Fugro’s entry into the UK’s small modular reactor market follows its breakthrough in the US, where it secured a contract in February to perform a geoscience site investigation for the recommissioned Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Michigan.

A field test study examines micro turbine drilling in a clay formation that allows steel casing and formation to be drilled in a single operation.

As COP30 wrapped up in Brazil, the country finds itself at an inflection point, positioned to deliver South America’s first CO₂ injection by mid-2026.