Island Offshore has contracted Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary Vard to design and build a second hybrid-powered ocean energy construction vessel.
Karoon Energy has provided an operations update for the Who Dat project in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) as well as projects offshore Brazil.
Shell will leverage Akselos’ SPM software to monitor the structural health of critical assets.
Orlen Unipetrol has revealed a timeline for scheduled removal of an unexploded aerial World War II bomb, the discovery of which suspended all processing and production activities at the operator’s complex in Litvínov in the Czech Republic.
![[OTS Offshore] - Mintra, PaleBlue partner on oil and gas gamification training courses](https://ots-tl.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OTS-Offshore-Mintra-PaleBlue-partner-on-oil-and-gas-gamification-training-courses.jpg "ONS 2024: Mintra, PaleBlue partner on oil and gas gamification training courses ONS 2024: Mintra, PaleBlue partner on oil and gas gamification training courses")
This collaboration enables more than 2 million of Mintra’s system users to experience gamification to enhance engagement and reinforce knowledge retention.
![[OTS Offshore] - Jackup market remains resilient, despite Saudi Aramco’s rig releases](https://ots-tl.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OTS-Offshore-Jackup-market-remains-resilient-despite-Saudi-Aramcos-rig-releases-1024x576.jpg "Report: Jackup market remains resilient, despite Saudi Aramco’s rig releases Report: Jackup market remains resilient, despite Saudi Aramco’s rig releases")
Jackups released from the Saudi work program have been picked up in other high-spec markets, says Evercore ISI.
![[OTS OFfshore] - Aker BP uses DrillDocs real-time rig surveillance technology-2](https://ots-tl.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OTS-OFfshore-Aker-BP-uses-DrillDocs-real-time-rig-surveillance-technology-2.jpg "ONS 2024: Aker BP uses DrillDocs real-time rig surveillance technology ONS 2024: Aker BP uses DrillDocs real-time rig surveillance technology")
DrillDocs has delivered real-time drilled cuttings size distribution data from the Norwegian Continental Shelf to Aker BP.
![[OTS Offshore]- IMAGE 2024 - Petrobras enters R&D collaboration with TGS](https://ots-tl.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OTs-Offshore-IMAGE-2024-Petrobras-enters-RD-collaboration-with-TGS-1024x576.jpg "IMAGE 2024: Petrobras enters R&D collaboration with TGS IMAGE 2024: Petrobras enters R&D collaboration with TGS")
TGS and Petrobras have agreed to collaborate on scientific research and technological developments in Brazil.
Aker Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Petronas Carigali, MISC and Clean Energy Systems.
The US Interior Department retained protections on 28 million acres of D-1 public lands in Alaska Aug. 27, reversing a Trump-era bid to allow oil and natural gas leasing on the land.
