Submarine Telecoms Industry Report Issue 9 - Now Available! Submarine Telecoms Forum Press Release October 20, 2020 The long awaited annual Submarine Telecoms Industry Report is now AVAILABLE! READ THE INDUSTRY REPORT NOW What's Inside: For the second year in a row, we welcome the Foreword written by Secretary General of the International [...]
Choices Impacting an Oil & Gas Submarine Cable System Implementation: A Brief Overview By Wayne Nielsen September 21, 2020 INTRODUCTION Change is coming albeit slowly to the Oil & Gas submarine cable market. Commercialization of existing cable systems started years ago in the North Sea is now happening anew in the Gulf of Mexico with [...]
Technology Trends in the Energy Industry By Greg Berlocher September 21, 2020 The Energy Industry constantly adopts and leverages advanced technologies in the search and production of hydrocarbons. The technologies employed stretch from underground to outer space. As computing platforms predicted by Moore’s Law come to realization, existing technologies are making giant leaps in productivity [...]
Powering the Future With Help From Our Past By Mike Daniel September 21, 2020 Europe has been the pioneer for offshore wind for almost two decades. With a total installed capacity of over 22,000 MW from more than 5,000 grid-connected wind turbines across 110 sites in 12 countries, growth has been exponential. With advances in [...]
What You Need to Know About Digitalisation for Gas Fields By Maria Garcia Alvarez September 21, 2020 A drop in demand due to COVID-19 lockdown measures has struck natural gas markets which are already suffering from low commodity prices. Even though it is expected demand will return once lockdown restricted are eased, the impact on [...]
Rise and Rise of Offshore Wind and the Opportunities for the Subsea Industry By Shashank Krishna September 21, 2020 THE OFFSHORE WIND OPPORTUNITY BP’s decision in September 2020 to enter the offshore wind marks another significant win for the offshore wind industry. While the global renewable energy investments have been remarkably resilient in 2020 despite [...]
Subsea Cable Capacity: Where Do We Go Next? By Geoff Bennett September 21 Putting aside the health impact of COVID-19, the global lockdown has had a dramatic effect on our working lives. Those of us fortunate enough to still be working have had to adapt to working from home, and we are now hearing that [...]
Lessons From the Seafloor: How Knowledge From the Telecom Industry Is Informing Offshore Wind Development By Emma Martin September 21, 2020 Subsea telecom cables have been vital to supporting global connectivity since the first was installed in the 1850s. Over 150 years later, the global network now consists of more than 300 planned or in [...]
Digital Consultations Soar to Protect Health of Energy Workers During Covid-19 By International SOS September 21, 2020 Global occupational health services company, Iqarus, is now carrying out 50% of all consultations remotely, to protect the health of energy industry workers. This has been fueled by the impact of COVID-19, soaring from just 2% usage before [...]
Managing the Impact of COVID19 on Business Operations: Focus on Oil and Gas Sector By Mojeed Aluko September 21, 2020 INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the Oil & Gas industry in several ways. The price of oil has crashed from $64.37 per barrel to $40.50 per barrel and the outlook for the rest of [...]
