Petrogas, Gasunie to Explore Reusing North Sea Pipelines for Green Hydrogen
Dutch natural gas infrastructure and transportation company Gasunie and Petrogas Transportation plan to jointly investigate how the Petrogas pipeline installed under the North Sea can be reused for the transport of green hydrogen.The research focuses on the feasibility of reuse and possible repurposing of the pipeline for the offshore hydrogen project Demo 1, initiated by the Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth.It involves the construction of a 20 to 50MW electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen in the North Sea and its landfall in the North Sea Canal Area.Gasunie is studying
DeepOcean Adds High-Spec Subsea Vessel to Its Fleet
2027.The agreement includes options for up to four additional years.DeepOcean will utilize Orient Adventurer globally for offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M), installation, as well as high-end inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR), construction, and recycling of offshore oil and gas infrastructure.Orient Adventurer, formerly named Polar Onyx, is currently serving on an offshore wind contract in Southeast Asia, demonstrating its track record in offshore renewables. This builds on its extensive experience in conventional energy markets across various regions, from the North Sea to Brazil
Ocean Installer Scoops Major Subsea Contract for Equinor’s Troll Gas Field
$95 million (NOK 1 billion), includes a substantial fabrication scope and offshore work over three years, with the first campaign beginning in 2025.The contract award follows the decision from Equinor and the Troll partners to invest just over $1.13 billion (NOK 12 billion) to further develop the gas infrastructure in the Troll West gas prospect.Troll partnership includes Equinor as operator (30.58%), Petoro 56%, AS Norske Shell 8.10%, TotalEnergies EP Norge 3.69%, and ConocoPhillips Skandinavia 1.62%.Equinor and Partners Invest Over $1.1B in Troll Gas Field’s New InfrastructureOcean Installer has
Kraken Robotics Sees Strong Momentum Continuing
benefiting as demand grows for reasons noted above but also as technical capabilities improve and new classes of subsea vehicles emerge as force multipliers, such as the XLUUV.Commercial market activity is also strong, driven by the development and maintenance of offshore wind and offshore oil and gas infrastructure. “In these markets, we offer technology differentiating solutions for seabed and sub-seabed intelligence, that is needed in both the buildout phase as well as operations and maintenance phase of offshore energy. Momentum in this market is visible as numerous suppliers to this market post
Acteon Acquired by Private Equity Investors with New CEO in Charge
and its key segments.“Acteon’s products and services are key to the energy transition in constructing, maintaining and supporting offshore energy infrastructure. We are very pleased to acquire Acteon and its market-leading capability in managing offshore renewable, and offshore oil and gas infrastructure. Our ownership will bring stability to the business, and investment and expertise to grow and develop the company,” said Rob Willings, Partner at Buckthorn.Acteon provides specialist engineering, services and technology to companies who develop and own offshore energy infrastructure across
Tapping the Gas Bank in the Barents Sea
volumes from fields currently in operation and discoveries based on assumptions stipulated for the solutions that were studied.”Another observation from the study is that “increased exploration activity to prove more gas resources is important in order to strengthen the basis for new gas infrastructure in the Barents Sea.”Another point made is that “coordinated development of fields and associated infrastructure is important to maximise value creation.”“I now have a clear expectation that key companies in the Barents Sea are aware of their social responsibility. This
Subsea Infrastructure Power Looks at Renewables
projects with the NZTC. One is looking at sustainable subsea microgrids with Glasgow Caledonian University, aimed at supporting the U.K.’s Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas (INTOG) program – a targeted leasing round that encourages the use of wind energy to power offshore oil and gas infrastructure. Combining offshore wind with gas turbines in a micro-grid creates control system logic challenges, says Slorach, which they’re trying to resolve.It’s also working with German utility RWE after winning the operator’s first international innovation competition in July this
Kraken Update Progress on Subsea Laser Scanner Service Activities
subsea data for offshore oil and gas and renewable energy customers across several countries including Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Nigeria, Norway, and Poland. Applications included anode volumetric measurements for offshore wind farms, mooring chain inspection for offshore oil and gas infrastructure, and subsea metrology services. In 2022, SeaVision services have delivered over 100 3D models and metrology for offshore wind and oil & gas clients.Kraken is continuing the commercialization of a unique, non-contact SeaVision Mooring Chain Inspection Tool (MCIT). This tool can be used to
UK: ORE Catapult, NZTC Team Up to Help Power Oil & Gas Platforms with Floating Wind
opportunity to deploy floating offshore wind and low-carbon technologies to help ramp up for Scotwind and is essential to delivering the ambitious North Sea Transition Deal targets. The WINTOG program supports developers and the supply chain in delivering integrated projects to decarbonize oil and gas infrastructure and ensure continued delivery of today’s energy while building future energy systems.&rdquo
February 2025
