Fugro and Spoor Create AI Bird-Monitoring Solution for Offshore Wind Farms
, even in harsh sea conditions. This approach provides a more reliable and cost-effective way to conduct legally required environmental impact assessments for offshore wind farms.The launch of this new bird-monitoring solution was successfully tested at Hywind Tampen offshore wind farm in the Norwegian North Sea
Fugro, Spoor Join Forces for AI Bird Monitoring for Offshore Wind Farms
year-round, even in harsh sea conditions.This approach provides a more reliable and cost-effective way to conduct legally required environmental impact assessments for offshore wind farms.The launch of this new bird-monitoring solution was already tested at Hywind Tampen offshore wind farm in the Norwegian North Sea.SEAWATCH-based bird identification and tracking at Hywind Tampen offshore wind farm (Credit: Spoor and Fugro)“We’re excited to be unlocking insights by connecting Spoor’s advanced computer vision software with our world-leading SEAWATCH buoy technology to create a reliable
Viridien, TGS and Aquila Holdings Deliver Utsira OBN Reprocessing Project
Viridien and its partners TGS and Aquila Holdings, under its subsidiary Axxis Multi Client, have completed the reprocessing of the Utsira ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic survey in the Norwegian North Sea.Utsira is the largest OBN survey conducted on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and required the deployment of more than 144,000 nodes and over 5.5 million shots.Covering an area of 2077 square kilometers in a mature part of the North Sea, the survey was acquired in 2018 and 2019, and the initial processing results delivered in 2020.The Utsira area holds several significant oil and gas fields, including
Yara to Store CO2 from Dutch Plant under Norway Seabed
Fertilizer maker Yara said on Monday it has signed a binding agreement to capture CO2 emissions from its Dutch ammonia plant and transport it to the Norwegian North Sea for storage deep beneath the seabed.The carbon capture and storage project (CCS) will cut annual emissions of CO2 by 800,000 tonnes over a 15 year period, the Norwegian company said in a statement.When the operation begins in 2025, it is expected to be the first time that CO2 from one nation is transported across borders for storage by another, Yara said.The CO2 will be liquefied and shipped by Northern Lights, a company
Ashtead Technology Wraps Subsea Installation Monitoring Project Using LUMA Modems
, Ashtead Technology said Monday: "The project saw Ashtead Technology provide its Autonomous Structure Monitoring Systems, which were each integrated with LUMA optical modems, to complete an underwater installation monitoring work scope for subsea and offshore wind contractor, Havfram, in the Norwegian North Sea."Ashtead Technology, Hydromea in Subsea Wireless Tech DealThe work scope included the provision of ten Autonomous Structure Monitoring Systems, two for each suction anchor template, and an additional four Autonomous Structure Monitoring Systems, which were used to monitor the installation
Neptune Energy: Tech Built for Astronauts to Reduce Need for Offshore Travel
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has completed a virtual reality pilot on its Gjøa platform in the Norwegian North Sea, enabling teams to make highly realistic virtual visits to the facility. The technology, developed by PaleBlue and used to train astronauts traveling to the International Space Station, will reduce the need for offshore travel, lower costs and associated emissions and support safe operations. It is the first time PaleBlue’s technology has been applied to an offshore installation. Using a VR headset, offshore workers interact with an ultra-realistic 3D model of
Subsea Tiebacks: A Troll with a Kinder Surprise
;s also got a low carbon footprint; the project is set to deliver about 2.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent with a CO2 intensity of 0.1 kilo per barrel.The project is Troll Phase 3, which will produce the gas cap over the Troll West oil column, in about 330 m water depth, 80 km off Bergen in the Norwegian North Sea. The NOK 7.8 billion (US$900 million) Troll Phase 3 project will extend the plateau production for gas from Troll for about seven years and the expected productive life by about 17 years. The development includes two subsea templates, eight new big bore production wells, a 36-inch pipeline
Magseis Fairfield in Deepwater Survey Gig, Offshore Angola
company to our customer list. This contract represents a meaningful addition to our 2021 backlog.”Hooijskas did not provide details on the financial side of the deal.To contract comes a little over a week after the company said it had been awarded a 4D Ocean Bottom Node monitor survey in the Norwegian North Sea. More on that here
Neodrill Pens Neptune Contract for CAN Tech
technology company Neodrill, known for its Conductor Anchor Node (CAN) technology, has signed a frame agreement with Neptune Energy and shared info on its first two projects.Neodrill's two CAN-ductors were installed earlier this year on two of Neptune Energy’s exploration wells in the Norwegian North Sea. In August, Neptune Energy and its partners announced the commercial discovery of oil at the Dugong well (PL882) in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, one of the largest discoveries in Norway this year. The first campaign in April was the first delivery of a two-well campaign
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