Oil company Santos has completed fast track interpretation of the data acquired during the Keraudren 3D seismic survey offshore Australia, resulting in a high-quality data set.
Marine equipment specialist Motive Offshore has signed a memorandum of understanding with Orca Offshore. The two-year exclusive agreement between the two organisations will focus on Azerbaijan market. The last 18 months has seen Motive Offshore embark upon an ambitious growth strategy. Specifically,
TGS, in collaboration with the ANPM, has started a 2D cubed seismic data project covering offshore Timor-Leste, in support of the country’s ongoing license round. The project combines all available open file and TGS multi-client data across an area of over 50,000 square kilometres and incorporating
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has presented the results of a pioneering research project on the feasibility, usability, construction and operation of large modular underwater vehicles. The focus was on the MUM project ‘Modifiable Underwater Mothership’, which is funded by the Federal Ministry for Econ
Norwegian vessel provider DOF has won several contracts for its fleet in Brazil from the country’s oil major Petrobras.
The Italian Navy has selected subsea rescue system developed by energy services player Saipem in collaboration with Drass. It will equip the SDO-SuRS (Special & Diving Operations – Submarine Rescue Ship) ship, the new vessel for the rescue of submarines. The system integrates a latest generation rem
The UK National Grid has secured a green loan worth USD 743 million to finance the Viking Link interconnector project. This the first ever multi-credit export agency (ECA) covered green loan and follows the launch of the National Grid’s first green bond earlier this year, which raised EUR 500 millio
SubSea Craft has selected Sonardyne’s underwater obstacle avoidance technology for its new diver delivery unit (DDU). Sonardyne’s Vigilant forward looking sonar (FLS) will provide hazard avoidance capability for the crew and embarked divers of the VICTA Class DDU when navigating on or below the surf
Collaborative Initiative for Aquaculture Robotic Systems – CIARS has been concluded, WavEC Offshore Renewables informed. CIARS is a bilateral €13.000 EEA grant funded project that gathered WavEC, as coordinator, and partner Sintef Ocean with the aim to bring together the main players in development
Norwegian seismic player TGS has completed its flagship Jaan 3D seismic survey covering the MSGBC Basin in Northwest Africa. The survey took place in partnership with PGS and GeoPartners. Comprising over 28,000 square kilometres, the survey spans offshore Senegal, The Gambia, AGC and Guinea-Bissau.
Fulkrum Technical Resources (FTR) has taken in Oceaneering’s third party inspection division – including two key members of staff. Joining Fulkrum’s team in Aberdeen are Kelly McKimmie and Mike Christie. Kelly joins FTR with nearly three decades of experience as a senior inspection coordinator and M
OPT New Caledonia has selected Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to build and deploy its second submarine cable. Specifically for this project, ASN will partner with Orange Marine and Axians. Orange Marine will be responsible for the deep-sea survey and submarine cable installation. It will link all
Boston-based subsea robotics firm Dive Technologies has completed the integration and build of its first full-scale commercial large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) platform, the “DIVE-LD.” Founded in 2018, Dive aims to re-image design, build and deployment of UUVs. With a patent-pendin
Hawaiki has gone live with an upgrade to its Oregon point-of-interconnect on the US West Coast, deploying Ciena’s GeoMesh submarine network solution. “This route previously went from Kapolei (Hawaii) to Pacific City (Oregon) where an optical-electrical-optical regeneration was required to allow prot
