Italy’s marine geosciences and offshore construction support services provider Next Geosolutions (NextGeo) has entered into a collaboration agreement for the conversion of a vessel from its fleet at the Norwegian shipyard Green Yard Kleven to perform seabed surveys.
TGS is conducting a geophysical survey at the site of the Green Volt floating offshore wind project in Scotland, one of the Scottish INTOG round winners and projects planned to provide electricity to oil and gas platforms. The seismic vessel Ramform Vanguard has mobilized from Aberdeen and is schedu
Solstad Offshore, Østensjø Rederi, DeepOcean, Remota and Kongsberg Maritime have set up what they say is a pioneering partnership that will launch a pilot project to explore the potential for remote dynamic positioning (DP) operations in the offshore sector. With commencement set for later this year
The UAE-based CCC (Underwater Engineering) has upgraded its fleet with a new Saab remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with the aim of strengthening its offshore inspection and construction capabilities. According to Saab UK, the Saab Seaeye Panther XTP is a compact, powerful ROV designed for a wide rang
Four new offshore construction vessels (OCVs) to be built by Chinese shipyard Cosco Shipping for Norwegian offshore services provider Sea1 Offshore are set to sport Kongsberg Maritime comprehensive equipment packages. Sea1 Offshore, previously known as Siem Offshore, placed the order for the first t
UK-headquartered Sonardyne has been appointed to deliver baseline environmental monitoring services for the UK’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) site, being developed by a joint venture of BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies. The project, being developed by the Northern Endurance Partnersh
Harbour Energy Norge and its partners have confirmed a reservoir in the Norwegian part of the North Sea suitable for CO2 injection and storage following the drilling of a wildcat well. As part of the Havstjerne storage project, the 9/6-1 well was drilled in a water depth of 90 meters, around 30 kilo
Poland’s Orlen Group has selected three local companies to explore the geological conditions of the seabed within the Baltic East offshore wind farm concession area in the Baltic Sea. A consortium of three companies, MEWO, Orlen Petrobaltic, and Geofizyka Toruń, will conduct geological engineering,
Preparation work for the installation of the Hornsea Three export cable is underway with boulder and debris relocation, and a geophysical survey starting this month, following the completion of UXO clearance work. An installation campaign to replace blanking plates from the horizontal directional dr
The Netherlands-headquartered Fugro has secured its largest-ever project in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, as part of which it will support the development of a deepwater gas field in Southeast Asia. As part of the signed letter of award (LoA), Fugro will perform a site characterization program for
A tender has been launched seeking geophysical survey services for the Estonian-Latvian cross-border offshore wind project. The tender submission date is June 27, and the estimated duration for the ELWIND offshore wind project is from August 15, 2025, to March 31, 2027. The objective of the survey i
A multi-service vessel (MSV) owned by Norway’s Island Offshore has completed a campaign in West Africa for U.S. subsea engineering and applied technology firm Oceaneering and is getting ready for the next project in the region. The 106-meter-long Island Frontier, delivered to the owner in 2004, is c
ConocoPhillips has wrapped up seabed surveys over potential drilling locations to support its gas exploration activities in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia.
Norway-headquartered marine geoscience and technology company Shearwater GeoServices has placed an order with compatriot Argus Remote Systems for the delivery of two XL work-class remotely operated vehicles (WROVs) for deepwater operations. Under the contract, Argus Remote Systems will deliver two A
