Denmark’s Energinet has awarded MMT with a contract to carry out cable route surveys at the planned energy island in the Baltic Sea and associated offshore wind projects. The Energy Island, located on the island of Bornholm, some 15 kilometers offshore, will connect Germany and Denmark to an offshor
Singapore-based offshore service operator Nortrans Offshore has secured a five-year charter contract extension with the US energy major Chevron for the subsea vessel Nor Naomi.
French underwater robotics company Forssea Robotics has raised €3.8 million from SOFILARO (Crédit Agricole), Qair Innovation and a France 2030 grant to finance the commercial deployment of its ARGOS remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The fundraising will finance Forssea’s commercial deployment with th
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has secured a contract with Equinor to carry out seismic acquisition in support of the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage project. The acquisition is scheduled to start in the second quarter of the year and will have a duration of approximately one month. Equinor
CGG has secured a three-year contract extension to continue operating a dedicated 4D permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) imaging center at Equinor’s Stavanger offices in Norway. Equinor’s asset teams analyze the 4D seismic images delivered by CGG within days of acquisition in order to optimize prod
Fugro has secured a new contract with Denmark’s Energinet to undertake cable route surveys for the North Sea Energy Island project. The North Sea Energy Island will serve as an offshore power plant distributing up to 10 GW of offshore wind to Denmark and other neighbouring markets. Fugro will perfor
British oil and gas major BP has contracted Norway’s Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to deliver a carbon capture and storage (CCS) 3D seismic acquisition scope over the Endurance reservoir offshore the UK. Seismic acquisition is scheduled to start during April at the site located about 145 kilometers o
The U.S. National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC) has selected Dive Technologies to receive a share of $3.4 million funding for its autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) technology. The Massachusetts-headquartered company said it will use the support to bring its next-genera
TechnipFMC is proceeding with the voluntary delisting of its shares from Euronext Paris, following the partial spin-off of Technip Energies and the progressive selldown of its remaining ownership stake. After a comprehensive review of its strategic objectives, TechnipFMC said it has refocused as a p
Norway-based subsea and marine services provider DOF Subsea has secured more work for its construction support vessels (CSVs) Skandi Acergy and Skandi Constructor. A “key renewables client” awarded Skandi Acergy with an extension of an ongoing subsea construction contract in the North Sea. In direct
Malaysian geo-solutions provider HGIS has complete an entirely remote nearshore inspection of a subsea pipeline in the Tali Field for Shell using its first uncrewed surface vehicle (USV). HGIS used the 5.5-meter M40P USV, developed by OceanAlpha, for the project with Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP). Th
Tekmar has secured a contract to provide pipeline support and protection materials for what it says is a major subsea construction project in the Middle East. The contract award is for a value of more than $10 million and is anticipated to be delivered in the company’s current financial year ending
CGG is set to commence phase three of the dual-azimuth multi-client 3D survey in the Northern North Sea in May. The multi-year survey adds a second azimuth over CGG’s existing Northern Viking Graben (NVG) multi-client 3D survey and extends coverage into the UK Continental Shelf. Starting in early Ma
TGS has commenced a broadband 2D regional seismic data reprocessing project covering the Natuna Basin offshore Indonesia. The project includes both West and East Natuna, tying key wells to create a new regional framework, including coverage of Natuna D Alpha, the largest undeveloped gas field in Sou
