Canada-based marine technology company Kraken Robotics has secured new contracts valued at more than $1.6 million for its AquaPix Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS). According to Kraken, the customers cannot be named due to confidentiality reasons. Deliveries of the sonar systems will take place this ye
Norway-based seismic companies TGS and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) are expanding multi-client coverage offshore Canada with recently secured pre-funding for the South Bank phase II project.
The industry has been evidently hitting the pause button ahead of Easter. However, it seems like one part of the world still keeps going without slowing down. The Americas took the spotlight this week in offshore energy news headlines, with Canada and the U.S. steering the wheel.
The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the 1,250 MW subsea and underground transmission line that will bring clean and renewable power from the Canadian border to New York City (NYC).
Australia-based Searcher Seismic has entered into an agreement with BP Canada and Hess Canada in relation to the brokerage of their Tangier 3D seismic survey offshore Nova Scotia.
Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG), in partnership with PGS, has signed an agreement to acquire NCS SubSea, a marine seismic firm that provides ultra-high-resolution 3D seismic data to the oil and gas and new energy markets via P-Cable system.
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is allocating around $3 million for a project to develop an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) based subsea inspection solution for offshore wind farms. With a total project value of nearly $6.7 million, the Autonomous Remote Offshore Wind Inspection, Navigation and Deployment
The Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro is building a remote operations centre (ROC) in its Canadian St. John’s office with the aim of reducing the carbon footprint in the country with remote technologies.
Wood has secured nearly $3 million in funding for an oil and gas robotics project, which is expected to create new job opportunities.
Equinor has selected two engineering players to carry out conceptual studies for an FPSO vessel while the review of the project’s EIS deemed it an unreliable source of information for decision-making processes.
Kraken Robotics has secured $7.1 million for two contracts from the Newfoundland Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Recovery Assistance (OOGIRA) Fund for offshore subsea inspection scopes.
The PGS-TGS joint venture has completed its seismic acquisition season offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, having acquired more than 10,000 square kilometers of 3D GeoStreamer data between May and September.
SubC Imaging has teamed up with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO Gulf and DFO NL) to test two full SubC Towed Camera Systems this fall.
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has introduced a $3.4 million GeoScan project to support the offshore wind sector.
