UK-headquartered subsea technology specialist Ashtead Technology has acquired the entire share capital of Hiretech for a total consideration of £20 million on a cash and debt-free basis, expanding its mechanical solutions service offering. Established in 2011, Hiretech is a management-owned, Aberdee
South Korea’s ocean exploration company, Geoview, has completed the marine geophysical survey for Equinor’s Firefly floating offshore wind farm in Ulsan. In the first half of 2022, Geoview won an ocean exploration project from Equinor for the first time as a Korean company. Geoview specializes in ma
Norway’s DeepOcean and Akvaplan-niva, a subsidiary of the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), have partnered up to cooperate on the potential use of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and unmanned glider vehicles (USVs) for environmental studies for offshore wind and oil & gas developments
Dutch geo-data specialist company Fugro has added a new geotechnical vessel, equipped with advanced deep-water technology, to its fleet. The vessel, named Fugro Quest, provides increased personnel and operational safety, whilst its energy-efficient design results, on average, in significantly lower
Aberdeen-based Rotech Subsea has completed gas pipeline burial operations in the Caribbean for oilfield services provider Sapura Energy. Rotech Subsea mobilized its TRS1 Controlled Flow Excavation (CFE) spread in June to execute the work scope at a location offshore Trinidad and Tobago, as part of a
The University of Plymouth has signed a technology partnership agreement with GeoAcoustics based on which it will use a GeoPulse Compact sub-bottom profiler for education and research purposes. The University of Plymouth will in December take delivery of the system, which includes an Over-the-Side (
Norwegian-based Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) is conducting an electromagnetic survey offshore Trinidad and Tobago to gather more information on the country’s “first significant” seabed hydrocarbon discovery. The survey is being carried out as part of the Calypso project to develop Trinidad and
Norwegian seismic company PGS has secured a 3D exploration acquisition contract in the Mediterranean with an “independent energy company”. Ramform Hyperion is set to commence acquisition late this month and is expected to complete the activities in mid-January 2023. PGS did not reveal any other deta
Blue Ocean Seismic Services (BOSS) has completed a series of passive and active seismic trials for its Marine Swarm Robotics technology, putting it on track to commence pre-commercial trials in the second half of 2023. Backed by bp Ventures, Woodside Energy and Blue Ocean Monitoring, BOSS is develop
Fugro has been awarded two geotechnical investigation contracts for the development of the Dutch IJmuiden Ver Site V-VI, Nederwiek (zuid) Site I and Hollandse Kust (west) Site VIII offshore wind zones. This is the largest campaign undertaken by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) to date and par
Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES has completed a boulder detection campaign off the coast of the island of Rügen in the German Baltic Sea for the offshore transmission system operator 50Hertz’s new offshore platform project. Fraunhofer IWES used seismic measuring technique
Reach Subsea has secured a conditional Letter of Award (LOA) for a project in West Africa, through which it will be a sub-contractor to a “major tier-one contractor”. The assignment includes support for the installation and anchoring of an offshore unit, as well as survey and positioning tasks to be
Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE Renewables and National Grid, has awarded Fugro an offshore survey contract to support site appraisal and concept design activities in the New York Bight. Operating from a local port, Fugro is dedicating two vessels to the project. Survey teams wi
Norwegian companies Aker Solutions and Seabed Separation have entered into a technology cooperation agreement to promote a new subsea separation concept that is said to help reach Environmental Sustainability Goals (ESG). The new concept, named the Dual Pipe Separator (DPS), is said to solve the cha
