Surveys & Interventions
RWE to carry out pre-installation survey at Vanguard West OWF site
A pre-installation survey campaign is set to begin at RWE’s 1.4 GW Vanguard West offshore wind site in the UK. According to a Notice to Mariners issued by the developer, the survey vessel Breaker is expected to mobilize on or around June 15 to carry out a pre-installation survey within the project’s
French firm enters deal for bioenergy with CCS projects in Brazil
French tubular solutions provider Vallourec and Syngular Solutions, a Brazilian engineering and consulting company specialized in bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collabor
Reach Subsea and Beacon Offshore jointly pursuing subsea projects in Australia
Norwegian Reach Subsea and Thailand-based subsea services provider Beacon Offshore have established a strategic partnership to pursue subsea projects offshore Australia. Under a memorandum of agreement (MoA), the companies will collaborate exclusively to market, tender for, and execute subsea projec
After Shell, Malaysian firm gets to work for Petronas
Malaysian offshore soil investigation and geotechnical engineering services company Helms Geomarine has performed an offshore geotechnical investigation campaign for Shell offshore Sarawak. The campaign was carried out for Sarawak Shell Berhad using the DP2 geotechnical survey vessel Keyfield Helms
Reach Subsea charters Solstad vessel for 2+1 Black Sea contract
Norway’s Reach Subsea has secured a contract with an undisclosed company for inspection, maintenance, repair (IMR) and light construction services in the Black Sea. The two-year contract has been signed with a charterer that is providing remotely operated vehicle (ROV)-based subsea operations, const
Offshore survey work ramps up at Awel y Môr OWF site after UK CfD award
Offshore surveys are now underway at the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm in Wales following the project securing a contract for difference (CfD) in the UK’s seventh allocation round (AR7). RWE said the work marks the first package of contracts placed since the CfD award, with contractors Geo and TGS c
Viridien starts multi-client OBN survey in Central North Sea
French geophysical services company Viridien has begun a multi-client ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Central North Sea, spanning the UK and Norwegian sectors. The dense multi-client OBN survey covers 645 km2 in the Frigg area, with the final processed deliverables to be available in the third
No break for TGS as it scores triple win in Norwegian North Sea
Norway-headquartered energy data and intelligence company TGS has secured three new contracts in the Norwegian North Sea, with the first having started immediately. TGS is set to mobilize in June for an ocean bottom node (OBN) assignment that will take approximately 25 days, while under another, 4D
NextGeo lands €9 million TenneT survey contract in Dutch offshore wind zone
Italy-based offshore survey specialist Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has been awarded a contract worth approximately €9 million by Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT for marine survey work on the Nederwiek 3 offshore wind grid connection in the North Sea. According to the company, the con
Bernhard Schulte’s first LCO2 carrier step closer to Northern Lights
The fourth liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier destined for the Northern Lights CO2 project in Norway has been christened in China. Northern Purpose has been custom-designed to transport liquefied CO2 as part of the world’s first cross-border CO2 transport and storage infrastructure. It was buil
Shearwater gets to work for Shell and Equinor’s joint venture
Adura Operations, an incorporated joint venture (IJV) between the UK’s Shell and Norway’s Equinor, has selected Norwegian Shearwater GeoServices to perform ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition at its field in the UK North Sea. Shearwater’s scope covers approximately 220 km2 of seismic acquisi
US vessel reflagging to Vanuatu before assignment in Honduras
TDI-Brooks’ 2003-built multi-use oceanographic research vessel Miss Emma McCall is on its way to Honduras to complete its reflagging exercise, before being deployed for a geotechnical project in this country. The 153-meter-long vessel completed its full term ABS shipyard period and is currently en r
Ulstein hands over 155-meter cable-laying vessel to Nexans
Norway’s Ulstein Verft has delivered the cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Electra to French cable systems designer and manufacturer Nexans, purpose‑built for the transport, laying, protection, repair and jointing of subsea power cables. Nexans Electra was ordered as the second vessel by Nexans at No
Survey campaign wraps up at Saudi subsea cable link
A UAE-headquartered offshore survey and positioning data provider has completed a survey campaign supporting the subsea cable installation work for a project that will link Saudi Arabia’s Farasan Island to the country’s main electrical grid. Sharjah-based Geosonic performed the offshore survey campa