The geotechnical borehole survey campaign at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site has been completed. According to the project’s Notice to Mariners from 26 December, the Ocean Vantage vessel, which has been deployed for the work, has been demobilised. As reported earlier this year, the boreh
Subsea robotics specialist Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has partnered with Dutch subsea contractor N-Sea to prove new subsea technology that could change the future of cable construction. Namely, the two companies trialed the new high-frequency electromagnetic cable and pipeline survey system, also k
Oslo-listed engineering and marine services player DOF Subsea has been awarded multiple new contracts for execution in the North Sea, Mediterranean and Africa.
Marine and engineering consultancy LOC France has completed marine warranty survey works for the cable transport and installation operations for the IFA2 interconnector between the UK and France. The IFA2 is a joint project between RTE and National Grid. It is the second interconnector running betwe
Serica Energy has encountered difficulties while conducting a well intervention project on the Rhum field off the UK due to rig downtime and weather delays.
The UK entity of Norway-based offshore surveyor iSURVEY has completed its largest project to date. The seven-figure project has seen a 10-strong group of offshore survey experts complete a 6,300 kilometres of survey since mobilisation in late July. According to iSURVEY, this also breaks the Aberdeen
Fugro has won three geotechnical investigation contracts for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea. The contracts include seabed investigation, an extensive laboratory testing program, and the development of an integrated ground model. The fieldwork, which comprises seabed cone
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
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
First Subsea and James Fisher Offshore (JFO) have completed a testing milestone in their joint development of a combined ‘Internal Cut and Lift’ tool. The project is part of an Oil and Gas Technology Centre co-investment initiative seeking to reduce the costs of decommissioning. A series of underwat
Kongsberg Maritime has launched the EM 304 MKII, the newest addition to its portfolio of deep-water multibeam echo sounders. According to Kongsberg, the new mapping system significantly improves upon the performance of the MKI model, boosting range from a previous maximum of 8,000 metres to full oce
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has entered into a charter agreement with Olympic Subsea for use of the two subsea vessels Olympic Artemis and Olympic Delta for the 2021 season. The charters also come with mutually agreed options for further extensions. Reach already has one WROV on Olympic Artemi
Igeotest Geoscience has completed the onshore, nearshore, and offshore geophysical and hydrographical campaigns, and an UXO survey along the export cable route for Prysmian on the Fécamp offshore wind project in France. The company is now mobilising equipment for a geotechnical campaign for the firs
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has launched a new Beta version of its Seabed Mapping Service, now available via the ADMIRALTY Marine Data Portal. The ADMIRALTY Marine Data Portal is the UKHO’s portal for a wide range of marine data sets ranging from the seabed to the coast, offshore and beyond. T
