The DOF Group has secured another contract award in Brazil for Libra Consortium, supporting Petrobras’ operation activities on the Brazilian continental shelf. Namely, Petrobras has awarded DOF Subsea a 3-year MPSV vessel contract for Mero field. Skandi Salvador is the vessel that will operate two W
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has invited tenders for geophysical investigations and hydrographic surveys as part of the geological preliminary exploration in the N-9 wind energy area. Specifically, the sites to be surveyed within the area in the North Sea are N-9.1, N-9.3
UK-based ROVOP has delivered its first remote platform-based live video streaming option for offshore inspection and repair, reducing the number of people required on-board amidst Covid restrictions.
Codling Wind Park Ltd has issued a contract notice for a geophysical survey across the main site and along the export cable routes of the Codling Wind park offshore Ireland. The Codling Wind Park is located off Codling Bank, 13 kilometres from the east coast of Ireland between Greystones and Wicklow
Rambøll will carry out cable route survey work for the Hesselø offshore wind farm in Denmark. According to a recently issued tender award notice, Rambøll signed a contract for the work with the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet on 18 September, following a tendering procedure. This
An up-and-coming name in the subsea survey sector has announced the opening of a new hub in Aberdeen. Established in March 2019, Sulmara Subsea, provides specialised survey support services, as well as other solutions across the offshore energy. With corporate headquarters in Glasgow, the company al
TenneT has awarded LOC Germany with a framework agreement for marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services, along with several other companies that applied for the tender earlier this year. One-year framework agreements, with the potential for extension for up to eight years, have been awarded to multipl
UK-based wireless well technology player Acoustic Data has developed a new slickline deployed high expansion retainer for cement and metal alloy plug and abandonment (P&A) applications. In the case of new-generation metal alloy plugs, the HEX-Retainer can integrate with the company’s SonicGauge plug
C-Kore Systems has finished a series of deployments with an Australian operator to perform detailed measurements of downhole gauges. The C-Kore Subsea TDR unit verified the downhole connections and cables, providing information on the location of anomalies. The information gained would be difficult
Texas-based hydraulic repair, manufacturing and rental company Logan Industries has secured a contract to manufacture a set of safety cages to keep offshore technicians safe while inspecting subsea connectors on blowout preventers (BOPs) while on deck. Logan’s safety cage protects the safety of tech
Danish transmission system operator Energinet is starting offshore surveys at the Hesselø wind project offshore Denmark. Fugro is deploying two vessels to carry out a geophysical survey of the 248-square-kilometre area located in Kattegatt, 20-30 kilometres north of Sjælland. The campaign is expecte
Bergen-based Connector Subsea Solutions (CSS) has signed an agreement with OSC Marine Group (OSC) for sales support throughout South Africa. The 2-year deal will enable the supply of pipeline repair products to support service work delivered with local expertise. OSC Marine provides commercial divin
Elia and 50Hertz have selected GEO.XYZ and G-TEC to provide geotechnical engineering services in the Belgian North Sea and the German Baltic Sea. The selected companies are in charge of providing the geotechnical survey and soil sampling for submarine power cables. GEO.XYZ will carry out drilling fr
UK-based Next Geosolutions has recently taken delivery of its new multi-purpose subsea vessel in Dover, UK. The Pacific Worker, formerly Seabed Worker, will now become NG Worker and operate under Italian flag. The NG Worker is an 88.8-metre LOA Norwegian-built high specification and SPS-Code certifi
