C-Ventus Offshore Windfarm Services BV has been contracted for Balance of Plant (BOP) services for the 108 MW Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Under the five-year contract, C-Ventus’s annual scope of work will consist of above and below water inspections and seabed surveys inclu
UK’s Dynamic Load Monitoring (DLM) has expanded its cable-laying hire fleet for pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR) and route clearance operations as the renewable energy sector prepares for a busy period offshore. Recent additions include two acoustic release hooks and a de-trenching grapnel with a 1.8-mete
HydroSurv and Sonardyne have completed a demonstration project involving HydroSurv’s Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) and Sonardyne’s acoustic communications technology, whose combined capabilities the two companies showcased at the site of the Valorous floating wind project, developed by TotalEnergies
Norwegian seismic data company TGS has made an offer to buy compatriot Magseis Fairfield in a deal that values the seismic player at NOK 2.33 billion (approximately $237 million). The two companies entered into a transaction agreement whereby TGS, on and subject to certain terms and conditions, will
Fugro CEO Mark Heine has taken over as chair of the IRO, the non-profit organization for Dutch suppliers in the offshore energy industry. Heine was presented as the new chair during the celebration of IRO’s 50th anniversary on 23 June. Fugro’s CEO took over from previous chair Pieter van Oord, CEO o
TGS has kicked off a new seismic reprocessing project in the Western Margins of the Central North Sea, said to be designed to secure exploration success. The project will see the reprocessing of 3,500 square kilometers of data in the Greater Catcher Area covering quads 21, 28, and 29 of the North Se
XOCEAN has completed surveys of the export cable routes at the Morgan and Mona offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea. The campaign collected more than 7,000 kilometers of high-quality data across the inter-array areas and export cable routes in water depths ranging from 0 to 35 meters. The activities
A pre-construction geophysical survey for the Greenlink, a 500 MW subsea and underground electricity interconnector that will link Ireland and Wales, is about to begin. According to Jan De Nul’s notice to mariners, the survey of the Greenlink Interconnector route will be carried out between 26 June
Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has for the first time used an autonomous, unmanned surface vehicle (USV) to survey its offshore assets. The USV named Tupan, owned and developed by Brazilian start-up Tidewise, inspected Elia’s subsea cables to the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the B
UK-based subsea services company Modus has chartered the multi-purpose offshore support vessel VOS Sweet from Vroon Offshore Services. The vessel has been chartered to execute a contract for pipeline inspection work in the Dutch North Sea and will be mobilized from the Modus Middlesbrough Marine Bas
Magseis Fairfield has received a conditional award of an ocean bottom node (OBN) contract in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico from a repeat customer. The initial survey is scheduled to be conducted with Magseis Fairfield’s ZXPLR technology and is expected to take approximately three months. The agreemen
UK offshore wind pioneer Venterra Group is acquiring two compatriot companies as part of its goal to build a service offering across the wind farm lifecycle, including engineer, build and support services. Venterra revealed it is buying Balltec, a provider of high-integrity connectors for subsea and
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has announced upcoming calls for tenders through which the Dutch Government will procure geophysical surveys and archeological assessment of new areas that have been designated to accommodate the country’s increased offshore wind target. Around 24 June, RVO pl
James Fisher Subtech (JF Subtech) has completed a subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) scope for NEO Energy’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Global Producer III (GPIII) in the Balloch field in the Central North Sea. JF Subtech said its responsibility was to ensur
