Subsea Engineering Special Report 2025

Feb. 19, 2025
This special report highlights technology advances and R&D, case studies and industry expert insights on the latest trends in the subsea sector of the offshore energy industry.

The Subsea Engineering Special Report first published within the January/February 2025 issue of Offshore magazine. The report highlights technology advances and R&D, case studies and industry expert insights on the latest trends in the subsea sector of the offshore energy industry.

Features include:

  • Market intelligence, by Global Underwater Hub
  • In-depth interview with Ole-Ivar Sørensen, Optime Subsea's technical manager for eSCILS, by Offshore's Jeremy Beckman
  • Subsea water treatment updates, by NOV
  • Emergency subsea pipeline repair systems, by Oil States
  • Remote subsea operations, by DeepOcean
  • North Sea decommissioning case study, by Mermaid Subsea Services (UK)
  • Renewables for Subsea Power project updates, by Mocean Energy
  • IRM and subsea infrastructure integrity, by OEG
  • Latest subsea contracts roundup, by Offshore's Ariana Hurtado

The Offshore editorial team wrote or arranged the material for this special section, putting a strong emphasis on critical subsea topics such as business trends, intervention, water treatment, pipelines, remote operations, decommissioning, and offshore energy technologies that will likely trend in the new year. You'll need free site-access membership to view the articles below. If you are not already a registered website user, you can sign up here.


 

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subsea cables
Subsea

Commentary: Confidence in subsea project timelines remains concerningly low

Jan. 3, 2025
If subsea businesses are to invest and plan for the coming decades, they need commitment at various stages of a project and market development.
Courtesy Optime Subsea
eSCILS
Subsea

Wireless intervention, completion systems eliminate topside power, pump requirements

Jan. 16, 2025
Battery-powered eSCILS could enable longer-distance step-outs.
Courtesy NOV
Subsea water treatment and injection
Subsea

Subsea water treatment and injection enhance reservoir management and production

Jan. 10, 2025
By moving critical processes from the topsides to the seabed, operators can achieve greater flexibility, safety, efficiency and environmental performance.
Courtesy Oil States
Oil States EPRS
Pipelines

Emergency repair systems reinforce the future of subsea pipelines

Dec. 27, 2024
Emergency pipeline repair systems ensure safe, reliable operations in 2025 and beyond.
Courtesy DeepOcean
remote subsea dredging operations
Subsea

Remote subsea operations picking up speed

Jan. 10, 2025
Advances in low bandwidth satellite technologies enable rapid expansion of remotely operated subsea operations. This transformative shift has elevated the remote concept from ...
Courtesy Mermaid Subsea Services (UK)
Island Valiant vessel
Decommissioning

Thinking outside the box holds the key to cleaning up the North Sea

Dec. 17, 2024
Research has shown that operators need to plug 200 abandoned North Sea oil and gas wells per year to stay on top of targets.
Courtesy Mocean Energy
Renewables for Subsea Power project
Subsea

Renewables initiative aims to better understand ocean energy systems, address subsea power challenges

Dec. 18, 2024
The Renewables for Subsea Power project demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of an integrated renewable energy system in the North Sea, and it incorporated wave energy...
Courtesy OEG
OEG's Gobiesox weld inspection tool
Subsea

Offshore wind leverages oil and gas expertise for IRM transformation

Jan. 16, 2025
Offshore wind is harnessing oil and gas expertise to revolutionize inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM). With a shared focus on subsea infrastructure integrity and lifecycle...
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subsea technology
Subsea

Year-end 2024, early 2025 subsea contracts ramping up

Jan. 11, 2025
This news roundup highlights the latest subsea projects and the technologies and strategies currently being implemented for the offshore oil and gas industry.

 

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About the Author

Ariana Hurtado | Editor-in-Chief

With more than a decade of copy editing, project management and journalism experience, Ariana Hurtado is a seasoned managing editor born and raised in the energy capital of the world—Houston, Texas. She currently serves as editor-in-chief of Offshore magazine, overseeing the editorial team, its content and the brand's growth from a digital perspective. 

Utilizing her editorial expertise, she manages digital media for the Offshore team. She also helps create and oversee new special industry reports and revolutionizes existing supplements, while also contributing content to Offshore magazine, its newsletters and website as a copy editor and writer. 

Prior to her current role, she served as Offshore's editor and director of special reports from April 2022 to December 2024.

Before joining Offshore, she served as senior managing editor of publications with Hart Energy. Prior to her nearly nine years with Hart, she worked on the copy desk as a news editor at the Houston Chronicle.

She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Houston.