Yearly archives: 2026

Back in the day, when I was much younger and my hair was black, subsea was small, but a bit sexy. At the time Subsea Engineering News was born in 1984, the companies that made subsea hardware were not very big nor very small. Most of them – here are […]

Equinor, in a comment piece that accompanied its Capital Markets Day presentation this week, repeated an oft spoken ditty – the days of big offshore finds is over. I find this a disingenuous view that simply supports big companies’ positions and makes what they do now seem to be clever […]

I noted last week that a few folks from Helix Energy Solutions were making mention – and joyfully as well – that the MSV Seawell, after a major maintenance project in a yard in Swansea, was still operational after nearly 40 years of service. I have to say that I […]

When I first began covering the energy scene back in the early 1980’s, it was assuredly a man’s world. If you ever encountered a female, it was normally someone in public relations or a secretary. There were women in other positions, quite often HR (human resources), but it was rare […]

There are always items popping up on the net that bring back interesting memories. A recent item was no exception. Several folks made note of the fact that OneSubsea had just delivered its 1,500th subsea control module (scm). Now why is this of some significance to the industry at large […]

I did a day’s work last week – shock horror! I may be about to hit 75, but my brain is still working – mostly. I spent last Tuesday at Global Underwater Hub’s (GUH) Bristol office, covering the Celtic Sea floating offshore wind (FLOW) conference for North Sea Reporter, the […]