Equinor Wind US has awarded a contract for geophysical survey services to MMT US, a subsidiary of MMT Group. The contract covers high resolution geophysical, benthic surveys and shallow subsurface surveys for the planning and engineering of Equinor’s lease area offshore New England. The project will
A comprehensive cost reduction programme is being developed and will be announced in the second quarter.
Axxis Geo Solutions has completed both the primary and extended portions of its ocean-bottom nodes (OBN) project in the Middle East. The project was completed with strict adherence to COVID-19 safety guidelines and the crew is now demobilizing to the North Sea for previously announced work in late Q
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has approved Beach Energy’s plan for a geophysical and geotechnical seabed assessment on the Trefoil offshore field.
Aker Solutions booked Q1 2020 loss of NOK 742 million, against profit of NOK 149 million same time last year. Lower activity levels towards the end of the quarter impacted the results, as operators postponed offshore work to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Loss per share was NOK 2.73. Exclud
Polarcus has elected Nina Tronstad as a board member, with a term of office expiring at the company’s 2021 annual general meeting. Nina Tronstad has held a series of senior executive roles in the oil and gas sector with Kvaerner, Aker Solutions and Equinor. She is a chemical engineer by profession.
Aberdeenshire subsea specialist start-up Legasea will reap the benefits of a £10 million outdoor advertising campaign. The Westhill based firm, will see its adverts run on Ocean Outdoor screens throughout Scotland. The advertisement campaign will feature during May, on up to 52 screens, across promi
Greensea has boosted its engineering team in its Plymouth, Massachusetts office to support its hull robotics program. James Truman, senior robotics engineer, is leading the development of Greensea’s hull crawling robot with precise hull-relative navigation and autonomy capabilities. Assisting James
CleanEarth has equipped Sonardyne global headquarters in Hampshire with over half a megawatt of solar generation. The subsea tech firm first explored the solar options with CleanEarth back in 2016. However, the SSE approved the connection in late 2019, due to the fault level issues at the nearby sub
Island Offshore vessel Island Victory is working for Ocean Installer in the Barents Sea installing two subsea frames at the Askeladd field. This is so far the heaviest lift by an Island Offshore vessel, with a load of 175.2 tonnes in the crane hook. “This is a milestone within subsea operations for
The Norwegian Hydrographic Service has awarded Fugro another hydrographic survey contract as part of the MAREANO seabed mapping programme. Fugro has already completed 10 surveys for the programme since 2006 and acquired over 140 000 square kilometres of data. This latest survey will collect high-res
4Subsea has installed advanced, retrofit sensors on floating turbine Zefyros to prove cost reduction potential with a Digital Twin. The project aims to prove significant cost reduction potential in offshore wind by using a Digital Twin of the substructure to measure actual loads and fatigue on the t
Okeanus Science & Technology has expanded its portfolio of survey equipment with three side scan sonars from Klein Marine Systems. Specifically, Klein has delivered its System 4900, System 4000, and MA-X View 600 side scan sonars. The 300 metre rated 4900 systems operate with dual, simultaneous freq
Correll Services has secured a contract by Subsea 7 US LLC for cable pull, termination and testing works on the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project. “The award of this contract has provided an opportunity to demonstrate a concept we’ve been considering for a long time,” said
