Mermaid Subsea Services has entered into a two-year charter-in contract for the DP2 diving support construction vessel (DSCV) Van Gogh. The vessel, already delivered to Mermaid Subsea Services, will be immediately deployed to support the company’s subsea projects. Van Gogh will undertake inspection,
Defense technology company Anduril Industries has acquired Boston-based subsea robotics designer and manufacturer Dive Technologies. Anduril said that this acquisition expands its suite of autonomous systems, extends its unmanned capabilities to the undersea domain, and significantly accelerates its
Norwegian seismic exploration company Shearwater GeoServices has signed a licensing contract with Brazil’s Petrobras for its Reveal geophysical software. Under the deal, Petrobras’ geophysical processing team will have access to a full range of geophysical processing tools, including time, depth, mu
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is allocating around $3 million for a project to develop an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) based subsea inspection solution for offshore wind farms. With a total project value of nearly $6.7 million, the Autonomous Remote Offshore Wind Inspection, Navigation and Deployment
Ørsted and PGE have opened a tender looking to procure geotechnical investigation services for their two offshore wind projects in Poland, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3. The scope of services is related to detailed design and covers static seabed CPTU (<30 m) with seismic measurements and static down-the-
Vaarst, tech spin-off of subsea player Rovco, has secured Bureau Veritas verification for its SubSLAM underwater measuring system. Bureau Veritas verified the technology as delivering sub-millimeter accuracy for live subsea measurement, making it the most accurate real-time underwater measuring syst
Shearwater Geoservices’ Geo Coral has commenced the Keraudren Extension Phase II (KE2) 3D seismic survey in the Bedout Basin offshore Australia. KE2 will cover approximately 650 km² and will fill in the northern area of the Keraudren Extension Survey, which was initially acquired in mid-2021, accord
RWE Renewables has selected ABPmer, a marine consultancy and survey firm, to support the design of the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
Bolstering the long-standing collaboration, Norske Shell, a Norwegian subsidiary of the oil major Shell, has awarded a multi-year geophysical monitoring contract to Reach Subsea’s OCTIO for the Ormen Lange field.
For the first time in Ireland, XOCEAN deployed an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to conduct an environmental survey of the seabed in collaboration with the Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) off the Co. Louth coast last week.
Jan De Nul Group has placed an order for a hybrid unmanned surface vehicle (USV) from the Norwegian Maritime Robotics as the first step towards unmanned and autonomous offshore survey operations.
The Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro is building a remote operations centre (ROC) in its Canadian St. John’s office with the aim of reducing the carbon footprint in the country with remote technologies.
Norway-based Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has reported an almost $6 million decrease in segment revenues in 2021 compared to 2020 due to, as the company says, the overall seismic market being “weaker”. Segment revenues and other income reached $590 million in 2021, compared to $595.9 million in 2020
Marine engineering geotechnical site investigation (MEGSI) of Australian Marinus Link, a proposed 1500 MW subsea and underground electricity connection between Victoria and Tasmania, is about to begin.
