried out in partnership with the Brazillian oil and gas giant Petrobras. The companies worked together to ensure secure offshore connectivity for piloting the ROV from the OROC in Macaé, Rio de... Continue Reading →
(OET) Norway’s asset integrity management company Axess Group and Guyana Logistics and Support Services (GLASS) have established a joint venture (JV) to launch an engineering and asset integrity management (AIM) firm in Guyana. Axess has been delivering services including design, inspection, maintenance, certification, modification, engineering, and installation of equipment for both offshore and onshore installations,... Continue Reading →
(OE) Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Guyana for the provision of subsea construction and inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) services offshore Guyana in South America. Under the contract, DeepOcean will plan and execute a wide range of subsea activities, including subsea construction and jumper installations as well as subsea... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norwegian company ABL and Aberdeen-based health and safety consultancy Integrity HSE have formed strategic partnership to reinforce their rig inspection services. ABL’s rig inspection service offering will be enhanced with Integrity HSE’s tailored onshore and offshore inspection and rig intake solutions. The services will add value to a wide range of drilling and production... Continue Reading →
(OE) Nauticus Robotics, a U.S. developer of autonomous vehicles and robots for data collection and intervention services for offshore industries, has secured fresh funding for its operations and appointed new executive management team. The new investment was secured before the close of 2023 and eliminated many of the dilutive warrants and ratchet provisions of the... Continue Reading →
The sixth-generation semi-submersible rig, Hunter Queen, which has belonged to PRIO since July 2022, completed its first operation this month in the Frade field, in the Campos Basin. The rig has the capacity to drill in water depths of up to 3,000 meters and wells of up to 10,000 meters, and is also capable of... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norwegian subsea services firm Reach Subsea, together with its Brazilian partner OceanPact, received a notice of contract award from Equinor for combined light construction, IMR (inspection, maintenance, and repair) and survey services on the Peregrino field offshore Brazil. The specific project has a duration of approximately 45 vessel days and is assigned as part... Continue Reading →
OceanPact, a renowned Brazilian company specialized in environmental solutions, submarine services and logistical support, achieved another victory by winning a bidding process and signing a contract with Petrobras. The agreement, valued at around R$485 million, was sealed to carry out anchoring inspections in FPSOs (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) and semi-submersible platforms from Petrobras, covering activities until... Continue Reading →
