A geophysical and UXO survey is set to begin at the end of this month for an interconnector that will link the UK and Germany for the first time. Geociencias y Exploraciones Marítimas (GEM) will perform a survey of the route for the installation of the NeuConnect Interconnector, nominally 705 kilome
Helix Energy Solutions’ semi-submersible vessel Q7000 has arrived at Port Taranaki in New Zealand to commence the third phase of a field decommissioning project. Q7000, which arrived at the port on 16 May, will plug and abandon the wells across the Tui field as part of Phase 3 of decommissioning act
Belgium-based Marlinks has secured its first major contract in Taiwan for the cable health monitoring services of the export and inter-array cables of the 1,044 MW Hai Long offshore wind farm. The contract awarded covers the design, supply, installation, commissioning of monitoring hardware, and ong
Survey activities are ramping up at Ocean Winds’ Caledonia offshore wind farm site with a pair of floating LiDAR devices soon to be deployed in the Scottish waters. The wind farm’s developer, Ocean Winds, said it is laying the groundwork for its comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), a
Van Oord has set a new world record by carrying out subsea rock installation works in a water depth of 1,364 meters, a distance said to be comparable to almost five times the length of the Eiffel Tower. The activities were conducted by the company’s flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes at the Sangomar f
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has awarded Fugro a contract to deploy multiple floating LiDARs at the new offshore wind farm sites in Denmark. There are four new sites the Danish government has designated for offshore wind farms, which could add as much as 7.2 GW of new capacity
Switzerland-based autonomous underwater robotics company Hydromea has partnered up with Unplugged, a Norwegian firm focused on inductive charging and data transfer technology, to develop a resident underwater drone system for the inspection and monitoring of underwater assets. Under the project, the
French major TotalEnergies has awarded Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices with a contract to carry out surveys over its gas fields located west of Shetland, offshore the UK. Under the contract, Shearwater will carry out two 4D surveys over the Laggan, Tormore, and Edradour fields, with an option to ext
Houston-based Nauticus Robotics has secured an additional $2.7 million under its current contract with Leidos to advance the development of the Aquanaut-derived subsea platform. The subsea platform, an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), has advanced artificial intelligence and sensing capabilities a
Following the completion of four carbon storage acquisition jobs last year, Norwegian seismic company PGS has secured another seismic acquisition contract for carbon storage. PGS did not reveal many details about the contract but did state that it was signed with an “independent energy company” and
Swedish technical solutions group Addtech has entered into an agreement to acquire 90 per cent of the shares outstanding in UK subsea solutions supplier Feritech Global. Feritech is headquartered in Cornwall, UK, and provides the design and manufacture of bespoke technical solutions for the geotechn
Utah-headquartered Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation and Pennsylvania-based VideoRay have signed an agreement to offer integrated underwater robotic systems. Under the agreement, the parties plan on combining VideoRay remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) with the Sarcos Guardian Sea Class robo
Provider of seismic acquisition and source vessel services SeaBird Exploration has secured a contract to continue working in the Eastern hemisphere. Under the award, SeaBird Exploration will deliver ocean bottom node (OBN) source services using its vessel Eagle Explorer in the Eastern hemisphere. Th
Dutch offshore services provider Boskalis has commissioned its new fallpipe vessel, used to protect cables and pipelines with rocks in order to prepare the seabed for the installation of wind turbine foundations and protect them from erosion. Boskalis reported on 5 May that it had held the naming ce
