The UK-based Rovco has launched a new hydrographic services division in which it plans to invest £9.5 million over the next two years. Rovco Survey Solutions will offer wind farm site and cable route surveys, seabed mapping, geophysical and shallow geotechnical services, as well as hazard surveys an
IOG has confirmed that the Blythe and Southwark gas platforms have been installed at their field locations in the UK Southern North Sea.
Ashtead Technology has invested over £1 million in a range of EdgeTech sonar imaging and underwater technology systems to enhance its equipment fleet.
Shearwater GeoServices has begun the second, larger phase of the Mid North Sea High (MNSH) 3D seismic survey program in the UK for ION Geophysical.
Two uncrewed vessels remotely controlled from shore have travelled up to 40 kilometres offshore into the North Sea to undertake survey work for Berwick Bank and Marr Bank Offshore Wind Developments, owned by SSE Renewables. The XO-450 Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), owned and operated by XOCEAN, pe
Norway’s Kongsberg Ferrotech has teamed up with Equinor, SINTEF and Gassco to develop and test 3D printing technology as a repair method on the seabed. The 3D printing technology will be integrated in the company’s underwater maintenance and repair robot the Nautilus. According to Kongsberg Ferrotec
Ulstein has designed a new seismic research vessel for the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM). The 92-meter long and 21-meter wide vessel will be constructed at Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction in South Korea. According to Ulstein, the SX134 design research vessel will
Siem Offshore has contracted TMC Compressors to supply a new marine compressed air system to be retrofitted onboard research vessel JOIDES Resolution. Under the contract, TMC will supply a complete marine compressed air system that consists of three large screw compressors plus refrigerant air dryer
Van Oord has awarded a contract to NjordIC for UXO consultancy services for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project. Under the contract, NjordIC will deliver a UXO Risk Assessment/UXO Risk Mitigation Strategy via UXO survey/ID&C supervision to the final ALARP sign-off. The operations will be
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has commenced the first phase of the Cyprus Vision data rejuvenation project in partnership with the Cypriot Ministry for Energy, Commerce and Industry. The 14,750 square kilometer PSDM re-processing endeavor will deliver a single data volume over several highly prospect
Ross Offshore has secured a contract with OMV (Norge) to carry out a site survey on the PL 644 Iris/Hades discoveries to the Aasgard C pipeline route in the Norwegian Sea. The Norwegian company will conduct a reconnaissance survey, as well as provide management expertise and a survey spread from Fug
Green Rebel Marine is planning to carry out geophysical survey operations off the South Coast of Ireland starting from 3 June. The survey will be conducted by the semi-SWATH catamaran Roman Rebel, which will conduct 24-hr operations, and the Lady Kathleen catamaran, which will conduct 12-hr operatio
Norway’s Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has secured an acquisition contract in the Black Sea for its recently reactivated seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard. The Ramform Vanguard will acquire the survey using an exploration configuration towing a 12×8000 meter spread, PGS stated. Work is scheduled to sta
Jan De Nul has repaired TenneT’s AC108 cable connecting the Trianel Borkum offshore substation with Tennet’s DolWin alpha converter station in the German North Sea. The repair job is part of the Service Level Agreement for cable repairs that Jan De Nul and TenneT entered into in 2019. TenneT engaged
