Irish offshore engineering consultancy Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) has officially opened an office in the United States to support the offshore wind market with geotechnical solutions and design services. The Irish company incorporated GDG Inc. and established an office in Providence, Rhode I
Shearwater GeoServices has secured a new contract by CGG to carry out a large multi-component seismic survey over the North Viking Graben area offshore Norway. The five-month project is expected to start in the second quarter of 2022 and will be conducted by the SW Amundsen. According to Shearwater,
Fugro is set to begin nearshore surveys at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm, located 15-22 kilometres off the Angus coastline in Scotland. The information gathered will be used to inform detailed design work and ultimately the construction process, according to Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint ve
Empyrean Energy is working to start drilling a prospect offshore China, which has already been delayed due to challenging sea conditions.
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has approved Santos Offshore’s plan to conduct a 3D seismic survey in the Bonaparte Basin. Santos is proposing to undertake a 3D seismic marine survey over petroleum permit areas WA-454-P, WA-545-P, WA-27
TGS has kicked off a 2D-cubed reprocessing project designed to help drive exploration across the South Makassar and North East Java regions in Indonesia. Processing has begun on the East Java Sea project, which will utilize 2D-cubed technology to integrate all existing seismic data across a 270,000
After the holidays and well-deserved break, the energy transition community returns to its activities dedicated to making the world a less polluted and more healthy home.
Ocean data company XOCEAN has launched its newest XO-450 unmanned surface vehicle (USV), the X-16. According to XOCEAN, the new vehicle offers an economic and carbon-neutral solution to collecting ocean data. The launch of the new USV comes as part of the company’s plans to double its fleet size in
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given DNO Norge consent for the disposal of subsea facilities on the Oselvar field. According to the formal disposal resolution, decommissioning is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The Petroleum Act require
PGS has added 10,700 square kilometers of 3D MultiClient data to its data library coverage of the Niger Delta, kick-starting a major reprocessing project. According to PGS, this will be the cornerstone of a new regional-scale MegaSurveyPlus dataset for Nigeria, with the final data set to be ready in
Magseis Fairfield has received a conditional award of an ocean bottom node (OBN) survey contract from an undisclosed repeat customer. Start-up is expected in the third quarter of the year and the project will run for approximately two months. The Norwegian company did not reveal any other details ab
Oil major Shell has decided to terminate the current contract for the survey vessel Amazon Warrior after it had to halt its seismic survey activities along South Africa’s Wild Coast following a court decision. According to the latest AIS data, Amazon Warrior has left South Africa and is currently on
Vattenfall is working on a hydrogen demonstrator project named Hydrogen Turbine 1 (HT1), which involves installing hydrogen production equipment on one of the wind turbines at its Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm (European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre) in Scotland. The company has already submitted a
Norway-based Magseis Fairfield has appointed former Shell manager Fons ten Kroode to the position of chief geophysicist, effective from 1 February. Ten Kroode, who is joining Magseis Fairfield after spending 30 years at Shell, will be based in the company’s headquarter at Lysaker. “I am pleased to w
