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Volume 50, Number 4

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table of contents

  • Reimagining Subsea Cable Design: Seequent’s Integrated Approach to Thermal Modelling

  • ACUA Ocean’s USV PIONEER becomes the first ROUV certified under the UK Workboat Code 3

    The certification represents a significant development in the evolution of regulatory pathways for uncrewed and autonomous vessels operating in UK waters.

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    Argentina’s 30 MMtpa LNG Ambition by 2030 – Is It feasible?

    The development Argentina’s vast Vaca Muerta share is transforming the nation into a rising energy exporter, with oil and pipeline gas already flowing abroad and an ambitious multi-phase ‘Argentina LNG’ initiative aiming to secure a permanent place in the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market. While geological resources appear sufficient, the scale and pace of development, however, present challenges.

    By Melissa Lucio, Analyst, Latin America, Welligence Energy Analytics

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    The Gulf of America Can Lead in Carbon Storage, If Washington Acts

    The United States has everything it needs to lead in offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS), except the rules to make it happen.

    By Erik Milito, President, National Ocean Industries Association

  • Photo Credit: Lars Morkin © Equinor

    Powering Deepwater Production

    Designing Gas Turbines for Modern FPSOs.

    By Philipp Geipel and Atif Aliuddin, Siemens Energy

  • Image courtesy ANYbotics

    Patrolling Robots Take Their Next Steps Offshore

    Patrolling robots have proven their worth onshore, and confidence is growing in their performance offshore.

    By Wendy Laursen

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    OpenTug’s BargeOS: Real-Time Visibility, Predictive Intelligence to O&G Barge Logistics

    The tow and barge industry is, to put it kindly, a conservative industry built on a traditional way of doing things. But times are changing, and the need for digital solutions to help track and verify cargoes – particularly in the high-value energy market – is becoming mandatory. The upside: gains in operational efficiency are real and measurable too, for both the transportation company and the shipper, as Jason Aristides, Founder and CEO, OpenTug, discusses in a recent interview with Offshore Engineer TV.

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    Understanding the Deep Currents of the Gulf of America

    Since 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has been conducting the Understanding Gulf Ocean Systems (UGOS) initiative, a long-term research campaign to improve understanding and prediction of the Gulf of America Loop Current System. The overarching goal of UGOS is to improve forecasting of the Gulf’s oceanographic conditions at spatial and temporal scales relevant to key stakeholders, particularly in reducing risks for offshore energy exploration and production.

    By Jan van Smirren, Technical Coordinator of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Understanding Gulf Ocean Systems initiative

  • How Coupling Technologies are Optimizing Marine Power Transmission

    Marine engineering is currently undergoing a transformation where efficiency, reliability, and sustainability are under a microscope — and companies are looking to find any and all operational improvements. Within this context, flexible couplings play a humble yet pivotal role in these advancements.

    By Bob Lennon, Marine Industry Manager, Regal Rexnord

  • ©SPE Offshore Europe

    Oil, Wind, Hydrogen and AI to Converge in Aberdeen at SPE Offshore Europe 2025

  • Image courtesy SBM Offshore/Ambipar

    Product Feature: Drilling Rig & Equipment Innovation

  • Image courtesy Edison Chouest Offshore/Equinor

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  • SPE OFFSHORE EUROPE 2025: DIRECTORY

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