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Fortune Business Insights, a market research company, expects the carbon capture and storage (CCS) market to grow to $7 billion by 2028 aided by rising investments in developing new alternatives for curbing the carbon footprint and achieving the energy transition goals and net-zero targets. The company expects the market to exhibit a CAGR of 19.5 per... Continue Reading →
Nauticus Robotics, a Houston-based developer of cloud-based surface and subsea robots, and CleanTech Acquisition Corp. (CLAQ), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have entered into a definitive business combination agreement that will result in Nauticus becoming a publicly listed company. The transaction, expected to close in the first half of 2022, has been approved... Continue Reading →
Norwegian marine survey contractor Argeo has signed an agreement with an undisclosed client to provide autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) services in the Brazilian oil and gas sector. The project is scheduled to commence early in the first quarter of 2022 and includes the possibility of being extended. According to Argeo, the agreement represents a potential start... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) will start testing new renewable diesel based on co-processed edible oils with customers in January, while awaiting regulatory approval to sell it commercially, the company's refining director told Reuters. The tests are expected to take about six months and will be backed by a fuel distributor and a bus... Continue Reading →
Malaysian FPSO contractor Yinson has signed a Letter of Intent with the Brazilian oil company Enauta Energia for the provision, operation, and maintenance of an FPSO at Enauta's Atlanta field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Enauta has been producing oil from the field using the FPSO Petrojarl I as an Early Production System, and has... Continue Reading →
Tractebel and partner companies have developed what they describe as the world’s first offshore infrastructure and processing facilities concept for the storage of hydrogen in offshore caverns. The design study, unveiled by Tractebel Overdick GmbH, is said to outline an innovative solution for large-scale hydrogen storage on the high seas: a scalable offshore platform for... Continue Reading →
By mid-century, offshore wind will require ocean space which is equivalent to the landmass of Italy, and the industry will by then account for half of all the capex in the Blue Economy, according to DNV’s Ocean’s Future to 2050 report. "The exponential growth of offshore wind power will be the main driver of a... Continue Reading →
(OE) Swarm behavior of underwater vehicles has long been on the wish list. Couple that with collecting seismic data and you have an interesting challenge. The seismic industry has a track record for innovation – Blue Ocean Seismic Services is taking on the latest challenge. Seismic data acquisition isn’t perhaps at the top of... Continue Reading →
(OM) Strohm has developed a thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) with an integrated weight coating. The company has supplied the first fully bonded TCP flowline featuring the coating – measuring 2,200 m (7,218 ft) in length and with a diameter of 2.5-in. – to Trident to support the Elon-C subsea tieback to the Okume platform complex offshore Equatorial Guinea.... Continue Reading →
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE: HLX) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an extension of its well intervention charter and services contracts for the Siem Helix 2 offshore Brazil with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras). The initial four-year contract for the Siem Helix 2 has been extended by one year at a reduced rate reflective... Continue Reading →
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