Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) is developing the first U.S.-flagged Jones Act compliant vessel for subsea rock installation. Ulstein Design and Solutions is in charge of the conceptual and regulatory design engineering of the inclined fallpipe vessel. GLDD’s vessel will be built by a U
PGE Baltica and Ordtek have signed a contract to prepare a strategy that will define the methodology of dealing with the potential risk related to the presence of unexploded ordnance (UXO) at the Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 offshore wind project sites. In preparation for the construction of PGE’s offsho
Oil major ConocoPhillips and its partners in the Tor Unit have started production from the Tor II project located offshore Norway.
Boxfish Research said it has delivered a record-breaking depth range during its latest deep sea mission in New Zealand. According to the company, this represents the first underwater deployment of a small, battery-operated ROV to reach 710 metres, exceeding the industry standard. Boxfish said its R&
EMGS has received a letter of award for 3D CSEM and magnetotelluric multi-client survey in the Gulf of Mexico. The letter of award comes from one of the EMGS’ existing clients and also represents the first project for this customer in the Gulf of Mexico. Norwegian geophysical services company expect
Lithuanian government has allocated € 7.5 million to prepare for its first offshore wind tender and the development of the first 700 MW of offshore wind capacity in its part of the Baltic Sea. The funds will support environmental impact assessments and other studies and surveys to be carried out fro
Global Petroleum has bought 2D seismic data for a license off Namibia ahead of the farm-out process, set to be launched after the seismic interpretation.
The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) has appointed Dr Cheryl Burgess as its new chief executive. Burgess will join the SUT in January next year. She takes over from Steve Hall who has held the post for the past four years. Prof Ralph Rayner, president of the SUT said: “We look forward to welc
Orange Marine said on Wednesday it will build a new cable ship that will be even more efficient and with a reduced environmental footprint. It will be the first cable ship of its generation specially designed for the maintenance of submarine cables, both fiber optic telecommunication cables and inte
Norway-based Enhanced Drilling has secured a framework agreement with energy company Vår Energi. The deal will see Enhanced Drilling provide cutting transportation system (CTS) and also riserless mud recovery (RMR) services on Vår Energi-operated fields. Specifically, RMR ensures all mud and cutting
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a ‘Record of Decision’ (ROD) establishing safeguards to reduce or eliminate impacts to marine life while setting a path forward for appropriate geological and geophysical survey activities on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf. Geologic
The iFROG robot that cleans and inspects monopiles has completed trials at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth. iFROG is an amphibious robot capable of working in teams to clean and inspect monopiles above water level and up to 60 meters below (~6 bar
Tekmar Energy has secured a contract to supply subsea protection systems for a high-voltage grid transmission project in the Baltic Sea. The deal will see Tekmar deliver its TekLink CPS and TekDuct impact protection system for the project. According to the company, products delivery should take plac
Subsea 7 has contracted Tekmar’s Pipeshield to supply concrete mattresses for a project in the Bass Strait, Australia. The work scope for the project comprises the manufacturing and transportation of Bi-flex N2 Edge concrete mattresses to Australia where they will be used for scour protection around
