Wednesday, April 24, 2024

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Cellula's Solus-XR XLUUV undergoes its inaugural sea trials off the shores of West Vancouver, B.C. on August 29, 2023. (Photo: CNW Group/Cellula Robotics Ltd.)

Cellula Robotics Starts Trials for Its XLUUV

5,000 kilometers.Through its port-to-port mission capability, Solus-XR removes the necessity for auxiliary support vessels, thus facilitating access to challenging and remote locations frequently encountered in Arctic sub-ice missions, Cellula Robotics said.The initial sea trials off the coast of Western Canada are designed to evaluate surface performance and autonomy, offering an opportunity to assess the vehicle's capabilities in real-world maritime conditions. Later demonstration missions planned for 2024 will showcase the full spectrum of the Solus-XR XLUUV's capabilities in real-world scenarios

Photo: ExxonMobil Canada

ExxonMobil's Canada Offshore Project Produces First Oil

and highlights its ability to execute large-scale energy developments safely and responsibly in challenging operating conditions," Liam Mallon, president of ExxonMobil Development Company, said in a statement.   Offshore production is dwarfed by the 2.4 million barrels that comes from western Canada, but first oil from Hebron is still welcome news for the country's energy industry after foreign oil majors sold off around $23 billion in Canadian assets this year as a result of depressed prices.   While Canadian crude production is still growing thanks to Alberta's vast oil sands, forecasts

Boskalis Posts Highest Profit

Subsea Services are expected to be impacted hardest. The picture at Marine Contracting and Subsea Contracting is more favorable, fueled by structural developments in offshore wind energy, the dismantling of old oil and gas rigs and new developments in the Middle East and surrounding LNG, such as in Western Canada. Boskalis expects to see a prolonged period of low energy prices and lean market conditions in the offshore oil and gas market and is tightening things up where necessary in terms of organization, fleet composition and capital expenditure. Outlook Current information suggests that no

Gas Pipeline in Alberta  (courtesy of Ziff)

Ziff Energy Announces Western Canada Oil & Gas Full-Cycle Cost Study

Ziff Energy has  announced  the launch of its Western Canada Oil & Gas Full-Cycle Cost Study. The study will provide granular detail on Western Canada full-cycle oil and gas costs as well as analyze full-cycle costs for 7 oil strategy areas and 11 gas strategy areas.   The oil strategy areas to be analyzed include heavy oil, central Alberta, northern Alberta, southern Alberta, Cardium, Viking, and Bakken. The gas strategy areas to be analyzed include Duvernay, Montney, Horn River, deep basin, west central Alberta, British Columbia plains, southern shallow, northern shallow

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