The subsea event on November 18th, 2025, gathered around 100 participants and created an engaging arena for discussing how Norway can maintain and strengthen its global subsea position toward 2030–2050. There was strong participation from across the industry: operators, suppliers, technology companies, and other industry representatives.

Opening of the Seminar

The seminar was opened with a welcome from Anne Line Haugen, Event and Marketing Advisor at Energy Valley, who handed the floor to Preben Strøm, the main moderator throughout the program.

Preben introduced the seminar theme: emphasizing the subsea industry as one of Norway’s strongest technological pillars, and a key enabler for both efficient oil and gas production and new value chains such as CCS and offshore wind.

Presentations and industry insights

The seminar featured several strong contributions from leading industry actors:

• Equinor presented the development of All Electric Subsea and lessons from the Fram Sør project, the first deployment of the eVXT unit. The presentation highlighted how standardization and deep operator collaboration can reduce costs, accelerate field development, and support future tie-backs. 
• Aker BP shared insights from its highly efficient field development model, the Subsea Alliance concept, and how standardized, reusable, and digital solutions contribute to reduced costs and timely project execution. 
• 4Subsea highlighted how data, sensor technology, and predictive analytics provide improved decision support and can extend asset lifetime, reduce emissions, and enhance integrity across subsea infrastructure. 
• OneSubsea presented its technology roadmap for the next generation of subsea systems, with a strong focus on modularization, collaboration, and reducing environmental footprint. 
• DNV provided a long-term perspective on subsea’s role in the energy transition toward 2050 and 2060, including global subsea market growth and the importance of standardization, digitalization, and integrated energy systems. 

Panel discussion

Following the presentations, we moved into a panel discussion, moderated by Knut Linnerud (Energy Valley), with an exceptionally active audience, contributing the majority of the questions. This resulted in a dynamic and insightful dialogue about the future of subsea solutions.

Key discussion themes included:

• How Norway can strengthen its international subsea position toward 2050
• Transferring offshore oil and gas competence to CCS, offshore wind, and new value chains
• Balancing long-term gas demand toward 2060 with the need for energy transition
• Digitalization, standardization, and collaboration as key industry drivers
• Regulatory and market mechanisms needed to accelerate innovation and investment

Closing

Preben Strøm closed the seminar with a brief summary of key takeaways, thanking the speakers and participants for their engagement and contributions to an important discussion on the opportunities and transformations facing the subsea industry.

What’s next?

The subsea industry remains one of the most pressing energy topics of our time. As a follow-up to the strong engagement from the November event, Energy Valley is planning the next Subsea member event in March 2026. This event will also be in person.

We are currently exploring collaboration with one of our key industry partners to host a combined site visit and seminar, giving members exclusive insight into state-of-the-art subsea facilities and forward-looking technology developments. Details regarding location, host and exact date will be announced shortly, so stay tuned! This will be a unique opportunity to meet industry peers, see cutting-edge subsea technology up close, and gain insight into the innovations shaping the next decade.