Baron Oil has completed a geophysical survey for the Chuditch-2 appraisal well off Timor-Leste and is preparing for the geotechnical survey.
Aberdeen-based Underwater Contracting (UCO), owner of the largest fleet of Saab UK’s Seaeye Falcon remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), has purchased five new units for a total of 38 Falcon systems. UCO said it had expanded its fleet in response to major new multi-year contract wins across all sectors
American oilfield services company SLB is acquiring majority ownership in Norwegian pure-play carbon capture company Aker Carbon Capture (ACC) as part of an agreement under which the two parties will combine their respective carbon capture businesses. SLB will pay NOK 4.12 billion (around $379.4 mil
Houston-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has signed a five-year global framework agreement (GFA) with energy giant Shell concerning subsea data capture services. The GFA encompasses all countries where Shell is currently active or plans to operate in the future and covers the provision o
Offshore energy infrastructure services company Acteon Group has been acquired by private equity investors Buckthorn Partners and One Equity Partners (OEP), with a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) taking the helm. According to Acteon, Buckthorn and OEP are making a substantial investment in the bus
Reach Subsea has sea-launched the first unit of its Reach Remote fleet of uncrewed 24-meter surface vessels (USVs), which will, as the Norwegian company says, “revolutionize offshore subsea operations, aligning with sustainability initiatives”. The first Reach Remote unit was sea-launched on Monday,
Fugro’s geophysical vessel Fugro Pioneer is ready to be equipped with methanol engines following the conversion of the main components on board. The vessel was converted in the Netherlands as part of the Fugro-led Methanol as Energy Step Towards Emission-free Dutch Shipping (MENENS) consortium with
In an effort to build an advanced autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) fleet, ocean surveying and inspection company Argeo Subsea has signed a Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance with CSI Nordics for the second Kongsberg Discovery HUGIN Superior AUV. Under a three-party Certificate of Delivery and
OEG Renewables’ subsidiary Hughes Subsea has been awarded a contract to carry out an unexploded ordnance (UXO) identification and clearance campaign on the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK. The campaign is expected to last six months, commencing in mid-March and continuing
Stromar, a joint venture between Ørsted, BlueFloat Energy, and Renantis, has awarded Sulmara with a contract to conduct site characterization work at the namesake 1 GW floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. For this work, Sulmara will utilize the 60-meter multi-purpose subsea vessel Vos Gorgeous t
Shortly after securing a 100-day project charter for the subsea vessel, Norway-headquartered Reach Subsea has extended the charter for Olympic Taurus due to a “solid backlog and substantial tender pipeline for the coming periods”. In mid-February, Reach Subsea announced a 100-day project charter for
Italian oilfield services company Saipem and compatriot shipbuilding giant Fincantieri have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of evaluating opportunities for cooperation in subsea robotics for surveillance and control of critical underwater infrastructure. With the MoU, signed
Siem Offshore has secured a contract extension for its 2009-built diesel-electric driven multipurpose support vessel (MPSV). The 93.6-meter-long MPSV Siem Dorado has been awarded a contract extension for utilization for a period reaching towards the end of Q4 2024. Commencement will be in direct con
Spain’s GONDAN Shipbuilders has cut the first steel for an advanced unmanned surface vessel (USV) that will perform subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and survey work. GONDAN Shipbuilders started the construction of the USV in collaboration with USV A/S, an alliance of DeepOcean, Solsta
