A geophysical survey has commenced at the Oriel Wind Park project off County Louth in the Irish Sea. The ultra-high-resolution geophysical survey started in November and is expected to be completed by mid-December, subject to weather and operational constraints. The goal of the survey, which will be
An investigation has shown that explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in late September were caused by “gross sabotage”, Swedish authorities announced. Swedish prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist, who is leading the ongoing preliminary investigation at the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, said
Irish energy provider Energia Renewables has finished seabed surveys for the North Celtic Sea offshore wind project, located off the coast of Waterford, Ireland. Following the award of a Foreshore Licence in September 2021, the geophysical and geotechnical surveys started in April 2022 and were comp
UK-headquartered well integrity and production optimization firm Coretrax has completed a multi-product project for a “major” North Sea operator said to have eliminated the need for a casing string to be replaced. The project, which saw the delivery of a casing integrity solution, included the ident
Argeo has secured the first contract for its vessel Argeo Searcher and both SeaRaptor autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) which will see them deployed for ultra deep-water work in the North Atlantic. Work is scheduled to commence directly after the vessel conversion is finished in January, with a
Fugro has signed a contract with Energinet, the Danish transmission system operator, for geotechnical site investigation for the North Sea I offshore wind development. The Danish government plans to expand offshore wind capacity by 4 GW by 2030, and the geo-data acquired by Fugro will be used to inf
Vattenfall has issued a call for tenders under which it will award a framework agreement for cable testing and fault-finding services for its offshore wind farms in Europe. The tender is divided into three lots. The company is looking to award a framework agreement with a maximum of five contractors
UK-based Aquaterra Energy has unveiled a new CO2 management platform for long-term monitoring and sustained integrity of underwater carbon capture and storage (CCS) sites. The integrated solution is said to provide monitoring of both sub-surface fiber optic seismic arrays, as well as dissolved CO2 g
Norwegian seismic company Magseis Fairfield has signed an agreement with a repeat customer for a 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the North Sea. The project is scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2023, with an expected duration of approximately one month. Activities will see the utiliza
As part of its development of the 2.9 GW Hornsea Three offshore wind farm in the UK, Ørsted is also required to implement compensation measures for the protection of the Black-legged kittiwake. Now, the company is starting surveys at the locations where artificial nesting structures for kittiwake ar
Shell has joined a joint industry project dedicated to developing and testing advanced 3D printing technologies as an in situ, metal-to-metal, repair method for subsea assets. Shell joins project partners Kongsberg Ferrotech, Equinor, Gassco and SINTEF who have been working on this industrial projec
TDI-Brooks has completed the third geotechnical support project for Phase 2 of the pipeline route investigation and site survey campaign at the Sakarya gas field offshore Türkiye. The program consisted of gravity cone penetrometer (gCPT) and T-Bar tests. During this second leg of phase two, 78 gCPTs
SEA-KIT International has secured funding through the second round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) to design a hydrogen-powered, zero-emission uncrewed surface vessel (USV). SEA-KIT and Bramble Energy will implement outputs from a Round 1 project that marinized a printed circu
TGS has commenced a 3D data reprocessing program offshore Uruguay, which covers blocks in the country’s active licensing round. Tannat 3D PSDM Repro consists of 25,000 square kilometers. According to TGS, the data will be regionally integrated and reprocessed using advanced techniques, including de-
