PanGeo Subsea, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kraken Robotics, has secured several cable depth of burial campaigns, valued at more than $3 million, in Europe using its 3D acoustic Sub-Bottom Imager (SBI). Under these contracts set to be completed throughout 2022, the SBI will be used as the cable dete
Baker Hughes has launched a new subsea wellhead technology, the MS-2 Annulus Seal, expected to save substantial operational rig costs by helping lower overall wellhead installation costs due to reduced rig trips. The MS-2 Annulus Seal integrates with Baker Hughes’ existing MS-800 wellhead system and
TechnipFMC has secured an additional contract and received notice to proceed from ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana for its Yellowtail development in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The new flexibles contract covers six risers said to be qualified for high pressure and
Norwegian operator Aker BP has appointed DeepOcean as the preferred supplier of subsea operations related to inspection, intervention, repair, survey and emergent operations together with associated onshore engineering and project management services. The parties have a joint commitment to cooperate
Nauticus Robotics and Wood have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused on developing combined services with cost-efficient and environmentally friendly maintenance of end customers’ subsea infrastructure. Nauticus and Wood stated that their shared objective is to increase the value creat
C-Innovation, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), has signed a two-year contract for continued riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services onboard the offshore support vessel Island Venture. The new contract follows a previous agreement in which the Island Venture performed interventi
Washington-based All American Marine (AAM) has won a contract to build a research and hydrographic survey vessel for Geodynamics, an NV5 company, that will be used in the offshore wind market. The R/V Shackleford, named after the southernmost barrier island in the Cape Lookout National Seashore chai
Ørsted now expects costs to reinstate the integrity of inter-array cables affected by cable protection issues at some of the company’s offshore wind farms to amount to up to DKK 1.3 billion (around EUR 175 million) and not up to DKK 3 billion as initially anticipated. As reported, Ørsted discovered
Danish energy operator Energinet has issued a tender looking for consultancy services for the expected subsea cable routes of the planned Energy Islands in the North and Baltic Seas. The scope of work includes consultancy services regarding the external threat and risk assessment as well as assessme
Nauticus Robotics is set to launch the first sets of Hydronaut – Aquanaut robots from its planned Nauticus Fleet by the end of this year. These tandem pairs will be deployed in multiple offshore industries serving applications ranging from subsea maintenance and intervention to data collection activ
Norway’s PGS has leveraged its multi-year frame agreement with compatriot oil and gas giant Equinor to secure contracts for the 2022 summer season. PGS will be carrying out 4D GeoStreamer monitoring surveys over the Visund field in the North Sea and the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea. The company
Aberdeen-headquartered digital twin technology firm Eserv has secured a six-figure funding grant from the Net Zero Technology Centre to develop a multi-resolution, multi-format asset integrity visualisation system for the subsea energy sector. The 12-month R&D project will see Eserv building a proto
Bordelon Marine has renewed the charter agreement with Oceaneering for the Jones Act-compliant ultra-light intervention vessel MV Brandon Bordelon. The charter agreement renewal began in February and is for an additional two-year firm term. MV Brandon Bordelon is mobilized with two Oceaneering Mille
Fugro has received what is said to be the world’s first professional certificate to operate uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). The company’s Middle East office personnel completed the world’s first Maritime Autonomous Surface Systems (MASS) professional certified training delivered by SeaBot XR at its
