HMH Holdings has completed the acquisition of Electrical Subsea & Drilling (ESD), a Norwegian company that holds a portfolio of patents and technology with applications in the oil and gas industry. HMH stated that ESD’s most promising technologies are those related to electronic blowout preventers a
Fugro has completed a series of trials and testing configurations for its new ultra ultra high resolution (UUHR) seismic system off the coast of the Netherlands. The SeisWind 3D system is designed to offer an efficient data acquisition footprint with the highest resolution to enable detailed ground
N-Sea Group has taken full control, ownership and management of the multipurpose support vessel Geosea, after having completed vessel updates. N-Sea announced in April it had entered into an agreement with DOF Subsea Rederi to acquire Geosea. The aim of the acquisition is to strengthen the company’s
Helix Robotics Solutions and Volstad Maritime have agreed on five-year charter extensions for the Grand Canyon II and Grand Canyon III construction support vessels. Under the extensions, Volstad will upgrade both vessels with a new battery hybrid in an effort to reduce fuel consumption and emissions
Fugro has completed fieldwork on a geotechnical site investigation for SSE Renewables’ Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 located approximately 6 to 13 kilometers off the coast of Ireland. The offshore investigation works were performed aboard DEME’s jack-up vessel Neptune over an eight-week period. Fugr
The offshore site investigation works have commenced for Hexicon’s 32 MW TwinHub floating wind project in the Celtic Sea. The first phase of the survey works has been awarded to Aratellus Offshore, which has subcontracted Sulmara Subsea to perform the geophysical survey. The goal of the survey is to
Saipem and Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) have signed an extension of their existing services agreement to include the provision of Saipem’s FlatFish underwater drone for environmental monitoring and inspection of asset integrity. The existing contract between the parties provides for the storage
DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG has issued a call for tenders under which they will award a framework agreement for seabed surveys for the two offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The agreement includes scheduled and ad-hoc seabed surveys to provide data to assist the safe empla
Geophysical site investigations over Ocean Winds’ proposed Caledonia offshore wind farm site are scheduled to begin next month. UK marine survey specialist Gardline Limited has been contracted to carry out the geophysical survey with its research vessel Ocean Endeavour, deploying fixed and towed sen
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has issued a tender for a geophysical survey at the offshore Nederwiek Wind Farm Sites Zuid & Noord (North and South), and one other possible investigation area in the Dutch North Sea. The aim of this tender is to conclude an agreement with a tenderer who is a
Deutsche Windtechnik has signed contracts for seven additional offshore wind farms on which the company will carry out underwater inspections, with more than 300 annual inspection reports to be generated in the next two years. The company will, among other things, conduct back-to-back inspections on
Fugro has secured a contract with ScottishPower Renewables to carry out UXO geophysical surveys within the East Anglia Hub offshore wind area in the southern North Sea. The start of the activities is 20 July, with all operations expected to be concluded by 31 October at the site offshore Lowestoft t
Vermilion Exploration & Production Ireland is about to commence pipeline and subsea structure inspection at the Corrib gas field. The works are part of a maintenance campaign and are expected to begin in field on approximately 14 August and take up to 21 days, weather dependent. The vessel EDT Jane,
Argeo’s autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) SeaRaptor Bravo has finished ultra deepwater survey work, thus completing necessary qualification requirements for the technology. Due to other project requirements for SeaRaptor Alpha, SeaRaptor Bravo completed the project, for which commencement was post
