Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured multiple contracts with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras expected to generate revenue beyond $192 million. Following a competitive tender process, Petrobras awarded new long-term charter and service contracts to Norskan Offshore and DOF S
Van Oord has held the christening ceremony for its fifth unmanned autonomous survey vessel (USV), developed jointly with DEMCON Unmanned Systems. The VO:X Barentsz USV came after Van Oord’s in-house survey department and DEMCON Unmanned Systems jointly developed and operated four USVs in the past ye
In what is described as a “strong start of the year”, Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro reported a 9% revenue growth for Q1 2024 compared to the same period last year, said to be due to ongoing significant growth in offshore wind projects. Revenue in the first quarter was €503.2 million, a 9%
RWE and Abu Dhabi-based Masdar have appointed Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, to carry out geotechnical seabed surveys at the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind project sites in the UK. Located over 100 kilometers off the northeastern coast of England, the DBS offshore wind farm will be
UK-based Exail has secured a contract with French maritime services provider Bourbon to deliver technology for multiple multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) that is expected to enhance the vessels’ efficiency in installation, maintenance and repair tasks for the oil & gas and offshore wind industri
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved Fugro’s near- and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets. Fugro’s net-zero target spans all three emission scopes, with the ultimate goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the value chain by 2050. “This v
Norway’s Kongsberg Discovery has completed factory acceptance testing for the first production system of its long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) HUGIN Endurance. Sea trials for the first production unit began in September 2023, and over the last months, the Kongsberg Discovery Uncrewed Pl
Fugro has transferred its self-elevating platform (SEP) Amberjack to Japan in order to easier support the local offshore wind market with geotechnical services. Amberjack was reflagged in December 2023 and is now based in Tokyo, from where it will be deployed to Japanese wind farm projects and provi
Norwegian seismic companies PGS and TGS have received clearance from the Norwegian Competition for their merger. Back in September 2023, TGS and PGS announced their agreement on principal terms to combine the two firms and create a strong full-service energy data company. The companies’ shareholders
Baron Oil has selected a new drilling location for an appraisal well at a gas field off the coast of Timor-Leste, thanks to the site survey work.
The FWI, a seismic data processing technology, enhances subsurface structure visualization, improves reservoir comprehension, and facilitates more efficient survey planning and execution, said Shearwater.
Norwegian marine survey contractor Argeo has secured a contract with Australian energy major Woodside Energy to deliver a survey for a deepwater field in Trinidad and Tobago. Under the signed contract, Argeo will perform the 2024 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) geophysical survey for the Calypso
Arctia has been tasked with carrying out a hydrographic seabed survey of a potential offshore wind farm area in the Norwegian waters.
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has launched a tender for geotechnical investigations at the Doordewind zone, one of the three new areas the Dutch Government designated in 2022 as part of the plan to add more offshore wind capacity. Valued at a total of more than €42 million, the contract wi
