Surveys & Interventions
Solstad CSV picked by Reach Subsea for Mediterranean and Black Sea
Norway’s Reach Subsea is set to charter a Solstad construction support vessel (CSV) for deployment in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region as part of its commitment under a newly secured letter of intent (LOI). Reach Subsea’s new LOI is for a contract covering inspection, maintenance, and repair (
Norwegian CO2 transport and storage project gathers three industry majors
Aker Solutions, Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC), a joint venture of Knutsen Group and NYKLine, and Vår Energi CCS AS, the project’s operator, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance the Trudvang CO2 transportation and storage project in the Norwegian North Sea. The partnership
NextGeo’s contract with Saipem offshore Libya increased by €4-6 million
Italy’s Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has secured an expansion of its work scope at a gas project in North Africa under a contract awarded by compatriot engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem at the end of 2025. NextGeo announced today, May 4, that the contract awarded by Saipem
NextGeo ups its stake in Rana Subsea to 82.5%
Italy-headquartered Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has exercised the call option to acquire a further circa 7.1% of Rana Subsea, a compatriot subsea services company established in 1964, bringing its share capital to 82.5%. NextGeo signed a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of 75.4% of th
EnBW awards offshore wind subsea inspection contracts to RS Diving
EnBW has awarded framework agreements for subsea inspection services across its offshore wind fleet in the Baltic Sea and North Sea, with RS Diving Contractor selected for both of the two lots covering the company’s assets in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The contracts, signed on April 7, cover
DNV’s scope at UK’s first offshore CCS project expands with independent certifier role
DNV has been selected as the independent certifier for Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), the UK’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, and will verify that the project’s construction and operation comply with the carbon dioxide transport and storage licence (CO2 T&S license)
Equinor taps Swedish survey firm for multi-year pipeline inspection services
Swedish offshore survey company Njord Survey has signed a framework agreement with Norwegian state-owned energy firm Equinor for the delivery of pipeline inspection and integrity services offshore Europe. Under the three-year framework agreement, Njord Survey said it would deliver high-resolution ge
Geotechnical investigations to soon start at Caledonia offshore wind farm site
Fugro is set to begin a geotechnical survey campaign at the Caledonia offshore wind project site in May, following earlier geophysical investigations. According to a Notice to Mariners, the first survey vessel is expected on site no earlier than May 9, with a second vessel scheduled to arrive from M
Mermaid Maritime continues global expansion with joint venture in Brunei
After establishing joint venture companies in Taiwan and Equatorial Guinea, Thailand-headquartered subsea and offshore drilling services company Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited has done the same in Brunei. The primary activities of the entity named Serikandi Mermaid SDN BHD are offshore tran
Idle vessel from Shearwater’s fleet finds new owner
As part of its fleet optimization journey, Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices is selling a 14-year-old vessel that has been in lay-up since 2021 to be converted into a dedicated source vessel. Through one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Shearwater Geoservices has entered into an agreement with an und
Hydrogen-fueled AUV breaks range expectations with 2,000-kilometer subsea run
An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by Canada’s Cellula Robotics has traveled over 2,000 kilometers submerged, powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, exceeding its published performance specification. During the mission, the Envoy AUV made over 4,000 turns and manoeuvres, which used more ener
Texas company to start archaeological survey for US East Coast offshore wind project
Nauticus Robotics, an ocean robotics developer based in Texas, has been awarded a contract to carry out an offshore archaeological investigation along the U.S. East Coast for an offshore wind project. The company said on April 23 that mobilization was scheduled for early May, with offshore operation
Jan De Nul’s newbuild trencher bears name of 19th-century British engineer
Jan De Nul has named its new trenching support vessel Isambard Kingdom Brunel, after a 19th-century British engineer, who the company describes as one of the key figures of the Industrial Revolution. Jan De Nul announced on March 10 that it was expanding its fleet with the addition of two trenching
Firm selected to decommission wells at North Sea field inaugurated in 1975
Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider Well-Safe Solutions has secured a multi-year contract with Apache North Sea Limited to decommission its platform wells and subsea wells in the Forties Field in the North Sea, inaugurated in 1975. Well-Safe Solutions will lead the contract across all w