A Chinese Academy of Sciences’ research ship Tansuo-1 with a submersible named Shenhai Yongshi or Deep Sea Warrior set sail from South China’s Hainan province for the first deep-sea scientific research mission this year. With 60 scientific researchers on board, the 20-day trip will complete the para
JDR, part of TFKable Group, has completed subsea power cable load-out for the Taiwan Power Company offshore wind project ‘Changhua’. The vessel and cable is now on route for Taiwan, JDR informed through social media. JDR has been selected by Jan De Nul to supply subsea power cables and accessories f
Van Oord has been conducting final tests of its remotely controlled-trencher Deep Dig-It as part of the preparation for the subsea cables installation on the Hollandse Kust (South) offshore wind farm project in The Netherlands. TenneT awarded the Van Oord-Hellenic Cables consortium in 2018, to build
SIMEC Atlantis Energy said that its 6MW tidal energy project MeyGen has now exported 26 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable electricity to the national grid. To remind, MeyGen exported over 13.8GWh of renewable electricity in 2019, according to Atlantis’ operational update, equivalent to the average a
Fugro has partnered with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (NOAA OER) to establish a new ‘opportunistic’ approach for mapping deepwater areas of the US Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). As Fugro’s survey vessels transit to project sites thro
Global Offshore has landed a contract for cable installation and burial at the Kincardine Floating Offshore Wind Farm for Spanish developer and construction company Grupo Cobra. Utilising the Normand Clipper, Global Offshore will install one export and five inter array cables at the site, totalling
TGS, in partnership with Schlumberger, has started the second phase of the ultra-long offset node project in U.S. Gulf of Mexico. This follows the completion of the Amendment Phase 1 project acquired in Mississippi Canyon in 2019. The next phase will extend the footprint of ultra-long offset data to
Switzerland-based Allseas has been awarded a contract by Danish transmission system operator Energinet for the pipelaying work related to installation of a new branch pipeline between Europipe II in the North Sea and the landfall at Houstrup beach in Denmark as part of the Baltic Pipe project. The B
Shearwater GeoServices has secured an award of a major Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBS) deepwater ROV project by TGS and partner in the Gulf of Mexico, USA. This will be Shearwater’s first OBS ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) survey, the company noted. “Shearwater has an extensive track record of innovatio
EGS Survey has signed a long term partnership with the Australian Government Department of Defence to contribute to hydrographic and oceanographic data collection program through the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP). The HIPP has an estimated budget of 150 million Australian Dollars f
Nova subsea field, located in the Norwegian North Sea, is set to receive its two manifolds in the next months, operator Wintershall Dea said. Built by Aker Solutions, the manifolds were handed over to Subsea 7 (responsible for pipelines and subsea construction), at the yard in Egersund, Norway. Aker
Large Diameter Drilling (LDD) and Barge Master have combined their expertise to complete what is said to be a world first drilling operations from a diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) in water depths in excess of 270 meters. By integrating LDD’s reverse circulation LD2500 drill rig with B
LOC Group has recently completed Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) services in support of the construction of the Turkstream gas pipeline. LOC was contracted by South Stream Transport in 2014 to provide MWS services for the fabrication and installation of the two pipelines forming the Turkstream pipeline
Underwater investigations are kicking off on the Star of the South, Australia’s first offshore wind project, located off the south coast of Victoria. Seabed and marine mammal studies are part of a program of site investigations that are helping to understand the site conditions and plan for an offsh
