It is the first platform in Africa to be decommissioned in a project led by environmental quality services company, EQS, with a Saab Seaeye Falcon underwater robot deployed for the task.
The 12-member mission team will conduct daily dives from 100 m to at least 500 m deep in two Triton submersibles to document the seafloor and fish communities at three locations in the archipelago.
Van Oord and Subsea 7 have been contracted by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) for the Gas to Energy project, offshore Guyana.
The first phase of cable laying as part of the SSEN Transmission Shetland High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Link has begun off the coast of Caithness, marking a major milestone in the £660M project.
Rare earth elements (REEs), like lanthanum and cerium, are vital components in many everyday and emerging technologies, including smartphones, hard disks and clean energy.
Scientists conducted an experiment in the North Sea 130km northeast of Aberdeen where they simulated a release of CO2 over a period of 12 days at a depth of 120 metres and three metres below the seabed
