Danish energy operator Energinet has issued a tender looking for consultancy services for the expected subsea cable routes of the planned Energy Islands in the North and Baltic Seas. The scope of work includes consultancy services regarding the external threat and risk assessment as well as assessme
Norway’s PGS has leveraged its multi-year frame agreement with compatriot oil and gas giant Equinor to secure contracts for the 2022 summer season. PGS will be carrying out 4D GeoStreamer monitoring surveys over the Visund field in the North Sea and the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea. The company
Aberdeen-headquartered digital twin technology firm Eserv has secured a six-figure funding grant from the Net Zero Technology Centre to develop a multi-resolution, multi-format asset integrity visualisation system for the subsea energy sector. The 12-month R&D project will see Eserv building a proto
Fugro has received what is said to be the world’s first professional certificate to operate uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). The company’s Middle East office personnel completed the world’s first Maritime Autonomous Surface Systems (MASS) professional certified training delivered by SeaBot XR at its
N-Sea Group has entered into an agreement with Braveheart Marine for the long-term charter of the DP2 survey vessel Braveheart Spirit. Braveheart Marine acquired the Dutch-flagged vessel late last year and converted and upgraded it to meet the latest industry standards. The 73.2-meter long vessel, f
Fugro has reported a revenue increase of 23.3% in the first quarter of 2022, said to be supported by all regions and business lines and driven by high client demand in the energy market, both renewables and oil & gas, and the infrastructure market. The total revenue in Q1 2022 was €365.4 million, co
N-Sea and Ocean Ecology have completed a geophysical site survey and an environmental baseline survey at RWE’s 1.6 GW Södra Midsjöbanken offshore wind project in the Swedish part of the Baltic Sea. The parties were contracted for the late-season provision of vessel, equipment, and personnel to perfo
The Shetland HVDC subsea link project has reached several milestones in recent months with the completion of UXO surveys and the first phase of boulder relocation as well as onshore drilling work.
Next Geosolutions has selected PanGeo Subsea, a Kraken Robotics company, to provide its sub-bottom imager (SBI) technology to conduct a survey along the Hollandse Kust West Beta cable routes. The London-headquartered NextGeo has been carrying out various works as part of its contract with TenneT for
NKT has completed repair operations of the 285 kV Kontiskan 2 interconnector that is linking the power grids of Sweden and Denmark following a fault caused by external impact reported at the end of January. NKT performed the initial fault finding from shore identifying that the damaged cable section
Shearwater GeoServices has won a contract with Eni to deliver a 3D multiple technology integrated geophysical survey for carbon storage in Liverpool Bay in the UK, including an option for a second survey. The first survey is over the Hamilton and North Hamilton fields, while the optional survey woul
Impact Subsea has launched the third generation of seaView software to support its range of altimeters, attitude and heading reference systems, depth sensors and sonars. V3 allows a single or multiple Impact Subsea sensors to operate simultaneously from a single application, the UK company said. Thi
The UK-headquartered Xlinks has decided to terminate a tender process that sought survey services for what will be the world’s longest subsea cable since no bidder submitted a compliant application.
The Gwynt Y Mor offshore wind farm in the UK is set to undergo a pre-construction survey of its export cable corridor, following a series of export cable issues. Titan Endeavour will carry out the work, starting around 15 April and scheduled to take up to 7 days, subject to weather conditions. The p
