Reassess Fleet Exposure After New North Sea Rig Commitments

The project consists of two wells in a template and a pipeline connected to existing subsea facilities, with the umbilical and MEG line to be extended to the new development

Our ambition is to halve costs and execution time for our subsea projects and develop six to eight such projects per year towards 2035,” emphasized Nakken. This investment announcement for the TWIN project comes shortly after Equinor disclosed a concept for a development combining several North Sea discoveries into a single project, with estimated gross resources of approximately 240 million barrels of oil equivalent

Gunnar Nakken, Senior Vice President for Projects and Subsea Norway at Equinor, commented: “We have an ambition to start production as early as 2028. By simplifying, increasing standardisation and reusing existing infrastructure and equipment, we are reducing costs and enabling faster production, in line with our new ways of working

We’re looking forward to receiving data of very high quality – and to further refining knowledge about Norwegian deep sea areas! ” The procured AUV can operate at depths of up to 6,000 meters, collecting high-resolution data about the seabed

This data is supplemented with even higher-resolution surveys using AUVs, but this kind of advanced mapping used to be contracted out to private businesses

However, Norway’s Ministry of Energy funded the procurement of a HUGIN Superior AUV in 2025 through the Norwegian Offshore Directorate. This vehicle will be operated by the Norwegian Marine Data Centre (NORMAR), which is affiliated with the University of Bergen

” From PML’s remote operations centre, visitors were able to view live feeds, showing tracking and data telemetry from the AUVs and Sonardyne’s Origin 600 ADCP to the Pioneer USV; Source: Sonardyne As the Smart Sound Connect Subsurface project team is seeking additional research and development partners to collaborate in further trials of the SSCS testing environment, it encourages anyone interested in testing new subsea vehicle operations, underwater data telemetry, or any other use of the new infrastructure to

It just shows the reputation Plymouth now has and continues to build for marine autonomy, thanks to the environment, ecosystem and collaboration we have in the city and in Plymouth Sound. ” From PML’s remote operations centre, visitors were able to view live feeds, showing tracking and data telemetry from the AUVs and Sonardyne’s Origin 600 ADCP to the Pioneer USV; Source: Sonardyne As the Smart Sound Connect Subsurface project team is seeking additional research and development partners to collaborate in furth

ACUA’s Pioneer USV in Plymouth Sound; Source: ACUA Ocean The Smart Sound Connect Subsurface project, part of Smart Sound Plymouth, led by the University of Plymouth, with Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), saw platforms from ACUA Ocean, ecoSUB Robotics, Seaber, and Sonardyne working together above and below the surface, before the new subsea testbed designed to accelerate the UK’s marine autonomy and ocean sensing wrapped up its live, multi-marine surface and subsea robotic platform demonstration that emphasized

The drilling activities will be undertaken this June in the North Sea with Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 rig. The 2012-built sixth-generation dual-derrick deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig secured a contract extension with Aker BP a few months ago

The drilling activities will be undertaken with COSL Drilling Europe’s COSL Innovator semi-submersible rig

The drilling activities will be undertaken this June in the North Sea with Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 rig