Survey vessel Geo Ranger is set to begin a geophysical pre-lay survey along the export cable corridor at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind project in mid-March. The activities are planned to begin on 13 March and end on approximately 18 March. They will be carried out on a continuous basis, 24 hours a
DOF Subsea has entered into an agreement with Otto Candies for the charter of the Jones Act-compliant vessel Chloe Candies to support operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The charter period commences in May and is for a firm period of two years. The aim is to use the vessel to support ongoing operation
Denmark’s energy operator Energinet has kicked off activities to re-establish the power on the submarine cable between Bornholm and Sweden following a power outage. A fault occurred on the cable at 06:17 a.m. on Saturday, 26 February, causing a power outage for Bornholm, Energinet reported. On Sunda
Subsea 7 and technology partner FLASC have secured a £471,760 grant from the UK government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to further develop an innovative offshore energy storage system. The Long Duration Offshore Storage Bundle, called PowerBundle, will store energy
Fugro has entered into a four-year global framework agreement with Heerema Marina Contractors for survey and positioning support services onboard Heerema’s heavy lift crane vessels.
3D at Depth has received a new patent, Systems and Methods for Monitoring Underwater Structures, from the U.S Patent and Trademark Office. The patent’s focus is predominantly on leak detection and identifying changes to surfaces and volumes on and around underwater assets via 3D at Depth’s patented
Subsea Europe Services (SES) has secured six-figure funding to accelerate autonomous survey technologies development for marine survey applications. The investment is said to boost the company’s approach which focuses on the integration of new generation smart, A.I. and machine learning-enabled hydr
German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has contracted Heinrich Hirdes EOD Services for UXO identification and removal works for the Ostwind 3 project. The German contractor is in charge of delivering the unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and removal on th
Ørsted will start surveying potential landfall locations in Delaware for the Skipjack Wind 1 export cable this month, according to the local media, which reports the developer will survey the seafloor and coastal terrain at three locations near Bethany Beach. The developer will deploy three vessels
Schlumberger has introduced a reservoir mapping-while-drilling service, which is said to leverage advanced cloud and digital solutions to deliver real-time 3D profiling of reservoir objects. GeoSphere 360 delivers real-time 3D reservoir insights which enhance reservoir understanding and enhance well
A company from Malta has launched three tenders seeking services for a 159-kilometer long interconnector that will connect the island to Italy, ending its gas isolation with the connection to the trans-European Gas Network.
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland; RVO) will open a tender for morphological and scour assessment of the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone in March, according to a prior information notice RVO issued on 14 February. The successful candidate will conduct a study into
UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has introduced remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to its operations, targeting easier and safer underwater safety inspections. ADNOC stated that the move comes as using ROVs reduces human exposure to underwater hull inspections, which is in line with the c
Fugro has reported a revenue increase of 5.8% for the financial year 2021 compared to 2020, accompanied by a 21% revenue increase from renewables, led by buoyant offshore wind activity levels. EBITDA for the full year increased to €175.6 million, said to be driven by improvements in Europe-Africa an
