San Donato Milanese (MI), October 2, 2019 - Saipem has signed a subsea service contract with Equinor, worth approximately 40 million Euro, which entails the use of Saipem’s Underwater Intervention Drone (UID) Hydrone-R and the all-electric Work Class ROV Hydrone-W in the Njord Field development, offshore Norway. This agreement is the first ever worldwide service... Continue Reading →

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has deployed what is says is the world’s first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating drilling unit. The system is now operational on the Transocean Spitsbergen rig, engaged in drilling operations at the Snorre field in Norway. Transocean said on Wednesday that its patented hybrid power technology, developed in partnership... Continue Reading →

Norway’s Equinor has awarded Italy’s Saipem a subsea service contract which entails using a wireless underwater intervention drone and an ROV on the Njord field located offshore Norway. The contract will make Equinor the first user of technology expected to be completed in 2020, Equinor said on Wednesday. “This is a historic contract in the... Continue Reading →