US companies come together for integrated underwater robotic systems

Utah-headquartered Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation and Pennsylvania-based VideoRay have signed an agreement to offer integrated underwater robotic systems. Under the agreement, the parties plan on combining VideoRay remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) with the Sarcos Guardian Sea Class robotic system including its dexterous arms. Sarcos and VideoRay will each be able to sell an integrated underwater robotic system, as well... Continue Reading →

Equinor and Partners Invest $9 Billion in BM-C-33 Offshore Project in Brazil

Equinor, Repsol Sinopec Brasil, and Petrobras have taken the investment decision to develop the BM-C-33 project in Brazil. The investment is approximately USD 9 billion. Located in the Campos Basin, BM-C-33 comprises three different pre-salt discoveries – Pão de Açúcar, Gávea and Seat – containing natural gas and oil/condensate recoverable reserves above one billion barrels... Continue Reading →

Petrobras on the start-up of FPSO Anna Nery

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. -  Petrobras informs that the FPSO Anna Nery started production on May 07, 2023, in Campos Basin, within the project of revitalization of the Marlim and Voador fields, which will produce the post-salt reservoirs and Brava, located in the pre-salt of the two fields. The unit is capable of producing daily up... Continue Reading →

Saipem to Deliver Subsea Structures for Exxon’s Most Expensive Offshore Oil Project in Guyana

Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has received from ExxonMobil the authorization to proceed with the final phase of its contract related to the delivery of subsea systems for the Uaru oil field development project in Guyana. In December 2022, pending regulatory approvals, Saipem was awarded a large contract by ExxonMobil Guyana for the Uaru oil field... Continue Reading →

A New Generation of WTIVs

Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (OE) WTIVs have always been fuel-hungry. Now they are being tasked with installations that are further, deeper and heavier. Offshore wind farms continue their march into deeper water, further from shore, with turbines that can now reach more than 270 meters high with blades 120 meters long. Designers and OEMs are pushing... Continue Reading →

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