ION Geophysical has announced a new 3D multi-client broadband reimaging program offshore Brazil. Supported by industry funding, the Picanha program provides a regional 3D framework that delivers fresh insights into the Campos and Santos basins’ petroleum systems ahead of upcoming license rounds. ION
Clinton Marine Survey has been awarded a framework agreement for Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA), for the service of multibeam echo sounder (MBES) hydrographic surveys on Swedish shipping routes in the Baltic Sea. The framework contract regarding hydrographic surveys in the Swedish Sea areas 2
Installation of a subsea power cable between Norway and Germany has started. The first metres have been laid on the seabed in Vollesfjord in Vest-Agder. Once completed, the new cable, NordLink, will be one of the world’s longest power cables, and will provide the first direct link between the Norweg
Saudi Aramco has acquired Teledyne Offshore Surveyor AUV system. The Gavia AUV system is expected to enhance Saudi Aramco’s agility in meeting high demands for hydrographic survey services through the company’s in-house survey operations. The Gavia system will be utilized predominantly for debris su
The Tyneside-based manufacturer of ROVs, mining equipment and subsea ploughs Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) is relocating its servicing and training side of the business to Port of Tyne. SMD’s head office and heavy production facility will remain in Wallsend and the company will continue to manufacture
Galloper Offshore Windfarm Limited has chartered Seacat Services’ windfarm support/crew transfer vessel (CTV) Seacat Ranger.
Carnegie Clean Energy, Australian developer of utility scale solar, battery, wave and hybrid energy projects, has started construction of the Garden Island Microgrid Project marking the occasion with a sod-turning ceremony. Construction has started on the 2MW solar Photovoltaic (PV) and 2MW/0.5MWh b
Jacket for the Johan Sverdrup riser platform was installed by Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel Thialf. The jacket is stretching 140 metres from the seabed, where it covers an area measuring 94 times 64 metres. It is attached to the seabed by 24 poles weighing more than 9000 tonnes in total.
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS has entered into a prefunding and late sales agreement related to 3D CSEM data surveys in the Barents Sea in Norway. The Oslo-listed company, which generated revenues of $10.6 million in the second quarter 2017, said that this new agreement represents reve
PanGeo Subsea has recently been awarded its 20th unexploded ordnance UXO survey. The North Sea offshore wind farm project will consist of a UXO survey covering an area of some 18km2 for export cables, inter-array cables and offshore platforms. PanGeo’s sub bottom imager (SBI) will again be used as t
The Rigmar Group has been recruiting and re-organising to address the expanding range and complexity of projects being undertaken. Duncan Cuthill, who joined the Group in January 2016, has been promoted to the role of Interocean’s Marine general manager. Cuthill has been responsible for a number of
The first gravity-based foundation (GBF) has been installed onto the sea bed for EDF Blyth wind farm project off the Northumberland coast, UK. Earlier this month, the gravity base left BAM’s dry dock in Newcastle and was floated down the River Tyne to Port of Tyne to have additional ballast added to
American independent oil & gas company Hess has started first production of natural gas from its North Malay Basin asset offshore Malaysia. The production kicked off in mid-July following the hook-up of the topsides for the central processing platform. The field is expected to ramp up net production
Oceanteam Solutions has recently signed a contract with a European cable manufacturer regarding the supply of a transport vessel, turntable and auxiliary equipment for the transport of cables from South Europe to Scandinavia. As announced in the letter of intent in May this year, the project is plan
