James Fisher has launched James Fisher Decommissioning (JF Decom), its new business line which will support the decommissioning needs of customers in the renewables and oil and gas markets. All current decommissioning capabilities offered by James Fisher Offshore will transfer into JF Decom to provi
Dutch UXO consultancy NjordIC has opened an office in Houston, Texas, to support the development of the U.S. offshore wind sector. NjordIC USA LLC will offer UXO consultancy services for developers and contractors of offshore wind projects to strengthen the offshore UXO service industry in this regi
SSE Renewables is set to soon kick off further geotechnical survey work at the Berwick Bank Wind Farm located off the east coast of Scotland. The first phase which will include a borehole survey is planned to mobilize between 29 January and 1 February, with the completion expected by 22 February. Th
Shearwater GeoServices is set to commence two multicomponent surveys offshore Western Australia in February as part of a recent contract secured with Santos. The two-month program covers the Keraudren North Extension with an area of approximately 680 km2 in the Bedout Basin, and the Petrel Sub-Basin
IOG is considering potential solutions to resume drilling ops in the UK North Sea while a timeline is expected after seabed survey analysis.
N-Sea Group has signed a long-term vessel agreement with Geo Plus for the advanced DP1 hybrid survey and ROV support vessel Geo Focus. N-Sea said the move comes as it had taken significant steps through a plan of growth by creating an environment for future investments, strategic partnerships, and l
Shearwater GeoServices and Equinor are extending their collaboration to include Vår Energi and Lundin Energy Norway to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable marine vibratory source technology. The industry project builds on the existing technology cooperation between Shearw
Fugro has partnered up with the University of Houston (UH) and its four partnering universities on a collaborative project to advance geo-data science skills in the energy sector. The Data Science for the Energy Transition project, funded through a three-year grant with the National Science Foundati
Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has launched its qualification system for offshore geotechnical surveys and is now inviting applications. With this procedure, ESB intends to establish a qualification system to procure the scope of services pertaining to offshore geotechnical surveys for the
Norwegian survey services provider Magseis Fairfield is strengthening its backlog for 2022 with the new contract extension as well as confirmation of the recent conditional award.
UK subsea services firm OMS International (OMSi), a subsidiary of Offshore Marine Management Holdings (OMMH), has entered the Taiwanese offshore wind market by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Alliance Energy. OMSi Taiwan’s investment strategy is to combine local resources with offsh
Fugro has secured a subsea survey and positioning contract with Maersk Supply Service to support the installation of an anchoring system for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Sepetiba at Petrobras’ deepwater Mero 2 project in Brazil. For the project, Fugro will use its Qui
Norwegian offshore contractor BOA OCV has secured a new contract for the subsea construction vessel BOA Sub C with who it describes as a “large international contractor”. The scope of the contract includes construction and decommissioning projects in the North Sea. Commencement is expected in May fo
Serica is planning to drill an exploration well in the North sea and undertake a well intervention campaign to boost production.
